# Ladder funding: rounds and investors

> Ladder has raised $151M across 5 rounds since 2016. Investors include Canaan, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Nyca Partners. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Ladder*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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.

Financial Services Fintech Insurtech Internet

Valuation: $900M, Oct 2024 Y Combinator: S20

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$151M** raised across 5 rounds since 2016, from 5 sources

**$14M** Series A **$30M** Series B **$3.5M** Seed **$100M** Series D **$3.6M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $3.6M Apr 2025
- **Biggest round:** $100M Series D · Oct 2021
- **Investors:** 16

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.

2018 2020 2022 2024

**$14M** Series A

**$30M** Series B

**$3.5M** Seed

**$100M** Series D

**$3.6M** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $14M
- **Biggest round:** $100M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.5 years

[**Ladder** Consumer internet 1 / 12 Their pitch deck **Ladder's pitch deck, 12 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/ladder)

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Venture **$3.6M** *3 new* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Storm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/storm-ventures) [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $19M sold, first sale Nov 2024
- **Oct 2021** Seed **$3.5M** *6 new* [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [20VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/20vc) [Seven Seven Six](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seven-six) [Scribble Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scribble-ventures) [Script Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/script-capital) Source recorded
- **Oct 2021** Series D **$100M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) Source recorded
- **Jan 2018** Series B **$30M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) RRE Ventures/ Thomvest Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2016** Series A **$14M** *1 new* [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Ladder's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Mike Rozelle** Director Of New Business Strategy USA
- **Tony Jones** Director Of New Business Strategy EMEA

## 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 A** 2016 **Series B** 2018 **Seed** 2021 **Series D** 2021 **Venture** 2025 [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Storm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/storm-ventures) [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) VC firm **3** rounds

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round

[8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm **1** round

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

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

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

[Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[20VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/20vc) VC firm **1** round

[Seven Seven Six](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seven-six) VC firm **1** round

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

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

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

RRE Ventures/ Thomvest no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about Ladder

### Who invested in Ladder?

Ladder's investors include Canaan, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nyca Partners, Y Combinator and General Catalyst, and 11 more on record.

### How much has Ladder raised?

Ladder has raised $151M across 5 rounds since 2016.

### When did Ladder last raise?

Ladder's most recent round was a Venture of $3.6M in Apr 2025.

### What was Ladder's biggest round?

Ladder's largest round on record is $100M (Series D), in Oct 2021.

### Who backed Ladder first?

Ladder's first round on record, in Oct 2016, was backed by Canaan.

### What stage is Ladder at?

Ladder's latest named round is a Venture, in Apr 2025.

### Where is Ladder based?

Ladder is based in the United States.

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