# Needle funding: rounds and investors

> Needle has raised $2.1M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include 468 Capital, Iterative and Presight Capital. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Needle*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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 26 Oct 2026

**$2.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Jul 2025
- **Biggest round:** $2.1M Seed · Mar 2025
- **Investors:** 3

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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.

2026

**$2.1M** Seed

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $2.1M
- **Biggest round:** $2.1M
- **Between rounds:** 4 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Iterative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iterative) Source recorded
- **Mar 2025** Seed **$2.1M** *2 new* [468 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital) [Presight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/presight-capital) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Needle's own website: 6 founders, 3 on the team.

**Kiyan Foroughi** CEO & Co-Founder

**Anyce Nedir** Founding Systems & Ops Lead

**Jeannie Nguyen** Co-Founder

**Joe Newell** Co-founder at Electric8

**Rachelle Yee** Co-Founder

**Serene Gan** Co-Founder

- **Yann AitBachir** Head of Data at Shopback
- **Alfontius Linata** Production Manager
- **Sarah Chin** Production Manager

## 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** 2025 **Venture** 2025 [468 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital) [Iterative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iterative) [Presight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/presight-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[468 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Iterative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iterative) Accelerator **1** round

[Presight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/presight-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Needle

### Who invested in Needle?

Needle's investors include 468 Capital, Iterative and Presight Capital.

### How much has Needle raised?

Needle has raised $2.1M across 2 rounds since 2025. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Needle last raise?

Needle's most recent round was a Venture in Jul 2025.

### What was Needle's biggest round?

Needle's largest round on record is $2.1M (Seed), in Mar 2025.

### Who backed Needle first?

Needle's first round on record, in Mar 2025, was backed by 468 Capital and Presight Capital.

### What stage is Needle at?

Needle's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2025.

### Where is Needle based?

Needle is based in the United States.

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