# MessageGears funding: rounds and investors

> MessageGears has raised $63M across 2 rounds since 2010. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *MessageGears*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 0 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 15 Nov 2026

**$63M** raised across 2 rounds since 2010, from 2 sources

**$625K** Debt **$62M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $62M Dec 2022
- **Step-up i:** 99.2×
- **Investors:** 0

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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.

2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**$625K** Debt

**$62M** Venture

- **First round:** Debt, $625K
- **Biggest round:** $62M
- **Between rounds:** 12.4 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2022** Venture **$62M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded
- **Jul 2010** Debt **$625K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record

## Funding filed with regulators

MessageGears filed 3 raises, $10M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- May 2020 **$7.5M** 3 investors equity of $8.0M offered SEC Form D
- Dec 2018 **$550K** 4 investors equity SEC Form D
- Jun 2017 **$2.3M** 4 investors equity of $2.7M offered SEC Form D

## Founders and team

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

- **Ari M Koteles** Executive Officer i
- **Roger M Barnette** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Dan Roy* *Jonathan M Hallett* *Robert M Jones* *Stanford Taylor Jones* *Walter Taylor Barandiaran*

## Quick answers about MessageGears

### How much has MessageGears raised?

MessageGears has raised $63M across 2 rounds since 2010.

### When did MessageGears last raise?

MessageGears's most recent round was a Venture of $62M in Dec 2022.

### What was MessageGears's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $62M in Dec 2022, is also its largest on record.

### What stage is MessageGears at?

MessageGears's latest named round is a Venture, in Dec 2022.

### Where is MessageGears based?

MessageGears is based in the United States.

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