# Phunware funding: rounds and investors

> Phunware has raised $60M across 6 rounds since 2009. Investors include Cisco, Samsung Ventures and Siemer Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Phunware*

6 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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.

Enterprise

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$60M** raised across 6 rounds since 2009, from 6 sources

**$8.4M** Series D **$30M** Series E **$22M** Series F

- **Latest round:** Series F, $22M Nov 2016
- **Biggest round:** $30M Series E · Mar 2014
- **Investors:** 10

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.

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

**?** Series A

**?** Series B

**?** Series C

**$8.4M** Series D

**$30M** Series E

**$22M** Series F

- **First round:** Series A
- **Biggest round:** $30M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 12 months

## The rounds

- **Nov 2016** Series F **$22M** *1 new* [Khazanah Nasional](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khazanah-impact-innovation-challenge) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Mar 2014** Series E **$30M** *8 new* [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) [Samsung Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-ventures) [Central Texas Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/central-texas-angel-network) [Firsthand Technology Value Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firsthand-technology-value-fund-inc) [Wild Basin Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wild-basin-investments) [FM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fm-capital) [WWE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wwe) [FirstHand Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firsthand-technologies) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $27M sold, first sale Mar 2014
- **May 2013** Series D **$8.4M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **Jun 2011** Series C **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Siemer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/siemer-ventures) Reported by siemervc.com
- **Jun 2010** Series B **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **Jun 2009** Series A **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **Alan Knitowski** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Luan Dang** Executive Officer i
- **Matt Aune** Executive Officer i
- **Randall Crowder** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Blythe Masters* *Eric Manlunas* *George Syllantavos* *Kathy Tan Mayor* *Keith Cowan* *Lori Tauber Marcus*

## 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** 2009 **Series B** 2010 **Series C** 2011 **Series D** 2013 **Series E** 2014 **Series F** 2016 [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) [Samsung Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-ventures) [Siemer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/siemer-ventures) [Central Texas Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/central-texas-angel-network) [Firsthand Technology Value Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firsthand-technology-value-fund-inc) [Khazanah Nasional](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khazanah-impact-innovation-challenge) [Wild Basin Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wild-basin-investments) [FM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fm-capital) [WWE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wwe) [FirstHand Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firsthand-technologies)

## Everyone who backed them

[Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) Corporate VC **1** round

[Samsung Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

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

[Central Texas Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/central-texas-angel-network) Angel network **1** round

[Firsthand Technology Value Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firsthand-technology-value-fund-inc) VC firm **1** round

[Khazanah Nasional](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khazanah-impact-innovation-challenge) Institutional LP **1** round

[Wild Basin Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wild-basin-investments) VC firm **1** round

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

[WWE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wwe) Growth equity **1** round

[FirstHand Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firsthand-technologies) Growth equity **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Phunware 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.

[Narra Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/narra-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Randall Kaplan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/randall-kaplan) Angel Per its own site

[Phun Capital LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phun-capital-llc) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Phunware

### Who invested in Phunware?

Phunware's investors include Cisco, Samsung Ventures, Siemer Ventures, Central Texas Angel Network and Firsthand Technology Value Fund, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Phunware raised?

Phunware has raised $60M across 6 rounds since 2009. 3 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Phunware last raise?

Phunware's most recent round was a Series F of $22M in Nov 2016.

### What was Phunware's biggest round?

Phunware's largest round on record is $30M (Series E), in Mar 2014.

### Who backed Phunware first?

Phunware's first round on record, in Jun 2011, was backed by Siemer Ventures.

### What stage is Phunware at?

Phunware's latest named round is a Series F, in Nov 2016.

### Where is Phunware based?

Phunware is based in the United States.

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