# Journey funding: rounds and investors > Journey has raised $7.7M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Y Combinator, Slow Ventures and Lerer Hippeau. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/journey (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Journey* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Cybersecurity Y Combinator: W21 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$7.7M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources **$25K** Seed **$7.7M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $7.7M Mar 2025 - **Step-up i:** 308× - **Investors:** 8 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 **$25K** Seed **?** Venture **$7.7M** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $25K - **Biggest round:** $7.7M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 8.7 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2025** Seed **$7.7M** *2 new* [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) Source recorded - **Oct 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Pareto Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pareto-holdings) [Susa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susa-ventures) [Edward Lando](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edward-lando) [GTMfund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gtmfund) Source recorded - **Feb 2014** Seed **$25K** *1 new* [Telluride Venture Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telluride-venture-accelerator) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Journey's own website: 1 founder, 4 on the team. **Stephen Sokoler** Founder & CEO - **Claude Silver** Chief Benefits Officer - **Kristen Strobel** Chief People Officer - **Charles DeSantis** VP of Total Rewards - **Meredith Marlin** VP of Total Rewards ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Seed** 2014 **Venture** 2022 **Seed** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Pareto Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pareto-holdings) [Susa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susa-ventures) [Edward Lando](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edward-lando) [GTMfund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gtmfund) [Telluride Venture Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telluride-venture-accelerator) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) VC firm **1** round [Pareto Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pareto-holdings) VC firm **1** round [Susa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/susa-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Edward Lando](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edward-lando) Angel **1** round [GTMfund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gtmfund) VC firm **1** round [Telluride Venture Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telluride-venture-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=journey). ## Quick answers about Journey ### Who invested in Journey? Journey's investors include Y Combinator, Slow Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Pareto Holdings and Susa Ventures, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Journey raised? Journey has raised $7.7M across 3 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Journey last raise? Journey's most recent round was a Seed of $7.7M in Mar 2025. ### What was Journey's biggest round? Its most recent round, $7.7M in Mar 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Journey first? Journey's first round on record, in Feb 2014, was backed by Telluride Venture Accelerator. ### What stage is Journey at? Journey's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2025. ### Where is Journey based? Journey is based in the United States. ## Companies like Journey In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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