# Metaphor funding: rounds and investors > Metaphor has raised $8.1M across 2 rounds since 2021. Investors include Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and SV Angel. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/metaphor (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Metaphor* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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. Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$8.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2021, from 2 sources **$3.1M** Seed **$5.0M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $5.0M Apr 2023 - **Step-up i:** 1.6× - **Investors:** 11 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 **$3.1M** Seed **$5.0M** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $3.1M - **Biggest round:** $5.0M - **Between rounds:** 16 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2023** Seed **$5.0M** *6 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) [Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners) Source recorded - **Dec 2021** Seed **$3.1M** *5 new* [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Orange DAO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-dao) [Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital) [Script Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/script-capital) [Weekend Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/weekend-fund) Source recorded ## 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** 2021 **Seed** 2023 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) [Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners) [Orange DAO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-dao) [Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital) [Script Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/script-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **1** round [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **1** round [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Private equity **1** round [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners) VC firm **1** round [Orange DAO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-dao) VC firm **1** round [Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital) VC firm **1** round [Script Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/script-capital) VC firm **1** round [Weekend Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/weekend-fund) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=metaphor). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Metaphor 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. [Pi Campus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pi-campus) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Metaphor ### Who invested in Metaphor? Metaphor's investors include Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Tiger Global Management and Pioneer Fund, and 6 more on record. ### How much has Metaphor raised? Metaphor has raised $8.1M across 2 rounds since 2021. ### When did Metaphor last raise? Metaphor's most recent round was a Seed of $5.0M in Apr 2023. ### What was Metaphor's biggest round? Its most recent round, $5.0M in Apr 2023, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Metaphor first? Metaphor's first round on record, in Dec 2021, was backed by Tiger Global Management, Orange DAO and Shrug Capital and 2 others. ### What stage is Metaphor at? Metaphor's latest named round is a Seed, in Apr 2023. ### Where is Metaphor based? Metaphor is based in the United States. ## Companies like Metaphor In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**Tolan** $30M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tolan)[**Welltory** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltory)[**Overtime** $33M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/overtime)[**1World Online** $25M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/1world-online)[**Luminary** $194M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/luminary) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app