# Joy funding: rounds and investors > Joy has raised $24M across 4 rounds since 2016. Investors include Obvious Ventures, Y Combinator and General Catalyst. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/joy (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Joy* 4 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. B2C Consumer Goods Software Raised 12 months ago Y Combinator: S16 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$24M** raised across 4 rounds since 2016, from 4 sources **$2.5M** Seed **$7.0M** Round **$14M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $14M Nov 2025 - **Step-up i:** 2× - **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. 2018 2020 2022 2024 **$2.5M** Seed **$7.0M** Round **?** Venture **$14M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $2.5M - **Biggest round:** $14M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2025** Series A **$14M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) Source recorded - **Nov 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures) Source recorded - **Dec 2017** Round **$7.0M** *1 returning* [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) Reported by TechCrunch - **Oct 2016** Seed **$2.5M** *3 new* [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) [The Chernin Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-chernin-group-tcg) Reported by TechCrunch ## 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** 2016 **Round** 2017 **Venture** 2022 **Series A** 2025 [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [The Chernin Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-chernin-group-tcg) ## Everyone who backed them [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) Accelerator **3** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **1** round [Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) VC firm **1** round [The Chernin Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-chernin-group-tcg) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=joy). ## Quick answers about Joy ### Who invested in Joy? Joy's investors include Obvious Ventures, Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Gaingels and BoxGroup, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Joy raised? Joy has raised $24M across 4 rounds since 2016. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Joy last raise? Joy's most recent round was a Series A of $14M in Nov 2025. ### What was Joy's biggest round? Its most recent round, $14M in Nov 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Joy first? Joy's first round on record, in Oct 2016, was backed by BoxGroup, Obvious Ventures and The Chernin Group. ### What stage is Joy at? Joy's latest named round is a Series A, in Nov 2025. ### Where is Joy based? Joy is based in the United States. ## Companies like Joy In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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