# Recorded Future funding: rounds and investors

> Recorded Future has raised $58M across 5 rounds since 2009. Investors include Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel and IA Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Series E startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Recorded Future*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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

**$58M** raised across 5 rounds since 2009, from 5 sources

**$2.2M** Series A **$6.7M** Series B **$12M** Series C **$12M** Series D **$25M** Series E

- **Latest round:** Series E, $25M Oct 2017
- **Step-up i:** 2.1×
- **Investors:** 9

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.

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

**$2.2M** Series A

**$6.7M** Series B

**$12M** Series C

**$12M** Series D

**$25M** Series E

- **First round:** Series A, $2.2M
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.6 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2017** Series E **$25M** *1 new* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $25M sold, first sale Oct 2017
- **Apr 2015** Series D **$12M** *2 new* *5 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [MassMutual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massmutual-ventures) [Reed Elsevier Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reed-elsevier-ventures) [FKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fka) From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2012** Series C **$12M** *1 new* *5 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [FKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fka) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Jun 2010** Series B **$6.7M** *2 new* *3 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [FKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fka) From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2009** Series A **$2.2M** *3 new* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) Reported by googleventures.com

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **Christopher Ahlberg** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Andy Palmer* *Jeff Fagnan* *Kevin Brown* *Liautaud Bernard* *Rich Miner* *Staffan Truve* *Teresa Shea*

## 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** 2009 **Series B** 2010 **Series C** 2012 **Series D** 2015 **Series E** 2017 [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [FKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fka) [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [MassMutual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massmutual-ventures) [Reed Elsevier Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reed-elsevier-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **4** rounds

[In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) Accelerator **4** rounds

[IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) VC firm **4** rounds

[FKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fka) VC firm **3** rounds

[Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) VC firm **2** rounds

[Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

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

[MassMutual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massmutual-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Reed Elsevier Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reed-elsevier-ventures) Growth equity **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Recorded Future 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.

[Accomplice](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accomplice) VC firm Per its own site

[Baukunst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baukunst) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Recorded Future

### Who invested in Recorded Future?

Recorded Future's investors include Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel, IA Ventures, FKA and Atlas Venture, and 4 more on record.

### How much has Recorded Future raised?

Recorded Future has raised $58M across 5 rounds since 2009.

### When did Recorded Future last raise?

Recorded Future's most recent round was a Series E of $25M in Oct 2017.

### What was Recorded Future's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $25M in Oct 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Recorded Future first?

Recorded Future's first round on record, in Jul 2009, was backed by Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel and IA Ventures.

### What stage is Recorded Future at?

Recorded Future's latest named round is a Series E, in Oct 2017.

### Where is Recorded Future based?

Recorded Future is based in the United States.

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