# Kensho funding: rounds and investors

> Kensho has raised $108M across 4 rounds since 2014. Investors include General Catalyst, Accel and Goldman Sachs. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Kensho*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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

**$108M** raised across 4 rounds since 2014, from 4 sources

**$495K** Debt **$10M** Seed **$48M** Series A **$50M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $50M Feb 2017
- **Investors:** 11

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 2015 2016 2017

**$495K** Debt

**$10M** Seed

**$48M** Series A

**$50M** Series B

- **First round:** Debt, $495K
- **Biggest round:** $50M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.2 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2017** Series B **$50M** *1 new* *3 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) Source recorded
- **Nov 2014** Series A **$48M** *1 new* [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) From a historical funding record
- **Mar 2014** Seed **$10M** *9 new* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [Promus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/promus-ventures) [Work-Bench](https://millionrounds.com/fund/work-bench) [Xfund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xfund) [Devonshire Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/devonshire-investors) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $10M sold, first sale Nov 2013
- **Feb 2014** Debt **$495K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $495K sold, first sale Jan 2014

## 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.

**Debt** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2017 [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) [Promus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/promus-ventures) [Work-Bench](https://millionrounds.com/fund/work-bench) [Xfund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xfund)

## Everyone who backed them

[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **2** rounds

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

[Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity **2** rounds

[New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **1** round

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

[Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) Growth equity **1** round

[F-Prime Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/f-prime) VC firm **1** round

[Promus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/promus-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Work-Bench](https://millionrounds.com/fund/work-bench) VC firm **1** round

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

[Devonshire Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/devonshire-investors) Corporate VC **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Kensho as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Click Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/click-ventures-2) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Kensho

### Who invested in Kensho?

Kensho's investors include General Catalyst, Accel, Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates and Google Ventures, and 6 more on record.

### How much has Kensho raised?

Kensho has raised $108M across 4 rounds since 2014.

### When did Kensho last raise?

Kensho's most recent round was a Series B of $50M in Feb 2017.

### What was Kensho's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $50M in Feb 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Kensho first?

Kensho's first round on record, in Mar 2014, was backed by New Enterprise Associates, General Catalyst and Accel and 6 others.

### What stage is Kensho at?

Kensho's latest named round is a Series B, in Feb 2017.

### Where is Kensho based?

Kensho is based in the United States.

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