# Mailgun funding: rounds and investors

> Mailgun has raised $51M across 3 rounds since 2010. Investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel and Salesforce Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Mailgun*

3 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.

IT Services Martech

Y Combinator: W11

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$51M** raised across 3 rounds since 2010, from 3 sources

**$1.1M** Seed **$50M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $50M Feb 2017
- **Step-up i:** 45.5×
- **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.

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

**?** Seed

**$1.1M** Seed

**$50M** Round

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $50M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.8 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2017** Round **$50M** *2 new* [Rackspace](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rackspace) Turn/River Capital/ Scaleworks Reported by FinSMEs
- **May 2011** Seed **$1.1M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) [Webb Investment Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/webb-investment-network) [Yuri Milner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yuri-milner) [Geoff Ralston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geoff-ralston) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Jan 2010** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Reported by techcrunch.com

## 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** 2010 **Seed** 2011 **Round** 2017 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) [Webb Investment Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/webb-investment-network) [Yuri Milner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yuri-milner) [Geoff Ralston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geoff-ralston) [Rackspace](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rackspace) Turn/River Capital/ Scaleworks

## The exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired [Rackspace](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rackspace) undisclosed Aug 2012

From historical deal records. Wrong? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=mailgun).

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round

[Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

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

[Webb Investment Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/webb-investment-network) Family office **1** round

[Yuri Milner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yuri-milner) VC firm **1** round

[Geoff Ralston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geoff-ralston) VC firm **1** round

[Rackspace](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rackspace) Corporate VC **1** round

Turn/River Capital/ Scaleworks 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=mailgun).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Mailgun 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.

[Scaleworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scaleworks) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Mailgun

### Who invested in Mailgun?

Mailgun's investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel, Salesforce Ventures, Paul Buchheit and Webb Investment Network, and 4 more on record.

### How much has Mailgun raised?

Mailgun has raised $51M across 3 rounds since 2010. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Mailgun last raise?

Mailgun's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $50M in Feb 2017.

### What was Mailgun's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $50M in Feb 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Mailgun first?

Mailgun's first round on record, in Jan 2010, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Mailgun at?

Mailgun's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Feb 2017.

### Where is Mailgun based?

Mailgun is based in the United States.

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