# Pliant funding: rounds and investors > Pliant has raised $43M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Vess Bakalov, Speedinvest and SBI Investment. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/pliant (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Germany · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Pliant* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. DevOps Fintech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$43M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$2.5M** Round **$40M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $40M Apr 2025 - **Step-up i:** 16× - **Investors:** 8 (1 led) 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. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$2.5M** Round **$40M** Series B - **First round:** Round, $2.5M - **Biggest round:** $40M - **Between rounds:** 5.8 years ## The rounds - **Apr 2025** Series B **$40M** *4 new* [Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) [Illuminate Financial Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illuminate-financial) Source recorded - **May 2019** Round **$2.5M** *4 new* Vess Bakalov Lead [Newfund Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newfund) [Newstack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newstack) Leading Edge Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale Jan 2019 ## 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. **Round** 2019 **Series B** 2025 Vess Bakalov L [Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [Newfund Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newfund) [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) [Illuminate Financial Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illuminate-financial) [Newstack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newstack) Leading Edge ## Everyone who backed them Vess Bakalov no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) VC firm **1** round [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) VC firm **1** round [Newfund Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newfund) VC firm **1** round [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round [Illuminate Financial Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illuminate-financial) VC firm **1** round [Newstack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newstack) VC firm **1** round Leading Edge 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=pliant). ## Also claim to have backed them These 7 firms list Pliant 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. [Nina Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nina-capital) VC firm Per its own site [First Momentum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-momentum-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [KI capital GmbH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ki-capital-gmbh) Corporate VC Per its own site [Lightfield Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightfield-equity) Family office Per its own site [SBI Ventures Europe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-ventures-europe) Corporate VC Per its own site [VNTR Innovation & Venturing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vntr-innovation-and-venturing) Corporate VC Per its own site [eNugget Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enugget-ventures) Micro VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about Pliant ### Who invested in Pliant? Pliant's investors include Vess Bakalov, Speedinvest, SBI Investment, Newfund Capital and Luminate, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Pliant raised? Pliant has raised $43M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did Pliant last raise? Pliant's most recent round was a Series B of $40M in Apr 2025. ### What was Pliant's biggest round? Its most recent round, $40M in Apr 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Pliant first? Pliant's first round on record, in May 2019, was backed by Vess Bakalov, Newfund Capital and Newstack and 1 others. ### What stage is Pliant at? Pliant's latest named round is a Series B, in Apr 2025. ### Where is Pliant based? Pliant is based in Germany. ### Who led Pliant's rounds? Vess Bakalov led the Undisclosed round in 2019. ## Companies like Pliant In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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