# Otter.ai funding: rounds and investors > Otter.ai has raised $360M across 2 rounds since 2021. Investors include General Catalyst, General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF) and 500 Global. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/otter-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Growth startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Otter.ai* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 Raised this month Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$360M** raised across 2 rounds since 2021, from 10 sources **$40M** Series B **$320M** Growth - **Latest round:** Growth, $320M Oct 2026 - **Led by:** General Catalyst and General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF) - **Step-up i:** 8× - **Investors:** 7 (2 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. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 **$40M** Series B **$320M** Growth - **First round:** Series B, $40M - **Biggest round:** $320M - **Between rounds:** 5.8 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2026** Growth **$320M** *2 new* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) Lead [General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst-s-customer-value-fund-cvf) Lead Reported by Wowtale and 8 others - **Feb 2021** Series B **$40M** *5 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) Source recorded ## 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 B** 2021 **Growth** 2026 [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) L [General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst-s-customer-value-fund-cvf) L [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst-s-customer-value-fund-cvf) Growth equity **1** round, led 1 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) VC firm **1** round [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) VC firm **1** round [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=otter-ai). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Otter.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. [Draper Dragon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-dragon) VC firm Per its own site [Duke Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/duke-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Bess Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bess-ventures) Family office Per its own site [BitcoinFi Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bitcoinfi-accelerator) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Otter.ai ### Who invested in Otter.ai? Otter.ai's investors include General Catalyst, General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF), 500 Global, Slow Ventures and Draper Associates, and 2 more on record. General Catalyst led its latest round. ### How much has Otter.ai raised? Otter.ai has raised $360M across 2 rounds since 2021. ### When did Otter.ai last raise? Otter.ai's most recent round was a Growth of $320M in Oct 2026, led by General Catalyst. ### What was Otter.ai's biggest round? Its most recent round, $320M in Oct 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Otter.ai first? Otter.ai's first round on record, in Feb 2021, was backed by 500 Global, Slow Ventures and Draper Associates and 2 others. ### What stage is Otter.ai at? Otter.ai's latest named round is a Growth, in Oct 2026. ### Where is Otter.ai based? Otter.ai is based in the United States. ### Who led Otter.ai's rounds? General Catalyst led the Growth in 2026. ## Companies like Otter.ai In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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