# Propel funding: rounds and investors

> Propel has raised $6.3M across 3 rounds since 2023. Investors include Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and Google for Startups. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Propel*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 12 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 26 Oct 2026

**$6.3M** raised across 3 rounds since 2023, from 4 sources

**$2.8M** Seed **$3.5M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $3.5M Aug 2024
- **Step-up i:** 1.3×
- **Investors:** 12

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.

2024

**$2.8M** Seed

**?** Venture

**$3.5M** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $2.8M
- **Biggest round:** $3.5M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 8 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2024** Grant **$3.5M** *7 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Serena](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serena) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [Flourish Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flourish-ventures-2) Source recorded
- **Mar 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* [IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) [Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) [The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-draper-richard) Source recorded and 1 other
- **Jul 2023** Seed **$2.8M** *2 new* [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) [APX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apx) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Propel's own website: 4 on the team.

- **James Geneau** CEO
- **Elaine McKinnon** CFO
- **Leanne Fraser-Hendricken** Accelerator Operations Coordinator
- **Angela Hodgson** Director of Operations & Programming

## 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** 2023 **Venture** 2024 **Grant** 2024 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) [Serena](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serena) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) [Flourish Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flourish-ventures-2)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **1** round

[Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) Accelerator **1** round

[Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **1** round

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

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

[Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity **1** round

[Flourish Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flourish-ventures-2) VC firm **1** round

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

[The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-draper-richard) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=propel).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Propel 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.

[East Valley Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-valley-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Atlantic Venture Forum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlantic-venture-forum) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Propel

### Who invested in Propel?

Propel's investors include Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Google for Startups, Salesforce Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, and 7 more on record.

### How much has Propel raised?

Propel has raised $6.3M across 3 rounds since 2023. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Propel last raise?

Propel's most recent round was a Grant of $3.5M in Aug 2024.

### What was Propel's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $3.5M in Aug 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Propel first?

Propel's first round on record, in Jul 2023, was backed by Google for Startups and APX.

### What stage is Propel at?

Propel's latest named round is a Grant, in Aug 2024.

### Where is Propel based?

Propel is based in Germany.

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