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Who invested in Reddit?
Reddit's investors include Yishan Wong, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity, Ron Conway and Sam Altman, and 18 more on record.
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$100KSeed$50MSeries B$200MRound$300MSeries D
United States · Series D startup
Who invested in Reddit
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$550Mraised across 4 rounds since 2005, from 4 sources
$100KSeed$50MSeries B$200MRound$300MSeries D
- Latest round
- Series D, $300MFeb 2019
- Step-upi
- 1.5×
- Investors
- 23 (1 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $100K Jun 2005
- Biggest round
- $300M Series D · Feb 2019
- Usual gap between rounds
- 2.8 years the median of 3
The rounds
- Feb 2019Series D$300M1 new2 returning
Sequoia Capital- Fidelity
- Tencent/ Andreessen Horowitz
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $300M sold, first sale Jan 2019
- Jul 2017Round$200M5 new3 returning
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $182M sold, first sale Jul 2017
- Sept 2014Series B$50M16 new
500 Global- Ron Conway
- Paul Buchheit
- Peter Thiel
- Sam Altman
Kevin Hartz- Rick Marini
- Marc Andreessen
- Jared Leto
- Philip Kaplan
- Yishan Wong
- Joshua Kushner
- Jessica Livingston
- Snoop Dogg
- Mariam Naficy
- Alfred Lin
From a historical funding record
- Jun 2005
Founders and team
From the SEC filings it signed: 9 on the team.
- Alex A. LeExecutive Officeri
- Andrew A. VolleroExecutive Officeri
- Benjamin A. LeeExecutive Officeri
- Chris A. SloweExecutive Officeri
- Harold A. KlajeExecutive Officeri
- Jennifer A. WongExecutive Officeri
- Nellie A. PeshkovExecutive Officeri
- Roxy A. YoungExecutive Officeri
- Steve HuffmanExecutive Officer, Directori
On the board, as filediMichael A. SeibelPaula PricePorter GaleRobert A. SauerbergSam Altman
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.
Seed2005Series B2014Round2017Series D2019Yishan WongLSequoia CapitalFidelityRon ConwaySam Altman
Y Combinator500 Global
Andreessen Horowitz
CoatuePaul Buchheit
Sequoia CapitalFidelityRon ConwaySam AltmanY Combinator500 GlobalAndreessen HorowitzCoatuePaul BuchheitThe exit
ExitBuyerPriceWhen
From historical deal records. Wrong? Tell us.
Everyone who backed them
Yishan WongVC firm2rounds, led 1
FidelityVC firm2rounds
Ron ConwayAngel2rounds
Sam AltmanAngel2rounds
Paul BuchheitAngel1round
Peter ThielAngel1round
Rick MariniVC firm1round
Marc AndreessenAngel1round
Jared LetoAngel1round
Philip KaplanVC firm1round
Joshua KushnerAngel1round
Jessica LivingstonVC firm1round
Snoop DoggInvestment firm1round
Mariam NaficyAngel1round
Alfred Linno record of our own yet1round
Tencent/ Andreessen Horowitzno record of our own yet1round
Vyno record of our own yet1round
Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? Tell us.
Also claim to have backed them
These 39 firms list Reddit 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.
Quick answers about Reddit
How much has Reddit raised?
Reddit has raised $550M across 4 rounds since 2005.
When did Reddit last raise?
Reddit's most recent round was a Series D of $300M in Feb 2019.
What was Reddit's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $300M in Feb 2019, is also its largest on record.
Who backed Reddit first?
Reddit's first round on record, in Jun 2005, was backed by Y Combinator.
What stage is Reddit at?
Reddit's latest named round is a Series D, in Feb 2019.
Where is Reddit based?
Reddit is based in the United States.
Who led Reddit's rounds?
Yishan Wong led the Undisclosed round in 2017.
Companies like Reddit
In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.
Books about them
We Are The Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet's Culture Laboratory
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin · 2018
3.88 from 1,062 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
Reddit hails itself as “the front page of the Internet.” It’s the fourth most-visited website in the United States–yet, millions of Americans have no idea what it is. We Are the Nerds is a riveting look deep inside this captivating, maddening enterprise–whose army of highly…
The Revolution That Wasn't: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors
Spencer Jakab · 2022
3.74 from 451 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
The saga of GameStop and other meme stocks is revealed with the skill of a thrilling whodunit. Jakab writes with an anti-Midas touch. If he touched gold, he would bring it to life. --Burton G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street From Wall Street Journal…
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