# Podium funding: rounds and investors

> Podium has raised $108M across 5 rounds since 2014. Investors include Y Combinator, Summit and Sequoia Capital. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Podium*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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.

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Raised 12 months ago Valuation: $3.0B, Mar 2026 Y Combinator: W16

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$108M** raised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources

**$500K** Seed **$32M** Series A **$60M** Series B **$15M** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $15M Nov 2025
- **Biggest round:** $60M Series B · Jun 2018
- **Investors:** 13

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.

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$500K** Seed

**$32M** Series A

**$60M** Series B

**?** Venture

**$15M** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Seed, $500K
- **Biggest round:** $60M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.1 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2025** Pre-seed **$15M** *3 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) Source recorded
- **Oct 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Summit Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/summit-partners) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Album VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/album) Source recorded
- **Jun 2018** Series B **$60M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Institutional Venture Partners/ Accel Summit Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $60M sold, first sale Jun 2018
- **May 2017** Series A **$32M** *3 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Accel/ GV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel-gv) Summit Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $33M sold, first sale Feb 2017
- **Jun 2014** Seed **$500K** *1 new* [Peak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peak-ventures) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Podium's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **Fette Ford** Christina Gaboda, Internet Sales Manager
- **Adam Dennis Edmunds** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Eric Dennis Rea** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Robert Dennis Steele** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Andrew J. Collins* *J. Sanford Miller* *Miles Dennis Clements*

## 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** 2014 **Series A** 2017 **Series B** 2018 **Venture** 2022 **Pre-seed** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Summit [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) [Summit Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/summit-partners) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) [Album VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/album)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **3** rounds

Summit no record of our own yet **2** rounds

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

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round

[Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) VC firm **1** round

[Summit Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/summit-partners) Private equity **1** round

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

[IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) VC firm **1** round

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

[Album VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/album) VC firm **1** round

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

[Accel/ GV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel-gv) Investment firm **1** round

Institutional Venture Partners/ Accel 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=podium).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 7 firms list Podium 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.

[Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) VC firm Per its own site

[Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[Alkeon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alkeon-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Park City Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/park-city-angels) Angel network Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

[Element Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/element-ventures-2) VC firm Per its own site

[Pulse Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pulse-angels) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Podium

### Who invested in Podium?

Podium's investors include Y Combinator, Summit, Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures and Temasek Holdings, and 8 more on record.

### How much has Podium raised?

Podium has raised $108M across 5 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Podium last raise?

Podium's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $15M in Nov 2025.

### What was Podium's biggest round?

Podium's largest round on record is $60M (Series B), in Jun 2018.

### Who backed Podium first?

Podium's first round on record, in Jun 2014, was backed by Peak Ventures.

### What stage is Podium at?

Podium's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Nov 2025.

### Where is Podium based?

Podium is based in the United States.

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