# Paperspace funding: rounds and investors > Paperspace has raised $34M across 7 rounds since 2015. Investors include Y Combinator, Battery Ventures and DCVC. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/paperspace (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Paperspace* 7 rounds we have observed, with the 15 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: W15 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$34M** raised across 7 rounds since 2015, from 7 sources **$120K** Seed **$2.8M** Seed **$1.7M** Round **$4.0M** Seed **$13M** Series A **$12M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $12M May 2021 - **Biggest round:** $13M Series A · Oct 2018 - **Investors:** 15 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. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 **$120K** Seed **$2.8M** Seed **$4.0M** Seed **$13M** Series A **$12M** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $120K - **Biggest round:** $13M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 18 months ## The rounds - **May 2021** Venture **$12M** *2 new* *3 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Amino Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amino-capital) [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) Source recorded SEC filing: $6.2M sold, first sale May 2021 - **Oct 2018** Series A **$13M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Sorenson Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sorenson-capital) [SineWave Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sinewave-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $19M sold, first sale Aug 2018 - **Oct 2016** Seed **$4.0M** *3 new* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Ludlow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ludlow-ventures) Reported by TechCrunch - **Apr 2015** Round **$1.7M** *1 new* [Transmedia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transmedia-capital) From a historical funding record - **Mar 2015** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Newgen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newgen-venture-partners) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2015** Seed **$2.8M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Jan 2015** Seed **$120K** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners) [InnoSpring](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innospring-silicon-valley) [Center Electric](https://millionrounds.com/fund/center-electric) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Daniel Alexander Kobran** Executive Officer, Director i - **Dillon Thompson Erb** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Lucas Alexander Nelson* *Yaniv Alexander Suissa* ## 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** 2015 **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2015 **Round** 2015 **Seed** 2016 **Series A** 2018 **Venture** 2021 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners) [Ludlow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ludlow-ventures) [Amino Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amino-capital) [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) [Sorenson Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sorenson-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **2** rounds [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) Corporate VC **1** round [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Ludlow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ludlow-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Amino Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amino-capital) Accelerator **1** round [Fusion Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion-fund-2) VC firm **1** round [Sorenson Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sorenson-capital) Private equity **1** round [Transmedia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transmedia-capital) VC firm **1** round [InnoSpring](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innospring-silicon-valley) VC firm **1** round [Newgen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newgen-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Center Electric](https://millionrounds.com/fund/center-electric) VC firm **1** round [SineWave Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sinewave-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=paperspace). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Paperspace 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. [rocketship.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocketship-vc) VC firm Per its own site [Point Reyes Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/efund-llc) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about Paperspace ### Who invested in Paperspace? Paperspace's investors include Y Combinator, Battery Ventures, DCVC, Initialized Capital and Intel Capital, and 10 more on record. ### How much has Paperspace raised? Paperspace has raised $34M across 7 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Paperspace last raise? Paperspace's most recent round was a Venture of $12M in May 2021. ### What was Paperspace's biggest round? Paperspace's largest round on record is $13M (Series A), in Oct 2018. ### Who backed Paperspace first? Paperspace's first round on record, in Jan 2015, was backed by Y Combinator, QueensBridge Venture Partners and InnoSpring and 1 others. ### What stage is Paperspace at? Paperspace's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2021. ### Where is Paperspace based? Paperspace is based in the United States. ## Companies like Paperspace In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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