# Melon funding: rounds and investors > Melon has raised $6.8M across 8 rounds since 2012. Investors include Gaingels, SOSV and Antler. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/melon (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Melon* 8 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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. Metaverse Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$6.8M** raised across 8 rounds since 2012, from 8 sources **$25K** Venture **$15K** Grant **$291K** Crowdfunding **$5.0M** Seed **$1.5M** Pre-seed - **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $1.5M Dec 2022 - **Biggest round:** $5.0M Seed · Jul 2022 - **Investors:** 7 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 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 **$25K** Venture **$15K** Grant **$291K** Crowdfunding **?** Seed **$5.0M** Seed **$1.5M** Pre-seed - **First round:** Venture, $25K - **Biggest round:** $5.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 5 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2022** Pre-seed **$1.5M** *2 new* [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) [Inventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure) Source recorded - **Jul 2022** Seed **$5.0M** *1 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Source recorded SEC filing: $498K sold, first sale Apr 2022 - **Oct 2013** Seed **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Sept 2013** Venture **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Sept 2013** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [SOS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sos-ventures) From a historical funding record - **Jun 2013** Crowdfunding **$291K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Jun 2012** Grant **$15K** *1 new* [Highland Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-capital-partners) From a historical funding record - **Feb 2012** Venture **$25K** *2 new* [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [HAXLR8R](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haxlr8r) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Devon Sinclair Thome** Executive Officer, Director i - **Joshua Sinclair Neuman** Executive Officer i ## 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. **Venture** 2012 **Grant** 2012 **Crowdfunding** 2013 **Seed** 2013 **Venture** 2013 **Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2022 **Pre-seed** 2022 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) [Highland Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-capital-partners) [Inventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure) [SOS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sos-ventures) [HAXLR8R](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haxlr8r) ## The exit Exit Buyer Price When Acquired DAQRI undisclosed Feb 2015 From historical deal records. Wrong? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=melon). ## Everyone who backed them [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) VC firm **1** round [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) VC firm **1** round [Highland Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round [Inventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure) VC firm **1** round [SOS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sos-ventures) VC firm **1** round [HAXLR8R](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haxlr8r) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=melon). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Melon 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. [Launchpad LA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launchpad-la) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Melon ### Who invested in Melon? Melon's investors include Gaingels, SOSV, Antler, Highland Capital Partners and Inventure, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Melon raised? Melon has raised $6.8M across 8 rounds since 2012. 3 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Melon last raise? Melon's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $1.5M in Dec 2022. ### What was Melon's biggest round? Melon's largest round on record is $5.0M (Seed), in Jul 2022. ### Who backed Melon first? Melon's first round on record, in Feb 2012, was backed by SOSV and HAXLR8R. ### What stage is Melon at? Melon's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Dec 2022. ### Where is Melon based? Melon is based in the United States. ## Companies like Melon In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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