# RapidSOS funding: rounds and investors

> RapidSOS has raised $160M across 5 rounds since 2015. Investors include Apax Digital Funds, Alumni Ventures and Insight Partners. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *RapidSOS*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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.

AI Govtech

Raised 7 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$160M** raised across 5 rounds since 2015, from 5 sources

**$5.0M** Venture **$30M** Series B **$25M** Round **$100M** Round

- **Latest round:** Venture Apr 2026
- **Biggest round:** $100M Round · Nov 2025
- **Investors:** 14 (1 led)

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 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**$5.0M** Venture

**$30M** Series B

**$25M** Round

**$100M** Round

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Venture, $5.0M
- **Biggest round:** $100M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.3 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) Source recorded
- **Nov 2025** Round **$100M** *1 new* [Apax Digital Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apax-digital-funds) Lead Reported by Ventureburn
- **Oct 2019** Round **$25M** *1 new* [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) Reported by VentureBeat SEC filing: $17M sold, first sale Sept 2019
- **Nov 2018** Series B **$30M** *7 new* [M12](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m12) [The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) [Two Sigma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma) [Forte](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forte) CSAA IG Playground Global/ Highland Ralph de la Vega Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Oct 2018
- **Aug 2015** Venture **$5.0M** *1 new* [Highland Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-capital-partners) From a historical funding record

## Funding filed with regulators

RapidSOS filed 8 raises, $189M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Dec 2020 **$94M** 28 investors equity, options, securities on exercise of $97M offered SEC Form D
- Mar 2020 **$21M** 15 investors equity of $22M offered SEC Form D
- Sept 2019 **$17M** 8 investors equity SEC Form D
- Oct 2018 **$30M** 32 investors equity of $30M offered SEC Form D
- Aug 2018 **$200K** 1 investor debt, options, securities on exercise of $1.0M offered SEC Form D
- Feb 2018 **$16M** 31 investors equity of $16M offered SEC Form D
- Nov 2016 **$5.9M** 11 investors equity of $6.4M offered SEC Form D
- Jun 2016 **$4.6M** 15 investors equity SEC Form D

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Michael Martin** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i
- **Nicholas Horelik** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Bruce Leak* *Dan Nova* *Nikitas Koutoupes*

## 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.

**Venture** 2015 **Series B** 2018 **Round** 2019 **Round** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [Apax Digital Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apax-digital-funds) L [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Highland Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-capital-partners) [M12](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m12) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) [The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) [Two Sigma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma)

## Everyone who backed them

[Apax Digital Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apax-digital-funds) Investment firm **1** round, led 1

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Highland Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round

[M12](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m12) Corporate VC **1** round

[BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **1** round

[Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) VC firm **1** round

[The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) VC firm **1** round

[Two Sigma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma) VC firm **1** round

[Forte](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forte) Angel **1** round

CSAA IG no record of our own yet **1** round

Playground Global/ Highland no record of our own yet **1** round

Ralph de la Vega no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 8 firms list RapidSOS 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.

[Acrew Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acrew-capital) VC firm Growth, per its site

[City Light Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/city-light-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[On Grid Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/on-grid-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Harmonic Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmonic-growth-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Avanta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avanta-ventures) Accelerator Per its own site

[Laerdal Million Lives Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/laerdal-million-lives-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[Bowery Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bowery-brands) VC firm Per its own site

[Catapult](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catapult-vc) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about RapidSOS

### Who invested in RapidSOS?

RapidSOS's investors include Apax Digital Funds, Alumni Ventures, Insight Partners, Highland Capital Partners and M12, and 9 more on record.

### How much has RapidSOS raised?

RapidSOS has raised $160M across 5 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did RapidSOS last raise?

RapidSOS's most recent round was a Venture in Apr 2026.

### What was RapidSOS's biggest round?

RapidSOS's largest round on record is $100M, in Nov 2025, led by Apax Digital Funds.

### Who backed RapidSOS first?

RapidSOS's first round on record, in Aug 2015, was backed by Highland Capital Partners.

### What stage is RapidSOS at?

RapidSOS's latest named round is a Venture, in Apr 2026.

### Where is RapidSOS based?

RapidSOS is based in the United States.

### Who led RapidSOS's rounds?

Apax Digital Funds led the funding round in 2025.

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