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Who invested in Perplexity?
Perplexity's investors include Accel, New Enterprise Associates, IVP, NVIDIA and Bessemer Venture Partners, and 2 more on record.
20252026
$500MGrowth$500MGrowth$100MRound$200MRound$5.5MVenture?Round
United States · Funded startup
Who invested in Perplexity
6 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.
Raised 2 months agoValuation: $20B, Mar 2026
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Funding summaryUpdated 5 Nov 2026
$1.3Braised across 6 rounds since 2024, from 8 sources
$500MGrowth$500MGrowth
- Latest round
- RoundAug 2026
- Biggest round
- $500MGrowth · May 2025
- Investors
- 7 (2 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Growth, $500M Oct 2024
- Biggest round
- $500M Growth · May 2025
- Usual gap between rounds
- 5 months the median of 5
The rounds
- Aug 2026RoundAmount undisclosed
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by TechStartupsSEC filing: $1.9M sold
- Feb 2026
- Sept 2025Round$200M1 new4 returning
Reported by TechCrunch
- Jul 2025
- May 2025
- Oct 2024Growth$500M1 new
Reported by TechCrunch and 2 othersSEC filing: $833K sold, first sale Sept 2024
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.
Growth2024Growth2025Round2025Round2025Venture2026Round2026
AccelLL
New Enterprise Associates
IVPNVIDIA
Bessemer Venture PartnersInstitutional Venture PartnersL
SoftBank Vision Fund
AccelLLNew Enterprise AssociatesIVPNVIDIABessemer Venture PartnersInstitutional Venture PartnersLSoftBank Vision FundEveryone who backed them
NVIDIACompany3rounds
Institutional Venture PartnersVC firm1round, led 1
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Also claim to have backed them
These 40 firms list Perplexity 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.
Quick answers about Perplexity
How much has Perplexity raised?
Perplexity has raised $1.3B across 6 rounds since 2024. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Perplexity last raise?
Perplexity's most recent round was an Undisclosed round in Aug 2026.
What was Perplexity's biggest round?
Perplexity's largest round on record is $500M (Growth), in May 2025, led by Accel.
Who backed Perplexity first?
Perplexity's first round on record, in Oct 2024, was backed by Institutional Venture Partners.
What stage is Perplexity at?
Perplexity's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Aug 2026.
Where is Perplexity based?
Perplexity is based in the United States.
Who led Perplexity's rounds?
Institutional Venture Partners led the Growth in 2024; Accel led the Growth in 2025.
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