# LeoLabs funding: rounds and investors

> LeoLabs has raised $46M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Horizons Ventures, Insight Partners and Bossa Invest. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *LeoLabs*

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.

Aerospace & Space

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$46M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

**$4.0M** Round **$13M** Series A **$29M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $29M Feb 2024
- **Step-up i:** 2.2×
- **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.

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

**$4.0M** Round

**$13M** Series A

**$29M** Venture

- **First round:** Round, $4.0M
- **Biggest round:** $29M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.6 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2024** Venture **$29M** *4 new* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [AngelList](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angellist) [Seraphim Space](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraphim-space) Source recorded
- **Jun 2018** Series A **$13M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) Airbus Ventures/ Space Angels Reported by FinSMEs
- **Feb 2017** Round **$4.0M** *3 new* [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) [Airbus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airbus) [SRI International](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sri-international) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From LeoLabs's own website: 3 founders, 5 on the team.

**Daniel Ceperley** Founder & Chief Operating Officer

**Dr. Edward Lu** Founder & Chief Technology Officer

**John Buonocore** Founder & Chief Engineer

- **Tony Frazier** Chief Executive Officer
- **Maher Khoury** Senior Vice President of International Sales
- **Karen Cox** Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
- **Karen D. Dacres** Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
- **Ramsey Price** Chief Financial Officer

## 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.

**Round** 2017 **Series A** 2018 **Venture** 2024 [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [AngelList](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angellist) [Seraphim Space](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraphim-space) [Airbus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airbus) [SRI International](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sri-international) Airbus Ventures/ Space Angels

## Everyone who backed them

[Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) VC firm **1** round

[AngelList](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angellist) Angel network **1** round

[Seraphim Space](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraphim-space) VC firm **1** round

[Airbus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airbus) Accelerator **1** round

[SRI International](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sri-international) Corporate VC **1** round

Airbus Ventures/ Space Angels 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=leolabs).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 7 firms list LeoLabs 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.

[New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) VC firm Per its own site

[Dolby Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dolby-family-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

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

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

[Morgan Brook Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-brook-capital) Private equity Per its own site

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

[Velvet Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/velvet-sea-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about LeoLabs

### Who invested in LeoLabs?

LeoLabs's investors include Horizons Ventures, Insight Partners, Bossa Invest, AngelList and Seraphim Space, and 3 more on record.

### How much has LeoLabs raised?

LeoLabs has raised $46M across 3 rounds since 2017.

### When did LeoLabs last raise?

LeoLabs's most recent round was a Venture of $29M in Feb 2024.

### What was LeoLabs's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $29M in Feb 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed LeoLabs first?

LeoLabs's first round on record, in Feb 2017, was backed by Horizons Ventures, Airbus and SRI International.

### What stage is LeoLabs at?

LeoLabs's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2024.

### Where is LeoLabs based?

LeoLabs is based in the United States.

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