# Pienso funding: rounds and investors > Pienso has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include The E14 Fund, Alumni Ventures and Uncork Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/pienso (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Pienso* 2 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. AI Education Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$12M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$2.1M** Seed **$10M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $10M Mar 2024 - **Step-up i:** 4.8× - **Investors:** 7 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 **$2.1M** Seed **$10M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $2.1M - **Biggest round:** $10M - **Between rounds:** 6.3 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2024** Series A **$10M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) [Eniac Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eniac-ventures) [The E14 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e14-fund) [Good Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/good-growth-capital) Source recorded - **Nov 2017** Seed **$2.1M** *3 new* [The E14 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e14-fund) [Indicator Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indicator-capital) Eniac Ventures/ SoftTech Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Birago Jones** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i - **Karthik Dinakar** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i On the board, as filed i *Dan Martino* *Jonathan Struhl* ## 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** 2017 **Series A** 2024 [The E14 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e14-fund) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) [Eniac Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eniac-ventures) [Good Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/good-growth-capital) [Indicator Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indicator-capital) Eniac Ventures/ SoftTech ## Everyone who backed them [The E14 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e14-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) VC firm **1** round [Eniac Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eniac-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Good Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/good-growth-capital) VC firm **1** round [Indicator Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indicator-capital) VC firm **1** round Eniac Ventures/ SoftTech no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=pienso). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Pienso 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. [MIT Alumni Angels New York](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mit-alumni-angels-new-york) Angel network Per its own site [Scopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scopus-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Pienso ### Who invested in Pienso? Pienso's investors include The E14 Fund, Alumni Ventures, Uncork Capital, Eniac Ventures and Good Growth Capital, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Pienso raised? Pienso has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did Pienso last raise? Pienso's most recent round was a Series A of $10M in Mar 2024. ### What was Pienso's biggest round? Its most recent round, $10M in Mar 2024, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Pienso first? Pienso's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by The E14 Fund, Indicator Capital and Eniac Ventures/ SoftTech. ### What stage is Pienso at? Pienso's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2024. ### Where is Pienso based? Pienso is based in the United States. ## Companies like Pienso In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Vertical Semiconductor** $84M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertical-semiconductor) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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