# Lucid Software funding: rounds and investors

> Lucid Software has raised $540M across 4 rounds since 2008. Investors include 500 Global, Tiger Global Management and ICONIQ Capital.

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

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# Who invested in *Lucid Software*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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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Valuation: $3.0B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$540M** raised across 4 rounds since 2008, from 4 sources

**$89K** Seed **$4.4M** Venture **$36M** Round **$500M** Secondary

- **Latest round:** Secondary, $500M Jun 2021
- **Step-up i:** 13.9×
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

**$89K** Seed

**$4.4M** Venture

**$36M** Round

**$500M** Secondary

- **First round:** Seed, $89K
- **Biggest round:** $500M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.8 years

## The rounds

- **Jun 2021** Secondary **$500M** *4 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) [Peterson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures) Source recorded
- **Sept 2016** Round **$36M** *1 new* [Spectrum Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spectrum-equity) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Apr 2014** Venture **$4.4M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $4.4M sold, first sale Mar 2014
- **Jan 2008** Seed **$89K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Lucid Software's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 11 on the team.

**Ben Dilts** Chief Engineer and Co-Founder

**Karl Sun** Board Chair & Co-Founder *Named on its 2020 Form D*

- **Dave Grow** Chief Executive Officer
- **Michael Maas** Vice President, Sales, EMEA
- **Brian Pugh** Chief Technology Officer
- **Jamie Lyon** Chief Product & Strategy Officer
- **Kat Judd** Chief People Officer
- **Nathan Rawlins** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Nick Rico** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Seamus Hennessy** Chief Financial Officer
- **Ben Spero** Managing Director
- **Cara Frisbie** General Counsel and SVP of Legal
- **Benjamin N. Dilts** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Benjamin N. Spero* *Kelly N. Wright*

## 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** 2008 **Venture** 2014 **Round** 2016 **Secondary** 2021 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) [Peterson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures) [Spectrum Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spectrum-equity)

## Everyone who backed them

[500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round

[Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **1** round

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) Family office **1** round

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

[Spectrum Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spectrum-equity) Private equity **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 10 firms list Lucid Software 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.

[Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) VC firm Per its own site

[Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity Per its own site

[Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) Family office Per its own site

[Cross Creek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-creek) VC firm Per its own site

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

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

[Baleon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baleon-capital) Private equity Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

[ZoiBel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zoibel) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Lucid Software

### Who invested in Lucid Software?

Lucid Software's investors include 500 Global, Tiger Global Management, ICONIQ Capital, Peterson Ventures and Spectrum Equity.

### How much has Lucid Software raised?

Lucid Software has raised $540M across 4 rounds since 2008.

### When did Lucid Software last raise?

Lucid Software's most recent round was a Secondary of $500M in Jun 2021.

### What was Lucid Software's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $500M in Jun 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Lucid Software first?

Lucid Software's first round on record, in Sept 2016, was backed by Spectrum Equity.

### What stage is Lucid Software at?

Lucid Software's latest named round is a Secondary, in Jun 2021.

### Where is Lucid Software based?

Lucid Software is based in Japan.

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