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Who invested in Kahoot!

5 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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.

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Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$202Mraised across 5 rounds since 2015, from 5 sources

$6.5MSeed$10MSeries A$17MRound$15MRound$153MSecondary
Latest round
Secondary, $153MSept 2022
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Investors
6 (1 led)
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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20152016201720182019202020212022
$6.5MSeed$10MSeries A$17MRound$15MRound$153MSecondary
First round
Seed, $6.5M
Jun 2015
Biggest round
$153M
Secondary · Sept 2022
Usual gap between rounds
20 months
the median of 4
Kahoot!Edtech1 / 15Their pitch deckKahoot!'s pitch deck, 15 slidesEach slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.

The rounds

  1. Sept 2022
    Secondary$153M2 new3 returning

    Source recorded

  2. Oct 2018
    Round$15M1 new

    Reported by TechCrunch

  3. Mar 2018
    Round$17M

    No investor was named in the report.

    Reported by TechCrunch

  4. Jul 2016
    Series A$10M3 new

    Reported by FinSMEs

  5. Jun 2015
    Seed$6.5M

    No investor was named in the report.

    From a historical funding record

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.

Seed2015Series A2016Round2018Round2018Secondary2022NorthzoneCreandumMicrosoftDatum ASLSoftBankGeneral Atlantic

Everyone who backed them

NorthzoneVC firm2rounds
CreandumVC firm2rounds
MicrosoftCorporate VC2rounds
Datum ASVC firm1round, led 1
SoftBankInvestment firm1round
General AtlanticPrivate equity1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Kahoot! as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

AcceleraceAcceleratorPer its own site
Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN)Angel networkPer its own site

Quick answers about Kahoot!

Who invested in Kahoot!?

Kahoot!'s investors include Northzone, Creandum, Microsoft, Datum AS and SoftBank, and 1 more on record.

How much has Kahoot! raised?

Kahoot! has raised $202M across 5 rounds since 2015.

When did Kahoot! last raise?

Kahoot!'s most recent round was a Secondary of $153M in Sept 2022.

What was Kahoot!'s biggest round?

Its most recent round, $153M in Sept 2022, is also its largest on record.

Who backed Kahoot! first?

Kahoot!'s first round on record, in Jul 2016, was backed by Northzone, Creandum and Microsoft.

What stage is Kahoot! at?

Kahoot!'s latest named round is a Secondary, in Sept 2022.

Where is Kahoot! based?

Kahoot! is based in Norway.

Who led Kahoot!'s rounds?

Datum AS led the Undisclosed round in 2018.

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