# Purple Squirrel funding: rounds and investors > Purple Squirrel has raised $2.7M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Y Combinator, 500 Global and Greycroft. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/purple-squirrel (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Purple Squirrel* 2 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. IT Services Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$2.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Seed, $2.7M Mar 2017 - **Investors:** 8 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. 2015 2016 2017 **?** Seed **$2.7M** Seed - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $2.7M - **Between rounds:** 2.3 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2017** Seed **$2.7M** *8 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) [CrossCut Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosscut-ventures) [LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) [ARENA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arena) [Luma Launch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luma-launch) CrossCut Ventures/ Greycroft Reported by FinSMEs - **Jan 2015** Seed **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. 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. **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2017 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) [CrossCut Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosscut-ventures) [LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) [ARENA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arena) [Luma Launch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luma-launch) CrossCut Ventures/ Greycroft ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) VC firm **1** round [CrossCut Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosscut-ventures) VC firm **1** round [LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) Accelerator **1** round [ARENA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arena) VC firm **1** round [Luma Launch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luma-launch) Accelerator **1** round CrossCut Ventures/ Greycroft 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=purple-squirrel). ## Quick answers about Purple Squirrel ### Who invested in Purple Squirrel? Purple Squirrel's investors include Y Combinator, 500 Global, Greycroft, CrossCut Ventures and LAUNCH, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Purple Squirrel raised? Purple Squirrel has raised $2.7M across 2 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Purple Squirrel last raise? Purple Squirrel's most recent round was a Seed of $2.7M in Mar 2017. ### What was Purple Squirrel's biggest round? Its most recent round, $2.7M in Mar 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Purple Squirrel first? Purple Squirrel's first round on record, in Mar 2017, was backed by Y Combinator, 500 Global and Greycroft and 5 others. ### What stage is Purple Squirrel at? Purple Squirrel's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2017. ### Where is Purple Squirrel based? Purple Squirrel is based in the United States. ## Companies like Purple Squirrel In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Chariot Claims** $23M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/chariot-claims)[**Subeca** $9.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/subeca)[**FlexCompute** $53M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexcompute)[**Negosh** $3.1M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/negosh)[**StarLifter** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/starlifter)[**Litewave.AI** $1.7M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/litewave-ai) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app