# Lessonly funding: rounds and investors > Lessonly has raised $24M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Allos Ventures, High Alpha and Alumni Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/lessonly (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Lessonly* 3 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 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$24M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources **$1.1M** Series A **$8.0M** Series B **$15M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $15M Mar 2020 - **Step-up i:** 1.9× - **Investors:** 6 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. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 **$1.1M** Series A **$8.0M** Series B **$15M** Series C - **First round:** Series A, $1.1M - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.9 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2020** Series C **$15M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [AVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avp-2) [High Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha) [Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $22M sold, first sale Mar 2020 - **Nov 2017** Series B **$8.0M** *3 new* *1 returning* [High Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha) [Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) [OpenView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openview) [Rethink Education](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rethink-education) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $8.0M sold, first sale Nov 2017 - **Dec 2014** Series A **$1.1M** *1 new* [Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Lessonly's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 11 on the team. - **Hayden Stafford** President and Chief Revenue Officer - **Rob Tarkoff** Chief Executive Officer - **Celaena Powder** Chief Legal Officer - **Evan Goldstein** Chief Financial Officer - **Kimberly Schultz** Chief Human Resources Officer - **Rob Pinkerton** Chief Marketing Officer - **Taylor Short** Chief of Staff - **Toby Carrington** Chief Business Officer - **Umberto Milletti** Chief Product & Technology Officer - **Alex Maxwell Scherbakovsky** Appointed on March 18, 2020 i - **John Maxwell Yoder** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Claudia Maxwell Reuter* *Dorsey Maxwell Scott* *Michael Maxwell Fitzgerald* *Ricky Maxwell Pelletier* ## 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** 2014 **Series B** 2017 **Series C** 2020 [Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) [High Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [AVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avp-2) [OpenView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openview) [Rethink Education](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rethink-education) ## Everyone who backed them [Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [High Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha) VC firm **2** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [AVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avp-2) Investment firm **1** round [OpenView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openview) VC firm **1** round [Rethink Education](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rethink-education) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=lessonly). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Lessonly 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. [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Jackson Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jackson-square-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [High Alpha Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha-capital) Venture studio 2021, per its site [Elevate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate-ventures-2) Angel network Per its own site ## Quick answers about Lessonly ### Who invested in Lessonly? Lessonly's investors include Allos Ventures, High Alpha, Alumni Ventures, AVP and OpenView, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Lessonly raised? Lessonly has raised $24M across 3 rounds since 2014. ### When did Lessonly last raise? Lessonly's most recent round was a Series C of $15M in Mar 2020. ### What was Lessonly's biggest round? Its most recent round, $15M in Mar 2020, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Lessonly first? Lessonly's first round on record, in Dec 2014, was backed by Allos Ventures. ### What stage is Lessonly at? Lessonly's latest named round is a Series C, in Mar 2020. ### Where is Lessonly based? Lessonly is based in the United States. ## Companies like Lessonly In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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