# Phonic funding: rounds and investors

> Phonic has raised $6.2M across 2 rounds since 2021. Investors include Lux Capital, Y Combinator and Amjad Masad. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Phonic*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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 B2C Software

Y Combinator: W20

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$6.2M** raised across 2 rounds since 2021, from 2 sources

**$2.2M** Seed **$4.0M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $4.0M Apr 2025
- **Led by:** Lux Capital
- **Step-up i:** 1.8×
- **Investors:** 6 (1 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2022 2023 2024 2025

**$2.2M** Seed

**$4.0M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $2.2M
- **Biggest round:** $4.0M
- **Between rounds:** 3.5 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Seed **$4.0M** *5 new* [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) Lead [Amjad Masad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amjad-masad) [Clem Delangue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clem-delangue) [Erik Bernhardsson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/erik-bernhardsson) [Qasar Younis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qasar-younis) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Oct 2021** Seed **$2.2M** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 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.

**Seed** 2021 **Seed** 2025 [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Amjad Masad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amjad-masad) [Clem Delangue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clem-delangue) [Erik Bernhardsson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/erik-bernhardsson) [Qasar Younis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qasar-younis)

## Everyone who backed them

[Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Amjad Masad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amjad-masad) Angel **1** round

[Clem Delangue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clem-delangue) VC firm **1** round

[Erik Bernhardsson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/erik-bernhardsson) VC firm **1** round

[Qasar Younis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qasar-younis) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Phonic as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Tola Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tola-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Phonic

### Who invested in Phonic?

Phonic's investors include Lux Capital, Y Combinator, Amjad Masad, Clem Delangue and Erik Bernhardsson, and 1 more on record. Lux Capital led its latest round.

### How much has Phonic raised?

Phonic has raised $6.2M across 2 rounds since 2021.

### When did Phonic last raise?

Phonic's most recent round was a Seed of $4.0M in Apr 2025, led by Lux Capital.

### What was Phonic's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.0M in Apr 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Phonic first?

Phonic's first round on record, in Oct 2021, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Phonic at?

Phonic's latest named round is a Seed, in Apr 2025.

### Where is Phonic based?

Phonic is based in the United States.

### Who led Phonic's rounds?

Lux Capital led the Seed in 2025.

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