# Rookout funding: rounds and investors

> Rookout has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Cisco Investments, TLV Partners and Emerge. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Rookout*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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

**$24M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$8.0M** Series A **$16M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $16M Aug 2022
- **Step-up i:** 2×
- **Investors:** 6 (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.

2020 2021 2022

**$8.0M** Series A

**$16M** Series B

- **First round:** Series A, $8.0M
- **Biggest round:** $16M
- **Between rounds:** 3 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2022** Series B **$16M** *2 returning* [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) TLV Partners Source recorded
- **Aug 2019** Series A **$8.0M** *6 new* [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Lead [Emerge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerge-2) [Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nat-friedman) [John Kodumal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-kodumal) Raymond Colletti TLV Partners Reported by TechCrunch

## 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** 2019 **Series B** 2022 [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) L TLV Partners [Emerge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerge-2) [Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nat-friedman) [John Kodumal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-kodumal) Raymond Colletti

## Everyone who backed them

[Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Corporate VC **2** rounds, led 1

TLV Partners no record of our own yet **2** rounds

[Emerge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emerge-2) VC firm **1** round

[Nat Friedman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nat-friedman) VC firm **1** round

[John Kodumal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-kodumal) Angel **1** round

Raymond Colletti no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Rookout 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.

[Mighty Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mighty-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Rookout

### Who invested in Rookout?

Rookout's investors include Cisco Investments, TLV Partners, Emerge, Nat Friedman and John Kodumal, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Rookout raised?

Rookout has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Rookout last raise?

Rookout's most recent round was a Series B of $16M in Aug 2022.

### What was Rookout's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $16M in Aug 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Rookout first?

Rookout's first round on record, in Aug 2019, was backed by Cisco Investments, Emerge and Nat Friedman and 3 others.

### What stage is Rookout at?

Rookout's latest named round is a Series B, in Aug 2022.

### Where is Rookout based?

Rookout is based in the United States.

### Who led Rookout's rounds?

Cisco Investments led the Series A in 2019.

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