# Pickaxe funding: rounds and investors

> Pickaxe has raised $3.8M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include K Fund and Berkeley SkyDeck. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Pickaxe*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. 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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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$3.8M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $3.8M Sept 2025
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Sept 2025** Seed **$3.8M** [K Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kfund) [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Pickaxe's own website: 9 founders, 2 on the team.

**Aidan Crawford** Founder of Short Circuit Media

**Alex Iteen** Physician & Founder of Limitless Medicine

**Cathy Topping** Founder of Your Web Toolkit

**Chris Scott** Co-founder of The Paperless Agent

**Dyllen Nellis** Founder of Next Gen Admits

**Jeanette Stein** Founder of Stein Solutions

**Peggy McCartha** Founder of Global Business Plaza

**Suzanne Yada** Founder of Yada Creative

**Travis Houston** Founder of TravisHouston.com

- **Alex Sidorenko** CEO
- **Anders van der Hagen** CEO of Louder Family & Nordisk AI

## Everyone who backed them

[K Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kfund) VC firm **1** round

[Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) Accelerator **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Pickaxe 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.

[Spero Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spero-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Swift Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/swift-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Pickaxe

### Who invested in Pickaxe?

Pickaxe's investors include K Fund and Berkeley SkyDeck.

### How much has Pickaxe raised?

Pickaxe has raised $3.8M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Pickaxe last raise?

Pickaxe's most recent round was a Seed of $3.8M in Sept 2025.

### What was Pickaxe's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $3.8M in Sept 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Pickaxe first?

Pickaxe's first round on record, in Sept 2025, was backed by K Fund and Berkeley SkyDeck.

### What stage is Pickaxe at?

Pickaxe's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2025.

### Where is Pickaxe based?

Pickaxe is based in the United States.

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