# Responsive funding: rounds and investors

> Responsive has raised $25M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Plug and Play and Elevate Capital. Every round with its source.

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

Canada · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Responsive*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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

**$25M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Jul 2024
- **Biggest round:** $25M Series A · Jul 2018
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

**$25M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $25M
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Between rounds:** 6 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Source recorded
- **Jul 2018** Series A **$25M** *1 new* [Elevate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate-capital) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Responsive's own website: 11 on the team.

- **Ganesh Shankar** Chief Executive Officer
- **Jeff Santelices** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Michael Londgren** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Sankar Lagudu** Chief Operating Officer
- **Shankha Sen** Chief Financial Officer
- **Ariana Amplo** VP of Professional Services
- **Colleen O’Sullivan** VP of Customer Success
- **Jennifer Cannizzaro** VP of Product & Growth Marketing
- **Kunal Shrestha** VP of Product
- **Shipra Kamra** VP People Operations
- **Tim Knight** VP of Product Design

## 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** 2018 **Venture** 2024 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Elevate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **1** round

[Elevate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate-capital) Private equity **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=responsive).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Responsive as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Innovation Endeavors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-endeavors) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Responsive

### Who invested in Responsive?

Responsive's investors include Plug and Play and Elevate Capital.

### How much has Responsive raised?

Responsive has raised $25M across 2 rounds since 2018. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Responsive last raise?

Responsive's most recent round was a Venture in Jul 2024.

### What was Responsive's biggest round?

Responsive's largest round on record is $25M (Series A), in Jul 2018.

### Who backed Responsive first?

Responsive's first round on record, in Jul 2018, was backed by Elevate Capital.

### What stage is Responsive at?

Responsive's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2024.

### Where is Responsive based?

Responsive is based in Canada.

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