# Observe.AI funding: rounds and investors > Observe.AI has raised $159M across 3 rounds since 2018. Investors include Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners and Scale Venture Partners. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/observe-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Observe.AI* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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. AI Education Y Combinator: W18 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$159M** raised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources **$8.0M** Series A **$26M** Series A **$125M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $125M Apr 2022 - **Step-up i:** 4.8× - **Investors:** 13 (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. 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$8.0M** Series A **$26M** Series A **$125M** Series C - **First round:** Series A, $8.0M - **Biggest round:** $125M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.3 years ## The rounds - **Apr 2022** Series C **$125M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [U.S. Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-venture-partners-usvp) [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) Source recorded - **Dec 2019** Series A **$26M** *5 new* [Scale Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners) Lead [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) [Emergent Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergent-ventures) [Steadview Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steadview-capital) [01 Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/01-advisors) Reported by FinSMEs - **Aug 2018** Series A **$8.0M** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Hack VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hack-vc) [Liquid 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2) [Emergent](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergent) Nexus Venture Partners/ MGV Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From Observe.AI's own website: 2 founders, 7 on the team. **Swapnil Jain** CEO & Co-Founder **Jithendra Vepa** CTO & Co-Founder - **Deepak Kumar** Chief Customer Officer - **Subhash Tibrewal** Chief Financial Officer - **Tina Figueroa** Chief People Officer - **Chrissy Calabrese** Head of Marketing - **Andy Vitus** Partner - **Jishnu Bhattacharjee** Managing Director - **Steve Sloane** Partner ## 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. **Series A** 2018 **Series A** 2019 **Series C** 2022 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) [Scale Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners) L [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [U.S. Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-venture-partners-usvp) [Hack VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hack-vc) [Emergent Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergent-ventures) [Liquid 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2) [Steadview Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steadview-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [Scale Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scale-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) VC firm **1** round [U.S. Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-venture-partners-usvp) VC firm **1** round [Hack VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hack-vc) VC firm **1** round [Emergent Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergent-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Liquid 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2) VC firm **1** round [Steadview Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steadview-capital) Growth equity **1** round [01 Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/01-advisors) VC firm **1** round [Emergent](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergent) VC firm **1** round Nexus Venture Partners/ MGV 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=observe-ai). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list Observe.AI as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [VestedVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vestedvc) VC firm Per its own site [Twin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twin-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [MGV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mgv-vc) VC firm Per its own site [Common Ocean](https://millionrounds.com/fund/common-ocean) VC firm Per its own site [Motive Force](https://millionrounds.com/fund/motive-force) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Observe.AI ### Who invested in Observe.AI? Observe.AI's investors include Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures and Liquid 2 Ventures, and 8 more on record. ### How much has Observe.AI raised? Observe.AI has raised $159M across 3 rounds since 2018. ### When did Observe.AI last raise? Observe.AI's most recent round was a Series C of $125M in Apr 2022. ### What was Observe.AI's biggest round? Its most recent round, $125M in Apr 2022, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Observe.AI first? Observe.AI's first round on record, in Aug 2018, was backed by Y Combinator, Hack VC and Liquid 2 and 2 others. ### What stage is Observe.AI at? Observe.AI's latest named round is a Series C, in Apr 2022. ### Where is Observe.AI based? Observe.AI is based in the United States. ### Who led Observe.AI's rounds? Scale Venture Partners led the Series A in 2019. ## Companies like Observe.AI In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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