# Leland funding: rounds and investors > Leland has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Forerunner Ventures, Goodwater Capital and Contrary. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/leland (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Leland* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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 Education HR Tech Marketplaces Follow Leland and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fleland) Funding summary Updated 15 Nov 2026 **$17M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources **$12M** Series A **$5.0M** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $5.0M Mar 2025 - **Biggest round:** $12M Series A · Nov 2024 - **Investors:** 6 (1 led) 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. 2025 **$12M** Series A **$5.0M** Debt - **First round:** Series A, $12M - **Biggest round:** $12M - **Between rounds:** 4 months ## The rounds - **Mar 2025** Debt **$5.0M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) [Peterson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures) [Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary) Source recorded SEC filing: $12M sold, first sale Sept 2024 - **Nov 2024** Series A **$12M** *5 new* [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) Lead [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary) [GSV Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-ventures) Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $12M sold, first sale Sept 2024 ## 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** 2024 **Debt** 2025 [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) L [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Peterson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures) [GSV Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary) VC firm **2** rounds [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round [Peterson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures) VC firm **1** round [GSV Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=leland). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Leland 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. [Next Play Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-play-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Leland ### Who invested in Leland? Leland's investors include Forerunner Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Contrary, FJ Labs and Peterson Ventures, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Leland raised? Leland has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2024. ### When did Leland last raise? Leland's most recent round was a Debt of $5.0M in Mar 2025. ### What was Leland's biggest round? Leland's largest round on record is $12M (Series A), in Nov 2024, led by Forerunner Ventures. ### Who backed Leland first? Leland's first round on record, in Nov 2024, was backed by Forerunner Ventures, FJ Labs and Goodwater Capital and 2 others. ### What stage is Leland at? Leland's latest named round is a Debt, in Mar 2025. ### Where is Leland based? Leland is based in the United States. ### Who led Leland's rounds? Forerunner Ventures led the Series A in 2024. ## Companies like Leland In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**VuMedi** $142M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vumedi)[**Garage** $55M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/garage)[**Mercor** $1.2B · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mercor)[**Afforai** $100K · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/afforai)[**Astral** $17M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/astral)[**DegreeSight** $1.0M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/degreesight) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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