# ROLI funding: rounds and investors > ROLI has raised $44M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Index Ventures, Balderton Capital and FirstMark. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/roli (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *ROLI* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. Entertainment Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$44M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources **$13M** Series A **$3.7M** Series A **$27M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $27M Jan 2016 - **Led by:** Foundry Group - **Step-up i:** 7.3× - **Investors:** 8 (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 2016 **$13M** Series A **$3.7M** Series A **$27M** Round - **First round:** Series A, $13M - **Biggest round:** $27M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months ## The rounds - **Jan 2016** Round **$27M** *3 new* *4 returning* [Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) Lead [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) [Universal Music Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/universal-music-group) Source recorded - **Oct 2014** Series A **$3.7M** *4 returning* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [Universal Music Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/universal-music-group) From a historical funding record - **May 2014** Series A **$13M** *5 new* [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [Universal Music Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/universal-music-group) [Chris Ahearn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-ahearn) From a historical funding record ## 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** 2014 **Series A** 2014 **Round** 2016 [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [Universal Music Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/universal-music-group) [Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) L [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) [Chris Ahearn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-ahearn) ## Everyone who backed them [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) VC firm **3** rounds [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) VC firm **3** rounds [Universal Music Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/universal-music-group) Corporate VC **3** rounds [Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **1** round [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Chris Ahearn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-ahearn) Angel **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=roli). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists ROLI 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. [Avala Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avala-capital) Angel network Per its own site ## Quick answers about ROLI ### Who invested in ROLI? ROLI's investors include Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, FirstMark, Universal Music Group and Foundry Group, and 3 more on record. Foundry Group led its latest round. ### How much has ROLI raised? ROLI has raised $44M across 3 rounds since 2014. ### When did ROLI last raise? ROLI's most recent round, $27M, was in Jan 2016, led by Foundry Group. ### What was ROLI's biggest round? Its most recent round, $27M in Jan 2016, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed ROLI first? ROLI's first round on record, in May 2014, was backed by Index Ventures, Balderton Capital and FirstMark and 2 others. ### What stage is ROLI at? ROLI's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2014. ### Where is ROLI based? ROLI is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led ROLI's rounds? Foundry Group led the funding round in 2016. ## Companies like ROLI In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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