Who invested in Knightscope

7 rounds we have observed, with the 17 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.

AICybersecurityRobotics

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$48Mraised across 7 rounds since 2013, from 7 sources

$10KSeed$1.5MSeed$3.8MSeries A$1.3MDebt$15MRound$25MRound$1.7MRound

Latest round: Round, $1.7MMar 2025
Biggest round: $25MRound · Jan 2018
Investors: 17

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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.

2013201520172019202120232025

$10KSeed$1.5MSeed$3.8MSeries A$15MRound$25MRound$1.7MRound

First round: Seed, $10K
Biggest round: $25M
Usual gap between rounds: 12 months

The rounds

Mar 2025
Round$1.7M3 new3 returning
Source recorded
Jan 2018
Round$25M2 returning
- Bright Success Capital
- Konica Minolta
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $2.0M sold, first sale Jan 2018
Sept 2017
Round$15M1 new
- equity crowdfunding on SeedInvest
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $75K sold, first sale Sept 2017
Apr 2015
Debt$1.3M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $45K sold, first sale May 2015
Dec 2014
Series A$3.8M7 new3 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale Jun 2014
Mar 2014
Seed$1.5M3 new1 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $460K sold, first sale Oct 2013
Apr 2013
Seed$10K3 new
- Kishore Ganji
- William Santana Li
- Stacy Dean Stephens
From a historical funding record

Funding filed with regulators

Knightscope filed 2 raises, $35M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

Oct 2020$17Mof $49M offeredRegulation A
Dec 2016$19Mof $20M offeredRegulation A

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 6 on the team.

Aaron J. LehnhardtExecutive Officeri
Mallorie Dean BurakExecutive Officeri
Mercedes Dean SoriaExecutive Officeri
Peter M. WeinbergExecutive Officeri
Stacy Dean StephensExecutive Officeri
William Santana LiExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediJackeline V. Hernandez FentanezKristi M. RossLinda Keene SolomonPatricia L. HowellPatricia L. WatkinsSuzanne L. Muchin

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.

Seed2013Seed2014Series A2014Debt2015Round2017Round2018Round2025

Plug and Play

Seedinvest

NTT DOCOMO VenturesKishore Ganji

Bright Success Capital

Konica Minolta

SVB Capital

UpHonest Capital

QueensBridge Venture PartnersMeyer Global

Everyone who backed them

Plug and PlayAccelerator3rounds

SeedinvestVC firm3rounds

NTT DOCOMO VenturesAccelerator3rounds

Kishore GanjiCompany2rounds

Bright Success CapitalFamily office2rounds

Konica MinoltaVC firm2rounds

SVB CapitalVC firm1round

UpHonest CapitalVC firm1round

QueensBridge Venture PartnersVC firm1round

Meyer GlobalInvestment firm1round

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiCorporate VC1round

F50Angel network1round

Flex Lab IXAccelerator1round

Sood VenturesVC firm1round

William Santana LiVC firm1round

equity crowdfunding on SeedInvestno record of our own yet1round

Stacy Dean Stephensno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Knightscope 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.