# makeena funding: rounds and investors

> makeena has raised $176K across 4 rounds since 2013. Investors include MassChallenge, XRC Ventures and Telluride Venture Accelerator.

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

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# Who invested in *makeena*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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

**$176K** raised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources

**$76K** Seed **$25K** Seed **$75K** Seed

- **Latest round:** Venture Jun 2021
- **Biggest round:** $76K Seed · Jul 2013
- **Investors:** 3

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

**$76K** Seed

**$25K** Seed

**$75K** Seed

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $76K
- **Biggest round:** $76K
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2021** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) [XRC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xrc-ventures) Source recorded
- **Jul 2014** Seed **$75K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **Feb 2014** Seed **$25K** *1 new* [Telluride Venture Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telluride-venture-accelerator) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $25K sold, first sale Jan 2014
- **Jul 2013** Seed **$76K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From makeena's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 1 on the team.

**Karen Frame** Founder *Named on its 2017 Form D*

- **Jonathan McCottry** CTO & Data Scientist

## 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** 2013 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Venture** 2021 [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) [XRC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xrc-ventures) [Telluride Venture Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telluride-venture-accelerator)

## Everyone who backed them

[MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) Accelerator **1** round

[XRC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xrc-ventures) Accelerator **1** round

[Telluride Venture Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telluride-venture-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists makeena 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.

[Telluride Venture Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telluride-venture-network) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about makeena

### Who invested in makeena?

makeena's investors include MassChallenge, XRC Ventures and Telluride Venture Accelerator.

### How much has makeena raised?

makeena has raised $176K across 4 rounds since 2013. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did makeena last raise?

makeena's most recent round was a Venture in Jun 2021.

### What was makeena's biggest round?

makeena's largest round on record is $76K (Seed), in Jul 2013.

### Who backed makeena first?

makeena's first round on record, in Feb 2014, was backed by Telluride Venture Accelerator.

### What stage is makeena at?

makeena's latest named round is a Venture, in Jun 2021.

### Where is makeena based?

makeena is based in the United States.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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