# Paradox funding: rounds and investors

> Paradox has raised $213M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Sapphire Ventures and Geodesic Capital. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Paradox*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

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Valuation: $2.0B, Oct 2024

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$213M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$13M** Series A **$200M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $200M Dec 2021
- **Step-up i:** 15×
- **Investors:** 2

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

**$13M** Series A

**$200M** Series C

- **First round:** Series A, $13M
- **Biggest round:** $200M
- **Between rounds:** 2.8 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2021** Series C **$200M** *2 new* [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $250M sold, first sale Dec 2021
- **Mar 2019** Series A **$13M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $13M sold, first sale Feb 2019

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Aaron Matos** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Ross Grainger** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Christopher Gaffney* *Deepak Krishnamurthy* *Diana McKenzie* *Hayagreeva Rao* *John Hayes* *Mike Gregoire* *Paul Melchiorre*

## 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** 2019 **Series C** 2021 [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [Geodesic Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geodesic-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Paradox 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.

[Fusion](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fusion) Accelerator Per its own site

[Principia Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/principia-growth) Growth equity Per its own site

[Misneach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/misneach) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Paradox

### Who invested in Paradox?

Paradox's investors include Sapphire Ventures and Geodesic Capital.

### How much has Paradox raised?

Paradox has raised $213M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Paradox last raise?

Paradox's most recent round was a Series C of $200M in Dec 2021.

### What was Paradox's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $200M in Dec 2021, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Paradox first?

Paradox's first round on record, in Dec 2021, was backed by Sapphire Ventures and Geodesic Capital.

### What stage is Paradox at?

Paradox's latest named round is a Series C, in Dec 2021.

### Where is Paradox based?

Paradox is based in the United States.

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