# Kevel funding: rounds and investors

> Kevel has raised $75M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Commerce Ventures, Triangle Tweener Fund and Lighter Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Kevel*

2 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.

Advertising & Adtech AI Retail

Raised this month

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$75M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$23M** Series C **$52M** Growth

- **Latest round:** Growth, $52M Oct 2026
- **Step-up i:** 2.3×
- **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.

2024 2025 2026

**$23M** Series C

**$52M** Growth

- **First round:** Series C, $23M
- **Biggest round:** $52M
- **Between rounds:** 2.7 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2026** Growth **$52M** *4 new* [Fulcrum Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fulcrum-equity-partners) [Iberis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iberis-capital) [ORIX Corporation USA's (ORIX USA) Growth Capital business](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orix-corporation-usa-s-orix-usa-growth-capital-business) [dunnhumby Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dunnhumby-ventures-llc) Reported by AI Insider
- **Mar 2024** Series C **$23M** *4 new* [Commerce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commerce-ventures) [Triangle Tweener Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/triangle-tweener-fund) [Lighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lighter-capital) [AperiamVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aperiam) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Kevel's own website: 17 on the team.

- **James Avery** Chief Executive Officer
- **Jaclyn Nix** Chief Operating Officer
- **John Chaplin** Chief Product Officer
- **Mike Kohn** Chief People Officer
- **Tim Ewald** Chief Technology Officer
- **Tom Shanahan** Chief Financial Officer
- **Andrew McManamon** VP of Global Sales
- **Benjamin Thompson** VP of Business Strategy
- **Claire Hansen** VP of Customer Success
- **Dylan Hulser** VP of Retail Media
- **Joe McCorkle** VP of Sales, US and Canada
- **Kate Gadzinski** VP of Business Operations
- **Paulo Cunha** VP of Product
- **Jim Douglass** Board Member
- **Leslie Pierce-Connor** General Counsel
- **Mark Mannino** Board Member
- **Philip Lewis** Board Member

Advisers *Matt Nichols* *Neil Callahan*

## 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.

**Series C** 2024 **Growth** 2026 [Commerce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commerce-ventures) [Triangle Tweener Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/triangle-tweener-fund) [Lighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lighter-capital) [AperiamVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aperiam) [Fulcrum Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fulcrum-equity-partners) [Iberis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iberis-capital) [dunnhumby Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dunnhumby-ventures-llc) [ORIX Corporation USA's (ORIX USA) Growth Capital business](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orix-corporation-usa-s-orix-usa-growth-capital-business)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Triangle Tweener Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/triangle-tweener-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Lighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lighter-capital) VC firm **1** round

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

[Fulcrum Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fulcrum-equity-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Iberis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iberis-capital) VC firm **1** round

[dunnhumby Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dunnhumby-ventures-llc) Growth equity **1** round

[ORIX Corporation USA's (ORIX USA) Growth Capital business](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orix-corporation-usa-s-orix-usa-growth-capital-business) Growth equity **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Kevel 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.

[Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Commerce VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commerce-vc) VC firm Per its own site

[Laika Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/laika-ventures) Venture studio Per its own site

## Quick answers about Kevel

### Who invested in Kevel?

Kevel's investors include Commerce Ventures, Triangle Tweener Fund, Lighter Capital, AperiamVentures and Fulcrum Equity Partners, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Kevel raised?

Kevel has raised $75M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Kevel last raise?

Kevel's most recent round was a Growth of $52M in Oct 2026.

### What was Kevel's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $52M in Oct 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Kevel first?

Kevel's first round on record, in Mar 2024, was backed by Commerce Ventures, Triangle Tweener Fund and Lighter Capital and 1 others.

### What stage is Kevel at?

Kevel's latest named round is a Growth, in Oct 2026.

### Where is Kevel based?

Kevel is based in the United States.

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