Who invested in Mode

6 rounds we have observed, with the 17 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.

AIBig Data & Analytics

Raised 7 months ago

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$70Mraised across 6 rounds since 2016, from 7 sources

$1.3MSeed$13MSeries B$24MSeries B$3.0MRound$23MSeries C$6.1MVenture

Latest round: Venture, $6.1MApr 2026
Biggest round: $24MSeries B · Jun 2018
Investors: 17

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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.

20182020202220242026

$1.3MSeed$13MSeries B$24MSeries B$3.0MRound$6.1MVenture

First round: Seed, $1.3M
Biggest round: $24M
Usual gap between rounds: 9 months

The rounds

Apr 2026
Venture$6.1M4 new1 returning
Source recorded
Feb 2019
Series C$23M4 new
- REV
- Tribe
- Jake Klamka
- Valor Equity Partners/ Foundation
Reported by FinSMEs
Sept 2018
Round$3.0M1 new
- True Ventures
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $5.3M sold, first sale Jun 2018
Jun 2018
Series B$24M4 new
- National Science Foundation
- New Enterprise Associates
- Google Ventures
- GV/ National Science Foundation
Reported by FinSMEs and 1 otherSEC filing: $5.3M sold, first sale Jun 2018
May 2017
Series B$13M1 new
- REV Venture Partners
Reported by FinSMEs
Aug 2016
Seed$1.3M3 new
- Metamorphic Ventures
- KPCB
- NIifty Corporation
Reported by FinSMEs

Founders and team

From Mode's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 1 on the team.

Gaku UedaCEO/Co-FounderNamed on its 2018 Form D

Ethan KanCTO/Co-Founder

Yu-tung KanExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediOm Malik

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.

Seed2016Series B2017Series B2018Round2018Series C2019Venture2026

True Ventures

National Science Foundation

New Enterprise Associates

Google Ventures

Global Brain Corporation

Everyone who backed them

True VenturesVC firm2rounds

National Science FoundationGovernment1round

New Enterprise AssociatesVC firm1round

Google VenturesCorporate VC1round

Global Brain CorporationVC firm1round

Kleiner PerkinsVC firm1round

SBI InvestmentVC firm1round

SoftBankInvestment firm1round

Metamorphic VenturesVC firm1round

REVCorporate VC1round

TribeAccelerator1round

REV Venture PartnersVC firm1round

GV/ National Science Foundationno record of our own yet1round

Jake Klamkano record of our own yet1round

KPCBno record of our own yet1round

NIifty Corporationno record of our own yet1round

Valor Equity Partners/ Foundationno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Mode 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.

Free State ForgeAngel networkPer its own site

Quick answers about Mode

Who invested in Mode?

Mode's investors include True Ventures, National Science Foundation, New Enterprise Associates, Google Ventures and Global Brain Corporation, and 12 more on record.