# Lively funding: rounds and investors

> Lively has raised $145M across 10 rounds since 2013. Investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel and Liquid 2 Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Lively*

10 rounds we have observed, with the 23 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 10 rounds since 2013, from 10 sources

**$500K** Seed **$150K** Debt **$1.9M** Venture **$175K** Venture **$4.0M** Seed **$4.2M** Round **$11M** Series A **$16M** Series A **$27M** Series B **$80M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $80M Oct 2021
- **Step-up i:** 3×
- **Investors:** 23 (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.

2015 2017 2019 2021

**$500K** Seed

**$150K** Debt

**$4.0M** Seed

**$4.2M** Round

**$11M** Series A

**$16M** Series A

**$27M** Series B

**$80M** Series C

- **First round:** Seed, $500K
- **Biggest round:** $80M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2021** Series C **$80M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) Source recorded SEC filing: $80M sold, first sale Sept 2021
- **Oct 2019** Series B **$27M** *4 new* *3 returning* [Costanoa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/costanoa-ventures) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [PJC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pjc) [Teamworthy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teamworthy-ventures) [Ally Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ally-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $22M sold, first sale Oct 2019
- **Jan 2019** Series A **$16M** *1 new* [Declaration Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/declaration-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Oct 2018
- **Oct 2018** Series A **$11M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Transmedia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transmedia-capital) [Point Judith Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-judith-capital) Costanoa Ventures/ Y Combinator Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Oct 2018
- **Sept 2017** Round **$4.2M** *9 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) [Transmedia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transmedia-capital) [Liquid 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2) [PJC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pjc) [The Durant Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-durant-company) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2016** Seed **$4.0M** *1 new* [GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Apr 2014** Venture **$175K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $175K sold, first sale Apr 2014
- **Jan 2014** Venture **$1.9M** *1 new* [Second Avenue Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/second-avenue-partners-llc) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.9M sold, first sale Jan 2014
- **Oct 2013** Debt **$150K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $150K sold, first sale Sept 2013
- **Aug 2013** Seed **$500K** *4 new* [Mike Slade](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-slade) [Nick Hanauer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nick-hanauer) [Pete Higgins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pete-higgins) Pat Collins Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $500K sold, first sale Aug 2013

## 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.

**Venture** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Seed** 2016 **Round** 2017 **Series A** 2018 **Series A** 2019 **Series B** 2019 **Series C** 2021 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) [Transmedia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transmedia-capital) [PJC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pjc) [Costanoa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/costanoa-ventures) L [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) [GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **3** rounds

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **2** rounds

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

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

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

[Transmedia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transmedia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

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

[Costanoa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/costanoa-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) VC firm **1** round

[GGV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ggv-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) Angel **1** round

[Declaration Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/declaration-partners) Family office **1** round

[Point Judith Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point-judith-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Second Avenue Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/second-avenue-partners-llc) VC firm **1** round

[Liquid 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2) VC firm **1** round

[Mike Slade](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-slade) Angel **1** round

[Nick Hanauer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nick-hanauer) Angel **1** round

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

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

[Pete Higgins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pete-higgins) Angel **1** round

[The Durant Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-durant-company) Growth equity **1** round

Costanoa Ventures/ Y Combinator no record of our own yet **1** round

Pat Collins 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=lively).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Lively 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.

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

## Quick answers about Lively

### Who invested in Lively?

Lively's investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel, Liquid 2 Ventures, Streamlined Ventures and Haystack, and 18 more on record.

### How much has Lively raised?

Lively has raised $145M across 10 rounds since 2013.

### When did Lively last raise?

Lively's most recent round was a Series C of $80M in Oct 2021.

### What was Lively's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $80M in Oct 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Lively first?

Lively's first round on record, in Aug 2013, was backed by Mike Slade, Nick Hanauer and Pete Higgins and 1 others.

### What stage is Lively at?

Lively's latest named round is a Series C, in Oct 2021.

### Where is Lively based?

Lively is based in the United States.

### Who led Lively's rounds?

Costanoa Ventures led the Series B in 2019.

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