# One Concern funding: rounds and investors

> One Concern has raised $65M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include American Family Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and SV Angel.

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

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# Who invested in *One Concern*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 20 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 Big Data & Analytics Education

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$65M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources

**$20M** Round **$45M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $45M Jun 2021
- **Step-up i:** 2.3×
- **Investors:** 20

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.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

**?** Round

**$20M** Round

**$45M** Venture

- **First round:** Round
- **Biggest round:** $45M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.4 years

## The rounds

- **Jun 2021** Venture **$45M** *4 new* *1 returning* [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [American Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) Source recorded
- **Dec 2017** Round **$20M** *3 new* [Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) [David Petraeus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-petraeus) NEA/ Geodesic Reported by VentureBeat
- **Oct 2015** Round **Amount undisclosed** *13 new* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Western Technology Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti) [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) [American Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) [Pejman Mar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pejman-mar-ventures) [Deep Fork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deep-fork-capital) [urban.us](https://millionrounds.com/fund/urban-us) [John S and James L Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-s-and-james-l-knight-foundation) [Sandy Kory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sandy-kory) [Samir Kaji](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samir-kaji) [Dennis Chan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dennis-chan) Mostafa Ronaghi From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From One Concern's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 8 on the team.

- **Ahmad Wani** Chief Executive Officer
- **Masayoshi Nakashima** President, International Association for Earthquake Engineering
- **Nnenna Nnoli** Chief Financial Officer
- **Steve Howard** Chief Sustainability Officer, Temasek International
- **Nicole Hu** Chief Technology Officer
- **Dr. Jamie Padgett** Research Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- **Dr. Y. Joseph Zhang** Research Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- **Hitoshi Akimoto** Japan Country 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.

**Round** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Venture** 2021 [American Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) [Western Technology Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti) [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) [Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[American Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) VC firm **1** round

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) VC firm **1** round

[Western Technology Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti) VC firm **1** round

[CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) VC firm **1** round

[Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack) VC firm **1** round

[Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) Angel **1** round

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

[Pejman Mar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pejman-mar-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Deep Fork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deep-fork-capital) VC firm **1** round

[urban.us](https://millionrounds.com/fund/urban-us) VC firm **1** round

[John S and James L Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-s-and-james-l-knight-foundation) Institutional LP **1** round

[David Petraeus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-petraeus) Angel **1** round

[Sandy Kory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sandy-kory) Angel **1** round

[Samir Kaji](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samir-kaji) Angel **1** round

[Dennis Chan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dennis-chan) Angel **1** round

Mostafa Ronaghi no record of our own yet **1** round

NEA/ Geodesic 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=one-concern).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list One Concern 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.

[Third Sphere](https://millionrounds.com/fund/third-sphere) VC firm Per its own site

[Rona Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rona-holdings) Private equity Per its own site

[American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-insurance-institute-for-corporate-and-social) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about One Concern

### Who invested in One Concern?

One Concern's investors include American Family Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, SV Angel, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Pear VC, and 15 more on record.

### How much has One Concern raised?

One Concern has raised $65M across 3 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did One Concern last raise?

One Concern's most recent round was a Venture of $45M in Jun 2021.

### What was One Concern's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $45M in Jun 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed One Concern first?

One Concern's first round on record, in Oct 2015, was backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Western Technology Investment and CrunchFund and 10 others.

### What stage is One Concern at?

One Concern's latest named round is a Venture, in Jun 2021.

### Where is One Concern based?

One Concern is based in the United States.

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