# Leanplum funding: rounds and investors

> Leanplum has raised $145M across 7 rounds since 2012. Investors include Shasta Ventures, Techstars and Kima Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Leanplum*

7 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$145M** raised across 7 rounds since 2012, from 7 sources

**$825K** Seed **$4.8M** Series A **$12M** Series B **$29M** Series C **$47M** Series D **$52M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $52M Apr 2018
- **Investors:** 14

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.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

**?** Seed

**$825K** Seed

**$4.8M** Series A

**$12M** Series B

**$29M** Series C

**$47M** Series D

**$52M** Series D

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $52M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 13 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2018** Series D **$52M** *1 new* [Waterwood Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/waterwood-group) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Nov 2017** Series D **$47M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) KPCB Norwest Venture Partners/ Canaan Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2016** Series C **$29M** *1 new* [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Aug 2015** Series B **$12M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2014** Series A **$4.8M** *1 new* [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Feb 2013** Seed **$825K** *7 new* *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Alliance of Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliance-of-angels) [Andrew Wright](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-wright) [VoiVoda Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voivoda) [Bogomil Balkansky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bogomil-balkansky) Lyuben Belov M Asif Rahman Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Aug 2012** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) Reported by techstars.com

## Founders and team

From Leanplum's own website: 3 founders, 3 on the team.

**Sunil Thomas** Co-founder & CEO

**Anand Jain** Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer

**Suresh Kondamudi** Co-founder & CTO

- **Deepak Lamba** Chief Revenue Officer, East
- **Sanjeev Singh** Global Chief Human Resources Officer
- **Lohran Queiroz** VP - Sales (LATAM)

## 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** 2012 **Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Series C** 2016 **Series D** 2017 **Series D** 2018 [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Alliance of Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliance-of-angels) [Andrew Wright](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-wright) [VoiVoda Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voivoda) [Bogomil Balkansky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bogomil-balkansky) [Waterwood Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/waterwood-group)

## Everyone who backed them

[Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **2** rounds

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

[Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) VC firm **1** round

[Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Alliance of Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliance-of-angels) Angel network **1** round

[Andrew Wright](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-wright) Angel **1** round

[VoiVoda Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voivoda) VC firm **1** round

[Bogomil Balkansky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bogomil-balkansky) VC firm **1** round

[Waterwood Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/waterwood-group) Investment firm **1** round

KPCB no record of our own yet **1** round

Lyuben Belov no record of our own yet **1** round

M Asif Rahman no record of our own yet **1** round

Norwest Venture Partners/ Canaan 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=leanplum).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Leanplum 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.

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

[VTI Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vti-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Leanplum

### Who invested in Leanplum?

Leanplum's investors include Shasta Ventures, Techstars, Kima Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Canaan, and 9 more on record.

### How much has Leanplum raised?

Leanplum has raised $145M across 7 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Leanplum last raise?

Leanplum's most recent round was a Series D of $52M in Apr 2018.

### What was Leanplum's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $52M in Apr 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Leanplum first?

Leanplum's first round on record, in Aug 2012, was backed by Techstars.

### What stage is Leanplum at?

Leanplum's latest named round is a Series D, in Apr 2018.

### Where is Leanplum based?

Leanplum is based in the United States.

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