# Parse funding: rounds and investors

> Parse has raised $7.0M across 3 rounds since 2011. Investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel and Menlo Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Parse*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 17 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.

Consumer Apps

Y Combinator: S11

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$7.0M** raised across 3 rounds since 2011, from 3 sources

**$1.5M** Seed **$5.5M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Venture Oct 2022
- **Biggest round:** $5.5M Series A · Nov 2011
- **Investors:** 17

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.

2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

**$1.5M** Seed

**$5.5M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $1.5M
- **Biggest round:** $5.5M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 10.9 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *4 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Forum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forum-ventures) Source recorded
- **Nov 2011** Series A **$5.5M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Ignition Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ignition-partners) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) Reported by techcrunch.com SEC filing: $7.0M sold, first sale Oct 2011
- **Aug 2011** Seed **$1.5M** *15 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Yuri Milner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yuri-milner) [Start Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/start-fund) [Garry Tan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garry-tan) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) [Justin Kan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/justin-kan) [Don Dodge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/don-dodge) [Aaron Iba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-iba) [David Rusenko](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-rusenko) [Chris Fanini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-fanini) [Sean Knapp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sean-knapp) Reported by techcrunch.com SEC filing: $7.0M sold, first sale Oct 2011

## 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** 2011 **Series A** 2011 **Venture** 2022 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Ignition Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ignition-partners) [Forum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forum-ventures) [Yuri Milner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yuri-milner) [Start Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/start-fund)

## The exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) $90M Apr 2013

From historical deal records. Wrong? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=parse).

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **2** rounds

[Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **2** rounds

[Raymond Tonsing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raymond-tonsing) VC firm **2** rounds

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

[Ignition Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ignition-partners) VC firm **1** round

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

[Yuri Milner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yuri-milner) VC firm **1** round

[Start Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/start-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Garry Tan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garry-tan) Angel **1** round

[Justin Kan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/justin-kan) VC firm **1** round

[Don Dodge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/don-dodge) Angel **1** round

[Aaron Iba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-iba) VC firm **1** round

[David Rusenko](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-rusenko) VC firm **1** round

[Chris Fanini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-fanini) Angel **1** round

[Sean Knapp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sean-knapp) Angel **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=parse).

## Quick answers about Parse

### Who invested in Parse?

Parse's investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel, Menlo Ventures, DCVC and Raymond Tonsing, and 12 more on record.

### How much has Parse raised?

Parse has raised $7.0M across 3 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Parse last raise?

Parse's most recent round was a Venture in Oct 2022.

### What was Parse's biggest round?

Parse's largest round on record is $5.5M (Series A), in Nov 2011.

### Who backed Parse first?

Parse's first round on record, in Aug 2011, was backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel and Google Ventures and 12 others.

### What stage is Parse at?

Parse's latest named round is a Venture, in Oct 2022.

### Where is Parse based?

Parse is based in the United States.

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