# MemSQL funding: rounds and investors > MemSQL has raised $114M across 7 rounds since 2011. Investors include DCVC, IA Ventures and Raymond Tonsing. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/memsql (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *MemSQL* 7 rounds we have observed, with the 34 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. Big Data & Analytics Y Combinator: Winter 2011 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$114M** raised across 7 rounds since 2011, from 7 sources **$5.0M** Seed **$3.0M** Seed **$5.0M** Series A **$35M** Series B **$36M** Round **$30M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $30M May 2018 - **Biggest round:** $36M Round · Jun 2016 - **Investors:** 34 (1 led) 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 **$5.0M** Seed **$3.0M** Seed **$5.0M** Series A **$35M** Series B **?** Round **$36M** Round **$30M** Series D - **First round:** Seed, $5.0M - **Biggest round:** $36M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 12 months ## The rounds - **May 2018** Series D **$30M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Caffeinated Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) [Glynn Capital/ Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/glynn-capital-accel) IA Reported by FinSMEs - **Jun 2016** Round **$36M** *7 new* *18 returning* Reed Elsevier Ventures Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) [Caffeinated Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) [Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman) [Start Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/start-fund) [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) [TGM ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tgm) [Guy Oseary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guy-oseary) [REV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rev-com) Janis Krums Karl Jacob Marco Bergmann Mark LaRosa Ron Garret Source recorded - **Sept 2014** Round **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2014** Series B **$35M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2013** Series A **$5.0M** *1 new* *3 returning* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) [Digital Sky Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-sky-technologies) From a historical funding record - **Jun 2012** Seed **$3.0M** *4 new* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) Reported by pevc.dowjones.com SEC filing: $2.0M sold, first sale Jun 2012 - **Jul 2011** Seed **$5.0M** *15 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) [Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman) [Start Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/start-fund) [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) [Karl Jacob](https://millionrounds.com/fund/karl-jacob) [Guy Oseary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guy-oseary) [Tom McInerney](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-mcinerney) [Janis Krums](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janis-krums) [Ron Garret](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-garret) Marco Bergmann Mark LaRosa Reported by techcrunch.com SEC filing: $1.6M sold, first sale May 2011 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Nikita Eric Shamgunov** Director, Promoter i - **Paul Eric Frenkiel** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i On the board, as filed i *Howard Eric Morgan* ## 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** 2011 **Seed** 2012 **Series A** 2013 **Series B** 2014 **Round** 2014 **Round** 2016 **Series D** 2018 [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **5** rounds [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) VC firm **3** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **2** rounds [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **2** rounds [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) VC firm **2** rounds [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) Accelerator **2** rounds [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) Private equity **2** rounds [Caffeinated Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caffeinated-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) Angel **2** rounds [Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman) Angel **2** rounds [Start Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/start-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) VC firm **2** rounds [Guy Oseary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guy-oseary) VC firm **2** rounds Marco Bergmann no record of our own yet **2** rounds Mark LaRosa no record of our own yet **2** rounds Reed Elsevier Ventures no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round [Karl Jacob](https://millionrounds.com/fund/karl-jacob) Angel **1** round [TGM ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tgm) Angel network **1** round [Tom McInerney](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-mcinerney) Angel **1** round [Digital Sky Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-sky-technologies) Investment firm **1** round [Janis Krums](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janis-krums) VC firm **1** round [Ron Garret](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-garret) Angel **1** round [Glynn Capital/ Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/glynn-capital-accel) Growth equity **1** round [REV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rev-com) Company **1** round IA no record of our own yet **1** round Janis Krums no record of our own yet **1** round Karl Jacob no record of our own yet **1** round Ron Garret 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=memsql). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists MemSQL 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. [REV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rev) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about MemSQL ### Who invested in MemSQL? MemSQL's investors include DCVC, IA Ventures, Raymond Tonsing, Y Combinator and New Enterprise Associates, and 29 more on record. ### How much has MemSQL raised? MemSQL has raised $114M across 7 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did MemSQL last raise? MemSQL's most recent round was a Series D of $30M in May 2018. ### What was MemSQL's biggest round? MemSQL's largest round on record is $36M, in Jun 2016, led by Reed Elsevier Ventures. ### Who backed MemSQL first? MemSQL's first round on record, in Jul 2011, was backed by Y Combinator, New Enterprise Associates and SV Angel and 12 others. ### What stage is MemSQL at? MemSQL's latest named round is a Series D, in May 2018. ### Where is MemSQL based? MemSQL is based in the United States. ### Who led MemSQL's rounds? Reed Elsevier Ventures led the funding round in 2016. ## Companies like MemSQL In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**STRIVE** $1.3B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/strive)[**Xona** $512M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xona)[**DrizzleX** $9.1M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/drizzlex)[**Prism Data** $25M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/prism-data)[**Homa** $5.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/homa) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. 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