# Known funding: rounds and investors

> Known has raised $9.8M across 2 rounds since 2014. Investors include Pear VC, Forerunner Ventures and NFX. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Known*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

Consumer Apps

Raised 11 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$9.8M** raised across 2 rounds since 2014, from 2 sources

**$50K** Seed **$9.7M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $9.7M Dec 2025
- **Step-up i:** 194×
- **Investors:** 3

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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.

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$50K** Seed

**$9.7M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $50K
- **Biggest round:** $9.7M
- **Between rounds:** 11.6 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2025** Seed **$9.7M** *3 new* [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [NFX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nfx) Source recorded SEC filing: $9.5M sold, first sale Oct 2025
- **May 2014** Seed **$50K** 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** 2014 **Seed** 2025 [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [NFX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nfx)

## Everyone who backed them

[Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) VC firm **1** round

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

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Known 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.

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

## Quick answers about Known

### Who invested in Known?

Known's investors include Pear VC, Forerunner Ventures and NFX.

### How much has Known raised?

Known has raised $9.8M across 2 rounds since 2014.

### When did Known last raise?

Known's most recent round was a Seed of $9.7M in Dec 2025.

### What was Known's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $9.7M in Dec 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Known first?

Known's first round on record, in Dec 2025, was backed by Pear VC, Forerunner Ventures and NFX.

### What stage is Known at?

Known's latest named round is a Seed, in Dec 2025.

### Where is Known based?

Known is based in the United States.

## Companies like Known

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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