# Kanarys funding: rounds and investors

> Kanarys has raised $6.5M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Google for Startups, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Portfolia.

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

United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Kanarys*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$6.5M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$1.5M** Round **$5.0M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $5.0M Feb 2023
- **Step-up i:** 3.3×
- **Investors:** 4

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.

2020 2021 2022 2023

**$1.5M** Round

**$5.0M** Series A

- **First round:** Round, $1.5M
- **Biggest round:** $5.0M
- **Between rounds:** 3.2 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2023** Series A **$5.0M** *4 new* [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) [Morgan Stanley Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-stanley-investment-management) [Portfolia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/portfolia) [Zeal Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zeal-capital-partners) Source recorded SEC filing: $4.9M sold, first sale Sept 2022
- **Nov 2019** Round **$1.5M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Bennie King** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Mandisa Price** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *George Spencer* *Melonie Parker*

## 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.

**Round** 2019 **Series A** 2023 [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) [Morgan Stanley Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-stanley-investment-management) [Portfolia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/portfolia) [Zeal Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zeal-capital-partners)

## Everyone who backed them

[Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) Accelerator **1** round

[Morgan Stanley Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-stanley-investment-management) Private equity **1** round

[Portfolia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/portfolia) VC firm **1** round

[Zeal Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zeal-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Kanarys 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.

[Tech Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tech-square-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Engage](https://millionrounds.com/fund/engage) VC firm Per its own site

[Seyen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seyen-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[100 Black Angels + Allies Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/100-black-angels-allies-fund) Fund of funds Per its own site

[MEI Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mei-capital) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Kanarys

### Who invested in Kanarys?

Kanarys's investors include Google for Startups, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Portfolia and Zeal Capital Partners.

### How much has Kanarys raised?

Kanarys has raised $6.5M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Kanarys last raise?

Kanarys's most recent round was a Series A of $5.0M in Feb 2023.

### What was Kanarys's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $5.0M in Feb 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Kanarys first?

Kanarys's first round on record, in Feb 2023, was backed by Google for Startups, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Portfolia and 1 others.

### What stage is Kanarys at?

Kanarys's latest named round is a Series A, in Feb 2023.

### Where is Kanarys based?

Kanarys is based in the United States.

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