# Lambda School funding: rounds and investors > Lambda School has raised $48M across 3 rounds since 2018. Investors include Y Combinator, Ashton Kutcher and Tandem Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/lambda-school (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Lambda School* 3 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. Edtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$48M** raised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources **$4.0M** Seed **$14M** Series A **$30M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $30M Jan 2019 - **Step-up i:** 2.1× - **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. 2019 **$4.0M** Seed **$14M** Series A **$30M** Round - **First round:** Seed, $4.0M - **Biggest round:** $30M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 8 months [**Lambda School** Edtech 1 / 15 Their pitch deck **Lambda School's pitch deck, 15 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/lambda-school) ## The rounds - **Jan 2019** Round **$30M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) Geoff Lewis/ Google Ventures GGV Vy Reported by Nytimes - **Oct 2018** Series A **$14M** *1 new* GV/ Stripe Reported by Lambdaschool - **Feb 2018** Seed **$4.0M** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Tandem Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tandem) [Tyler Willis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tyler-willis) Jake Chapman Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From Lambda School's own website: 1 founder, 2 on the team. **Austen Allred** Co-Founder & CEO - **Zoran Martinovic** Chief Operating Officer - **John Yow** General Counsel ## 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** 2018 **Series A** 2018 **Round** 2019 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) [Tandem Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tandem) [Tyler Willis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tyler-willis) Geoff Lewis/ Google Ventures GGV GV/ Stripe Jake Chapman Vy ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) VC firm **1** round [Tandem Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tandem) VC firm **1** round [Tyler Willis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tyler-willis) Angel **1** round Geoff Lewis/ Google Ventures GGV no record of our own yet **1** round GV/ Stripe no record of our own yet **1** round Jake Chapman no record of our own yet **1** round Vy no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=lambda-school). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Lambda School 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. [Imagine K12](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imagine-k12) Accelerator Per its own site [Outbound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/outbound-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Lambda School ### Who invested in Lambda School? Lambda School's investors include Y Combinator, Ashton Kutcher, Tandem Capital, Tyler Willis and Geoff Lewis/ Google Ventures GGV, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Lambda School raised? Lambda School has raised $48M across 3 rounds since 2018. ### When did Lambda School last raise? Lambda School's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $30M in Jan 2019. ### What was Lambda School's biggest round? Its most recent round, $30M in Jan 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Lambda School first? Lambda School's first round on record, in Feb 2018, was backed by Y Combinator, Tandem Capital and Tyler Willis and 1 others. ### What stage is Lambda School at? Lambda School's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2019. ### Where is Lambda School based? Lambda School is based in the United States. ## Companies like Lambda School In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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