# Kahoot! funding: rounds and investors

> Kahoot! has raised $202M across 5 rounds since 2015. Investors include Northzone, Creandum and Microsoft. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kahoot (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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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.

Edtech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$202M** raised across 5 rounds since 2015, from 5 sources

**$6.5M** Seed **$10M** Series A **$17M** Round **$15M** Round **$153M** Secondary

- **Latest round:** Secondary, $153M Sept 2022
- **Step-up i:** 10.2×
- **Investors:** 6 (1 led)

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.

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

**$6.5M** Seed

**$10M** Series A

**$17M** Round

**$15M** Round

**$153M** Secondary

- **First round:** Seed, $6.5M
- **Biggest round:** $153M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 20 months

[**Kahoot!** Edtech 1 / 15 Their pitch deck **Kahoot!'s pitch deck, 15 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/kahoot)

## The rounds

- **Sept 2022** Secondary **$153M** *2 new* *3 returning* [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) [Northzone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northzone) [Creandum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creandum) [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) Source recorded
- **Oct 2018** Round **$15M** *1 new* [Datum AS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/datum-group) Lead Reported by TechCrunch
- **Mar 2018** Round **$17M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by TechCrunch
- **Jul 2016** Series A **$10M** *3 new* [Northzone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northzone) [Creandum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creandum) [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) Reported by FinSMEs
- **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.

**Seed** 2015 **Series A** 2016 **Round** 2018 **Round** 2018 **Secondary** 2022 [Northzone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northzone) [Creandum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creandum) [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) [Datum AS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/datum-group) L [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic)

## Everyone who backed them

[Northzone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northzone) VC firm **2** rounds

[Creandum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creandum) VC firm **2** rounds

[Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Datum AS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/datum-group) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) Investment firm **1** round

[General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) Private equity **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kahoot).

## 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.

[Accelerace](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerace) Accelerator Per its own site

[Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/finnish-business-angels-network-fiban) Angel network Per 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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