# Optimizely funding: rounds and investors > Optimizely has raised $1.3B across 8 rounds since 2009. Investors include Battery Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/optimizely (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Optimizely* 8 rounds we have observed, with the 38 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. DevOps Martech Y Combinator: W10 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$1.3B** raised across 8 rounds since 2009, from 8 sources **$1.2M** Seed **$2.0M** Seed **$28M** Series A **$57M** Series B **$58M** Series C **$50M** Series D **$1.1B** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $1.1B Dec 2024 - **Step-up i:** 22× - **Investors:** 38 (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. 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 **?** Seed **$1.2M** Seed **$2.0M** Seed **$28M** Series A **$57M** Series B **$58M** Series C **$50M** Series D **$1.1B** Debt - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $1.1B - **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2024** Debt **$1.1B** *6 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) Source recorded - **Jun 2019** Series D **$50M** *2 new* Goldman Sachs Private Captial Lead [Accenture Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accenture-ventures) Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $50M sold, first sale Jun 2019 - **Oct 2015** Series C **$58M** *7 new* *4 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) [Tenaya Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenaya-capital) [Citi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi-ventures) [Danhua Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/danhua-capital) [Pharus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pharus) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $58M sold, first sale Sept 2015 - **May 2014** Series B **$57M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $57M sold, first sale Apr 2014 - **Apr 2013** Series A **$28M** *2 new* *4 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $34M sold, first sale Apr 2013 - **Feb 2012** Seed **$2.0M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) Reported by pevc.dowjones.com - **Mar 2010** Seed **$1.2M** *21 new* [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) [Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) [Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman) [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) [Joshua Schachter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter) [Mitch Kapor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitch-kapor) [Chris Sacca](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-sacca) [Ram Shriram](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ram-shriram) [Chris Dixon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-dixon) [Ariel Poler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ariel-poler) [Steve Chen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-chen) [Nils Johnson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nils-johnson) [Steve Huffman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-huffman) [Avichal Garg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avichal-garg) [Deep Nishar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deep-nishar) [Jonathan Heiliger](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonathan-heiliger) [Brian Sugar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-sugar) Reported by techcrunch.com - **Dec 2009** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Optimizely's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 18 on the team. - **Alex Atzberger** Chief Executive Officer - **Shafqat Islam** President - **Allison Skidmore** Chief Customer Officer - **Aniel Sud** Chief Technology Officer - **Myles Johnson** Chief Financial Officer - **Peter Yeung** Chief Information Officer and Global Data Protection Officer - **Rupali Jain** Chief Product Officer - **Sebastiaan de Jong** Chief Revenue Officer - **Jessica Dannemann** Head of Partner Ecosystem - **Aislinn Doss** Product Analyst for Digital Experience - **Dr. Erin Gill** Director of Global Marketing - **Rich Hobbs** Group Technology Director - **Travis Johnson** Director of Product Analytics Capabilities - **Dan B. Siroker** Executive Officer, Director i - **David B. Schwarzbach** Executive Officer i - **Derrick B. Alesevich** Executive Officer i - **James B. Larson** Executive Officer, Director i - **Peter B. Koomen** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Lars B. Dalgaard* *Michael B. Kondoleon* *Mike B. Volpi* *Peter B. Fenton* ## 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** 2009 **Seed** 2010 **Seed** 2012 **Series A** 2013 **Series B** 2014 **Series C** 2015 **Series D** 2019 **Debt** 2024 [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) ## Everyone who backed them [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) VC firm **4** rounds [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) VC firm **4** rounds [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **3** rounds [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) VC firm **3** rounds [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) VC firm **3** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **2** rounds [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) VC firm **2** rounds Goldman Sachs Private Captial no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) VC firm **1** round [Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) Angel **1** round [Tenaya Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenaya-capital) VC firm **1** round [Paul Buchheit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-buchheit) Angel **1** round [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) VC firm **1** round [Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman) Angel **1** round [Citi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Ashton Kutcher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ashton-kutcher) VC firm **1** round [Accenture Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accenture-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Joshua Schachter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joshua-schachter) VC firm **1** round [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) VC firm **1** round [Mitch Kapor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitch-kapor) Angel **1** round [Chris Sacca](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-sacca) Angel **1** round [Ram Shriram](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ram-shriram) VC firm **1** round [Chris Dixon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-dixon) VC firm **1** round [Danhua Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/danhua-capital) VC firm **1** round [Ariel Poler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ariel-poler) Angel **1** round [Steve Chen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-chen) Angel **1** round [Nils Johnson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nils-johnson) VC firm **1** round [Steve Huffman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-huffman) VC firm **1** round [Avichal Garg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avichal-garg) VC firm **1** round [Deep Nishar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deep-nishar) Angel **1** round [Jonathan Heiliger](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonathan-heiliger) Angel **1** round [Brian Sugar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-sugar) Angel **1** round [Pharus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pharus) Investment bank **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=optimizely). ## Also claim to have backed them These 8 firms list Optimizely 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. [Advancit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advancit-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Corsa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corsa-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Alliant Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliant-partners) Investment firm Per its own site [Lontra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lontra-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Omega Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Section Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/section-partners) Private equity Per its own site [Sugar Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sugar-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Sweet Farm Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sweet-farm-capital) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about Optimizely ### Who invested in Optimizely? Optimizely's investors include Battery Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark and InterWest Partners, and 33 more on record. ### How much has Optimizely raised? Optimizely has raised $1.3B across 8 rounds since 2009. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Optimizely last raise? Optimizely's most recent round was a Debt of $1.1B in Dec 2024. ### What was Optimizely's biggest round? Its most recent round, $1.1B in Dec 2024, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Optimizely first? Optimizely's first round on record, in Dec 2009, was backed by Y Combinator. ### What stage is Optimizely at? Optimizely's latest named round is a Debt, in Dec 2024. ### Where is Optimizely based? Optimizely is based in the United States. ### Who led Optimizely's rounds? Goldman Sachs Private Captial led the Series D in 2019. ## Companies like Optimizely In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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