# Pigeonly funding: rounds and investors

> Pigeonly has raised $4.5M across 6 rounds since 2012. Investors include Y Combinator, Citibank and Kapor Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Pigeonly*

6 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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.

Consumer Goods

Y Combinator: W15

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.5M** raised across 6 rounds since 2012, from 6 sources

**$30K** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **$1.0M** Venture **$600K** Venture **$403K** Round **$1.5M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $1.5M Dec 2019
- **Step-up i:** 3.7×
- **Investors:** 11

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.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

**$30K** Seed

**$1.0M** Seed

**$1.0M** Venture

**$600K** Venture

**$403K** Round

**$1.5M** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $30K
- **Biggest round:** $1.5M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 8 months

## The rounds

- **Dec 2019** Venture **$1.5M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) [Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper) [Four Cities Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-cities-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $750K sold, first sale Aug 2019
- **May 2015** Round **$403K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $403K sold, first sale Apr 2015
- **Nov 2014** Venture **$600K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $600K sold, first sale Nov 2014
- **Apr 2014** Venture **$1.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.0M sold, first sale Mar 2014
- **Sept 2013** Seed **$1.0M** *4 new* [Base Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base-ventures) [Mitch Kapor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitch-kapor) [Erik Moore](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base-ventures-2) Kesha Cash Reported by newmeaccelerator.com SEC filing: $875K sold, first sale Jun 2013
- **Oct 2012** Seed **$30K** *2 new* [NewMe Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newme-accelerator) Florida International University Reported by biznews.fiu.edu

## Funding filed with regulators

Pigeonly filed one raise, $123K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- May 2018 **$123K** other of $250K offered Crowdfunding

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Alfonzo Brooks** Executive Officer i
- **Frederick Hutson** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i

On the board, as filed i *Benjamin Jealous* *Erik Moore* *Rashid Galadanci*

## 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** 2012 **Seed** 2013 **Venture** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Round** 2015 **Venture** 2019 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) [Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper) [Four Cities Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-cities-capital) [Base Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base-ventures) [Mitch Kapor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitch-kapor) [Erik Moore](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base-ventures-2) [NewMe Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newme-accelerator) Florida International University

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

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

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

[Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper) VC firm **1** round

[Four Cities Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-cities-capital) VC firm **1** round

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

[Mitch Kapor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitch-kapor) Angel **1** round

[Erik Moore](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base-ventures-2) VC firm **1** round

[NewMe Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newme-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round

Florida International University no record of our own yet **1** round

Kesha Cash 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=pigeonly).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Pigeonly 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.

[Bronze Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bronze-investments) VC firm Per its own site

[American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-insurance-institute-for-corporate-and-social) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Catapult](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catapult-vc) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Pigeonly

### Who invested in Pigeonly?

Pigeonly's investors include Y Combinator, Citibank, Kapor Capital, Tim Draper and Four Cities Capital, and 6 more on record.

### How much has Pigeonly raised?

Pigeonly has raised $4.5M across 6 rounds since 2012.

### When did Pigeonly last raise?

Pigeonly's most recent round was a Venture of $1.5M in Dec 2019.

### What was Pigeonly's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.5M in Dec 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Pigeonly first?

Pigeonly's first round on record, in Oct 2012, was backed by NewMe Accelerator and Florida International University.

### What stage is Pigeonly at?

Pigeonly's latest named round is a Venture, in Dec 2019.

### Where is Pigeonly based?

Pigeonly is based in the United States.

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