# Portworx funding: rounds and investors

> Portworx has raised $56M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include Mayfield Fund, Sapphire Ventures and Cisco. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Portworx*

3 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.

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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$56M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources

**$8.5M** Series A **$20M** Series B **$27M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $27M Mar 2019
- **Led by:** Sapphire Ventures
- **Step-up i:** 1.4×
- **Investors:** 8 (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.

2016 2017 2018 2019

**$8.5M** Series A

**$20M** Series B

**$27M** Series C

- **First round:** Series A, $8.5M
- **Biggest round:** $27M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 23 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2019** Series C **$27M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) Lead [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) [GE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ge) [HPE Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hpe-growth) [NetApp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netapp) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Apr 2017** Series B **$20M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) Sapphire Ventures/ GE Ventures Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jun 2015** Series A **$8.5M** *2 new* [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Michael Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-dell) From a historical funding record

## 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** 2015 **Series B** 2017 **Series C** 2019 [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) L [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) [GE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ge) [HPE Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hpe-growth) [Michael Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-dell) [NetApp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/netapp) Sapphire Ventures/ GE Ventures

## Everyone who backed them

[Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) VC firm **3** rounds

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

[Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) Corporate VC **1** round

[GE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ge) Corporate VC **1** round

[HPE Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hpe-growth) Private equity **1** round

[Michael Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-dell) Angel **1** round

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

Sapphire Ventures/ GE Ventures no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about Portworx

### Who invested in Portworx?

Portworx's investors include Mayfield Fund, Sapphire Ventures, Cisco, GE and HPE Growth, and 3 more on record. Sapphire Ventures led its latest round.

### How much has Portworx raised?

Portworx has raised $56M across 3 rounds since 2015.

### When did Portworx last raise?

Portworx's most recent round was a Series C of $27M in Mar 2019, led by Sapphire Ventures.

### What was Portworx's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $27M in Mar 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Portworx first?

Portworx's first round on record, in Jun 2015, was backed by Mayfield Fund and Michael Dell.

### What stage is Portworx at?

Portworx's latest named round is a Series C, in Mar 2019.

### Where is Portworx based?

Portworx is based in the United States.

### Who led Portworx's rounds?

Sapphire Ventures led the Series C in 2019.

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