# MakeSchool funding: rounds and investors

> MakeSchool has raised $15M across 2 rounds since 2012. Investors include Y Combinator and Venrock. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *MakeSchool*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

Edtech

Y Combinator: W12

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$15M** raised across 2 rounds since 2012, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Series B, $15M Apr 2019
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

**?** Seed

**$15M** Series B

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $15M
- **Between rounds:** 7.1 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2019** Series B **$15M** *1 new* [Venrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Mar 2012** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Ashutosh Desai** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Jeremy Rossmann** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Robert Hutter* *Tom Willerer*

## 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** 2012 **Series B** 2019 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Venrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Venrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list MakeSchool 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.

[Imagine K12](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imagine-k12) Accelerator Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about MakeSchool

### Who invested in MakeSchool?

MakeSchool's investors include Y Combinator and Venrock.

### How much has MakeSchool raised?

MakeSchool has raised $15M across 2 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did MakeSchool last raise?

MakeSchool's most recent round was a Series B of $15M in Apr 2019.

### What was MakeSchool's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $15M in Apr 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed MakeSchool first?

MakeSchool's first round on record, in Mar 2012, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is MakeSchool at?

MakeSchool's latest named round is a Series B, in Apr 2019.

### Where is MakeSchool based?

MakeSchool is based in the United States.

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