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Who invested in PolyAI

5 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.

AIEducation

Raised 6 months agoValuation: $500M, Oct 2024

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$209Mraised across 5 rounds since 2019, from 5 sources

$12MSeries A$40MSeries C$50MRound$86MSeries D$20MSeries D
Latest round
Series D, $20MApr 2026
Biggest round
$86MSeries D · Dec 2025
Investors
11 (1 led)
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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20192020202120222023202420252026
$12MSeries A$40MSeries C$50MRound$86MSeries D$20MSeries D
First round
Series A, $12M
Mar 2019
Biggest round
$86M
Series D · Dec 2025
Usual gap between rounds
2 years
the median of 4

The rounds

  1. Apr 2026
    Series D$20M

    No investor was named in the report.

    Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet

  2. Dec 2025
  3. Apr 2024
    Round$50M

    No investor was named in the report.

    Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet

  4. Apr 2022
    Series C$40M

    No investor was named in the report.

    Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet

  5. Mar 2019
    Series A$12M5 new

    Reported by TechCrunch

Funding filed with regulators

PolyAI filed 7 raises, $177M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

  1. Apr 2026$20MUK share allotment
  2. Oct 2025$66MUK share allotment
  3. Apr 2024$50MUK share allotment
  4. Apr 2024$149KUK share allotment
  5. Jun 2022$40MUK share allotment
  6. Jun 2022$326KUK share allotment
  7. Apr 2022$299KUK share allotment

Founders and team

From PolyAI's own website: 3 founders, 1 on the team.

Nikola MrkšićCo-founder & CEO, PolyAI
Shawn WenCo-founder & Chief Technology Officer
Eddy SuCo-founder & SVP Engineering
  • Matt HendersonVP Research

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.

Everyone who backed them

Entrepreneur FirstAccelerator2rounds
Point72 VenturesVC firm1round, led 1
Alumni VenturesVC firm1round
Khosla VenturesVC firm1round
British Business BankCorporate VC1round
GeorgianVC firm1round
Sands Capital VenturesPrivate equity1round
nVenturesVC firm1round
Amadeus VenturesCorporate VC1round
Capitalno record of our own yet1round
Passionno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists PolyAI as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

Air Street CapitalVC firmPer its own site

Quick answers about PolyAI

Who invested in PolyAI?

PolyAI's investors include Entrepreneur First, Point72 Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Khosla Ventures and British Business Bank, and 6 more on record.

How much has PolyAI raised?

PolyAI has raised $209M across 5 rounds since 2019.

When did PolyAI last raise?

PolyAI's most recent round was a Series D of $20M in Apr 2026.

What was PolyAI's biggest round?

PolyAI's largest round on record is $86M (Series D), in Dec 2025.

Who backed PolyAI first?

PolyAI's first round on record, in Mar 2019, was backed by Point72 Ventures, Entrepreneur First and Amadeus Ventures and 2 others.

What stage is PolyAI at?

PolyAI's latest named round is a Series D, in Apr 2026.

Where is PolyAI based?

PolyAI is based in the United Kingdom.

Who led PolyAI's rounds?

Point72 Ventures led the Series A in 2019.

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