# Ripcord funding: rounds and investors > Ripcord has raised $67M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Lux Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Legend Star. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/ripcord (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Ripcord* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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 Robotics Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$67M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources **$9.5M** Series A **$25M** Round **$32M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $32M Apr 2024 - **Step-up i:** 1.3× - **Investors:** 10 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. 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 **$9.5M** Series A **$25M** Round **$32M** Series C - **First round:** Series A, $9.5M - **Biggest round:** $32M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 6.3 years ## The rounds - **Apr 2024** Series C **$32M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Legend Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-star) [Baidu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu-ventures) Source recorded - **Dec 2017** Round **$25M** *5 new* [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [ICON](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon) GV/ Telstra Reported by FinSMEs - **Mar 2017** Series A **$9.5M** *2 new* [Legend Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-star) [Steve Wozniak](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-wozniak) Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From Ripcord's own website: 5 founders, 11 on the team. **Kevin Hall** Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer **Alex Fielding** Director & Ripcord Co-Founder **Bruce Scott** Co-Founder **Jon Callas** Co-Founder **Steve Wozniak** Co-Founder - **Sam Fahmy** President and CEO - **Ahson Ahmad** Chief Product & Technology Officer - **Kevin Whittaker** Chief Legal & Compliance Officer - **Ron Sorisho** Chief Operating Officer - **Andy Wheeler** Director - **Beau Laskey** Managing Director - **Bill Kurtz** Director - **Jeb Miller** Director - **Patrick Dennis** Chairman - **Sanyin Siang** Faculty & Executive Director - **Wen Hsieh** Director ## 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** 2017 **Round** 2017 **Series C** 2024 [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Legend Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-star) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [Baidu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu-ventures) [ICON](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon) [Steve Wozniak](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-wozniak) GV/ Telstra ## Everyone who backed them [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **2** rounds [Legend Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-star) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) VC firm **1** round [Baidu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu-ventures) VC firm **1** round [ICON](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon) Growth equity **1** round [Steve Wozniak](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-wozniak) VC firm **1** round GV/ Telstra 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=ripcord). ## Also claim to have backed them These 11 firms list Ripcord 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. [Icon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Titanium Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/titanium-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Tyche Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tyche-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Comet Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comet-labs) VC firm Per its own site [Catapult Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catapult-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Partners for Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partners-for-growth) VC firm Per its own site [15th Rock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/15th-rock) VC firm Per its own site [West Fountain Global Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/west-fountain-global-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Aidenlair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aidenlair-capital) Investment firm Per its own site [Ascolta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascolta-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Ripcord ### Who invested in Ripcord? Ripcord's investors include Lux Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Legend Star, Y Combinator and Google Ventures, and 5 more on record. ### How much has Ripcord raised? Ripcord has raised $67M across 3 rounds since 2017. ### When did Ripcord last raise? Ripcord's most recent round was a Series C of $32M in Apr 2024. ### What was Ripcord's biggest round? Its most recent round, $32M in Apr 2024, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Ripcord first? Ripcord's first round on record, in Mar 2017, was backed by Legend Star and Steve Wozniak. ### What stage is Ripcord at? Ripcord's latest named round is a Series C, in Apr 2024. ### Where is Ripcord based? Ripcord is based in the United States. ## Companies like Ripcord In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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