# Lingvist funding: rounds and investors > Lingvist has raised $15M across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include Jaan Tallinn, Inventure and SmartCap AS. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/lingvist (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Estonia · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Lingvist* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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. AI Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$15M** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 6 sources **$13K** Seed **$70K** Seed **$1.3M** Seed **$8.0M** Series A **$5.9M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $5.9M Oct 2021 - **Biggest round:** $8.0M Series A · Nov 2015 - **Investors:** 10 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. 2014 2016 2018 2020 **$13K** Seed **$70K** Seed **$1.3M** Seed **$8.0M** Series A **$5.9M** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $13K - **Biggest round:** $8.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 19 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2021** Venture **$5.9M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Inventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure) [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubio-impact-ventures) [Rockaway Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockaway-capital) Reported by Firms' own news pages and 1 other - **Nov 2015** Series A **$8.0M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Inventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure) [Rakuten Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rakuten-capital) [Jaan Tallinn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jaan-tallinn) [SmartCap AS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smartcap-as) Geoff Prentice From a historical funding record SEC filing: $2.7M sold, first sale Oct 2015 - **Apr 2014** Seed **$1.3M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Inventure Oy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure-oy) [Jaan Tallinn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jaan-tallinn) [SmartCap AS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smartcap-as) From a historical funding record - **Jul 2013** Seed **$70K** *1 new* [Jaan Tallinn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jaan-tallinn) From a historical funding record - **Dec 2012** Seed **$13K** *1 new* [Prototron fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prototron-fund) From a historical funding record ## 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 **Seed** 2014 **Series A** 2015 **Venture** 2021 [Jaan Tallinn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jaan-tallinn) [Inventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure) [SmartCap AS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smartcap-as) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Rakuten Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rakuten-capital) [Inventure Oy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure-oy) [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubio-impact-ventures) [Rockaway Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockaway-capital) [Prototron fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prototron-fund) Geoff Prentice ## Everyone who backed them [Jaan Tallinn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jaan-tallinn) VC firm **3** rounds [Inventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure) VC firm **2** rounds [SmartCap AS](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smartcap-as) VC firm **2** rounds [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round [Rakuten Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rakuten-capital) Corporate VC **1** round [Inventure Oy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure-oy) VC firm **1** round [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubio-impact-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Rockaway Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockaway-capital) VC firm **1** round [Prototron fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prototron-fund) Accelerator **1** round Geoff Prentice 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=lingvist). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Lingvist 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. [Ballpark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ballpark-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Lingvist ### Who invested in Lingvist? Lingvist's investors include Jaan Tallinn, Inventure, SmartCap AS, Techstars and Rakuten Capital, and 5 more on record. ### How much has Lingvist raised? Lingvist has raised $15M across 5 rounds since 2012. ### When did Lingvist last raise? Lingvist's most recent round was a Venture of $5.9M in Oct 2021. ### What was Lingvist's biggest round? Lingvist's largest round on record is $8.0M (Series A), in Nov 2015. ### Who backed Lingvist first? Lingvist's first round on record, in Dec 2012, was backed by Prototron fund. ### What stage is Lingvist at? Lingvist's latest named round is a Venture, in Oct 2021. ### Where is Lingvist based? Lingvist is based in Estonia. ## Companies like Lingvist In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Skeleton Technologies** $274M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/skeleton-technologies)[**DOD Solution** $2.1M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dod-solution)[**Cota Robotics** $2.2M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cota-robotics)[**Flashka** $1.2M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flashka)[**Soldera** $1.9M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/soldera)[**Vocal Image** $3.6M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/vocal-image) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app