# Lumanu funding: rounds and investors > Lumanu has raised $1.0M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include 500 Global, Alumni Ventures and Gaingels. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/lumanu (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Lumanu* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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. Advertising & Adtech Martech Media Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$1.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Nov 2023 - **Biggest round:** $1.0M Seed · Apr 2018 - **Investors:** 9 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$1.0M** Seed **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $1.0M - **Biggest round:** $1.0M - **Between rounds:** 5.6 years [**Lumanu** Adtech/martech 1 / 9 Their pitch deck **Lumanu's pitch deck, 9 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/lumanu) ## The rounds - **Nov 2023** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* *1 returning* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) Source recorded - **Apr 2018** Seed **$1.0M** *5 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brightstar-wiscons) Northwestern Mutual/ gener8tor Peter Sachse Right Side Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From Lumanu's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team. - **Jen Winston** Head of Social at Lyft - **Hieu Tran** Executive Officer, Director i - **Kevin Katari** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Paul Johnson* *Peter Sachse* ## 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** 2018 **Venture** 2023 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) [BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brightstar-wiscons) Northwestern Mutual/ gener8tor Peter Sachse Right Side ## Everyone who backed them [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **2** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **1** round [Gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gener8tor) VC firm **1** round [BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brightstar-wiscons) Government **1** round Northwestern Mutual/ gener8tor no record of our own yet **1** round Peter Sachse no record of our own yet **1** round Right Side 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=lumanu). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Lumanu 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. [Capital Midwest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-midwest-fund) VC firm Per its own site [1945 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1945-capital) Family office Per its own site [Ossian Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ossian-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Sachse Family Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sachse-family-fund) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about Lumanu ### Who invested in Lumanu? Lumanu's investors include 500 Global, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, Right Side Capital Management and Gener8tor, and 4 more on record. ### How much has Lumanu raised? Lumanu has raised $1.0M across 2 rounds since 2018. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Lumanu last raise? Lumanu's most recent round was a Venture in Nov 2023. ### What was Lumanu's biggest round? Lumanu's largest round on record is $1.0M (Seed), in Apr 2018. ### Who backed Lumanu first? Lumanu's first round on record, in Apr 2018, was backed by 500 Global, BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation and Northwestern Mutual/ gener8tor and 2 others. ### What stage is Lumanu at? Lumanu's latest named round is a Venture, in Nov 2023. ### Where is Lumanu based? Lumanu is based in the United States. ## Companies like Lumanu In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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