# Matter funding: rounds and investors

> Matter has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2021. Investors include Y Combinator, Google Ventures and Unpopular Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

Canada · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Matter*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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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Y Combinator: S20

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$17M** raised across 2 rounds since 2021, from 2 sources

**$7.0M** Series A **$10M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $10M Aug 2023
- **Step-up i:** 1.4×
- **Investors:** 8

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.

2022 2023

**$7.0M** Series A

**$10M** Series A

- **First round:** Series A, $7.0M
- **Biggest round:** $10M
- **Between rounds:** 22 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2023** Series A **$10M** *3 new* [Elemental Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elemental-impact) [S2G Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/s2g-investments) [Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) Source recorded
- **Oct 2021** Series A **$7.0M** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures) [Flex Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flex-capital) [Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $10M sold, first sale Nov 2021

## 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.

**Series A** 2021 **Series A** 2023 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures) [Flex Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flex-capital) [Elemental Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elemental-impact) [S2G Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/s2g-investments) [Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) [Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital)

## The exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired Medium undisclosed Apr 2013

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

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

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

[Flex Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flex-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Elemental Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elemental-impact) VC firm **1** round

[S2G Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/s2g-investments) Growth equity **1** round

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

[Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=matter).

## Quick answers about Matter

### Who invested in Matter?

Matter's investors include Y Combinator, Google Ventures, Unpopular Ventures, Flex Capital and Elemental Impact, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Matter raised?

Matter has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2021.

### When did Matter last raise?

Matter's most recent round was a Series A of $10M in Aug 2023.

### What was Matter's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $10M in Aug 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Matter first?

Matter's first round on record, in Oct 2021, was backed by Y Combinator, Google Ventures and Unpopular Ventures and 2 others.

### What stage is Matter at?

Matter's latest named round is a Series A, in Aug 2023.

### Where is Matter based?

Matter is based in Canada.

## Companies like Matter

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

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