# project44 funding: rounds and investors > project44 has raised $171M across 4 rounds since 2016. Investors include Chicago Ventures, 8VC and Pritzker Group. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/project44 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *project44* 4 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. Big Data & Analytics Enterprise Software Logistics Valuation: $2.6B, Mar 2026 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$171M** raised across 4 rounds since 2016, from 4 sources **$11M** Series A **$35M** Series A **$45M** Round **$80M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $80M Nov 2022 - **Step-up i:** 1.8× - **Investors:** 11 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. 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$11M** Series A **$35M** Series A **$45M** Round **$80M** Venture - **First round:** Series A, $11M - **Biggest round:** $80M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 19 months ## The rounds - **Nov 2022** Venture **$80M** *2 new* *2 returning* [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $31M sold, first sale Oct 2022 - **Oct 2018** Round **$45M** *3 new* *4 returning* [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Pritzker Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pritzker-group) [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [OpenView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openview) [Emergence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence) [Omidyar Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-technology-ventures) Sapphire Ventures/ Insight Reported by FinSMEs - **Apr 2018** Series A **$35M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Pritzker Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pritzker-group) [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [Emergence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence) [Omidyar Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-technology-ventures) OpenView/ 8VC Reported by FinSMEs - **Sept 2016** Series A **$11M** *2 new* [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From project44's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 6 on the team. **Jett McCandless** Founder and CEO *Named on its 2022 Form D* - **Brian Cooper** Chief Marketing Officer - **Jennifer Coyne** Chief Legal, People & Risk Officer - **Jonathan Scherr** Chief Strategy and Operations Officer - **Mark Strassman** Chief Product Officer - **Rick Turco** Chief Revenue Officer - **Vinay Mathur** Chief Technology Officer On the board, as filed i *Douglas Bates* *James Baum* *Joseph Floyd* *Kevin Diestel* *Teddie Wardi* *William Conroy* ## 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** 2016 **Series A** 2018 **Round** 2018 **Venture** 2022 [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Pritzker Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pritzker-group) [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) [Emergence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence) [Omidyar Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-technology-ventures) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) [OpenView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openview) OpenView/ 8VC ## Everyone who backed them [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm **2** rounds [Pritzker Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pritzker-group) Private equity **2** rounds [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Emergence](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence) Growth equity **2** rounds [Omidyar Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-technology-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) VC firm **1** round [TPG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg) Private equity **1** round [OpenView](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openview) VC firm **1** round OpenView/ 8VC no record of our own yet **1** round Sapphire Ventures/ Insight 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=project44). ## Also claim to have backed them These 8 firms list project44 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. [High Alpha](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha) VC firm Per its own site [Prelude Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prelude-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [High Alpha Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-alpha-capital) Venture studio Per its own site [Corsa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corsa-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Senovo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/senovo) VC firm Per its own site [Btomorrow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/btomorrow-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site [Grid Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grid-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Section Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/section-partners) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about project44 ### Who invested in project44? project44's investors include Chicago Ventures, 8VC, Pritzker Group, Emergence Capital and Emergence, and 6 more on record. ### How much has project44 raised? project44 has raised $171M across 4 rounds since 2016. ### When did project44 last raise? project44's most recent round was a Venture of $80M in Nov 2022. ### What was project44's biggest round? Its most recent round, $80M in Nov 2022, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed project44 first? project44's first round on record, in Sept 2016, was backed by Chicago Ventures and Emergence Capital. ### What stage is project44 at? project44's latest named round is a Venture, in Nov 2022. ### Where is project44 based? project44 is based in the United States. ## Companies like project44 In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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