# PolyAI funding: rounds and investors > PolyAI has raised $209M across 5 rounds since 2019. Investors include Entrepreneur First, Point72 Ventures and Alumni Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/polyai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. AI Education Raised 6 months ago Valuation: $500M, Oct 2024 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$209M** raised across 5 rounds since 2019, from 5 sources **$12M** Series A **$40M** Series C **$50M** Round **$86M** Series D **$20M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $20M Apr 2026 - **Biggest round:** $86M Series D · Dec 2025 - **Investors:** 11 (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 2026 **$12M** Series A **$40M** Series C **$50M** Round **$86M** Series D **$20M** Series D - **First round:** Series A, $12M - **Biggest round:** $86M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2 years ## The rounds - **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 - **Dec 2025** Series D **$86M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) [Georgian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/georgian) [Sands Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures) [nVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures-2) Source recorded - **Apr 2024** Round **$50M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **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 - **Mar 2019** Series A **$12M** *5 new* [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) Lead [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [Amadeus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amadeus) Capital Passion 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. - Apr 2026 **$20M** UK share allotment - Oct 2025 **$66M** UK share allotment - Apr 2024 **$50M** UK share allotment - Apr 2024 **$149K** UK share allotment - Jun 2022 **$40M** UK share allotment - Jun 2022 **$326K** UK share allotment - Apr 2022 **$299K** UK share allotment ## Founders and team From PolyAI's own website: 3 founders, 1 on the team. **Nikola Mrkšić** Co-founder & CEO, PolyAI **Shawn Wen** Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer **Eddy Su** Co-founder & SVP Engineering - **Matt Henderson** VP 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. **Series A** 2019 **Series C** 2022 **Round** 2024 **Series D** 2025 **Series D** 2026 [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) L [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) [Georgian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/georgian) [Sands Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures) [nVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures-2) [Amadeus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amadeus) Capital ## Everyone who backed them [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) Accelerator **2** rounds [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **1** round [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund) Corporate VC **1** round [Georgian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/georgian) VC firm **1** round [Sands Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures) Private equity **1** round [nVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures-2) VC firm **1** round [Amadeus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amadeus) Corporate VC **1** round Capital no record of our own yet **1** round Passion 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=polyai). ## 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 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/air-street-capital) VC firm Per 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. ## Companies like PolyAI In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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