United States · Seed startup

Who invested in Pulse

5 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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.

Hardware & Electronics

Y Combinator: W18

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$11Mraised across 5 rounds since 2021, from 5 sources

$603KPre-seed$250KPre-seed$4.4MGrant$1.8MPre-seed$3.9MSeed

Latest round: Seed, $3.9MFeb 2025
Biggest round: $4.4MGrant · Jul 2023
Step-upi: 2.2×
Investors: 10

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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.

2022202320242025

$603KPre-seed$250KPre-seed$4.4MGrant$1.8MPre-seed$3.9MSeed

First round: Pre-seed, $603K
Biggest round: $4.4M
Usual gap between rounds: 13 months

The rounds

Feb 2025
Seed$3.9M4 new
Source recorded
Nov 2024
Pre-seed$1.8M3 new
Source recorded
Jul 2023
Grant$4.4M1 new
- EIC Accelerator
Source recorded
Jun 2022
Pre-seed$250K1 new
- Expert Dojo
Source recorded
Jul 2021
Pre-seed$603K1 new
- Depo Ventures
Source recorded

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.

Pre-seed2021Pre-seed2022Grant2023Pre-seed2024Seed2025

The exit

ExitBuyerPriceWhen

AcquiredLinkedIn$90MApr 2013

From historical deal records. Wrong? Tell us.

Everyone who backed them

Y CombinatorAccelerator1round

EIC AcceleratorGovernment1round

Liquid 2 VenturesVC firm1round

Soma CapitalVC firm1round

Expert DojoAccelerator1round

Delphi VenturesVC firm1round

Graph VenturesVC firm1round

LemniscapVC firm1round

DG VENTURESAccelerator1round

Depo VenturesVC firm1round

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