# Kobalt funding: rounds and investors > Kobalt has raised $131M across 5 rounds since 2008. Investors include Balderton Capital, Spark Ventures and Google Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kobalt (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Kobalt* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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. Cybersecurity Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$131M** raised across 5 rounds since 2008, from 5 sources **$16M** Series B **$40M** Series B **$60M** Series C **$14M** Series D **$923K** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $923K Oct 2020 - **Biggest round:** $60M Series C · Feb 2015 - **Investors:** 7 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. 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 **$16M** Series B **$40M** Series B **$60M** Series C **$14M** Series D **$923K** Seed - **First round:** Series B, $16M - **Biggest round:** $60M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2020** Seed **$923K** *1 new* [Version One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one) Source recorded - **Oct 2017** Series D **$14M** *1 new* [Section 32](https://millionrounds.com/fund/section-32) Reported by TechCrunch - **Feb 2015** Series C **$60M** *2 new* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Michael Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-dell) From a historical funding record - **Oct 2013** Series B **$40M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Spark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-ventures-2) [DFO Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/msd-capital) From a historical funding record - **Feb 2008** Series B **$16M** *2 new* [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Spark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-ventures-2) Reported by balderton.com ## 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 B** 2008 **Series B** 2013 **Series C** 2015 **Series D** 2017 **Seed** 2020 [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Spark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-ventures-2) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Version One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one) [Section 32](https://millionrounds.com/fund/section-32) [DFO Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/msd-capital) [Michael Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-dell) ## Everyone who backed them [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Spark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-ventures-2) VC firm **2** rounds [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round [Version One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/version-one) VC firm **1** round [Section 32](https://millionrounds.com/fund/section-32) VC firm **1** round [DFO Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/msd-capital) Family office **1** round [Michael Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-dell) Angel **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kobalt). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Kobalt 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. [Five Stones Investment Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/five-stones-investment-group) VC firm Per its own site [Jamen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jamen-capital) Family office Per its own site [KI capital GmbH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ki-capital-gmbh) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about Kobalt ### Who invested in Kobalt? Kobalt's investors include Balderton Capital, Spark Ventures, Google Ventures, Version One Ventures and Section 32, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Kobalt raised? Kobalt has raised $131M across 5 rounds since 2008. ### When did Kobalt last raise? Kobalt's most recent round was a Seed of $923K in Oct 2020. ### What was Kobalt's biggest round? Kobalt's largest round on record is $60M (Series C), in Feb 2015. ### Who backed Kobalt first? Kobalt's first round on record, in Feb 2008, was backed by Balderton Capital and Spark Ventures. ### What stage is Kobalt at? Kobalt's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2020. ### Where is Kobalt based? Kobalt is based in the United States. ## Companies like Kobalt In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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