# Roost funding: rounds and investors > Roost has raised $18M across 11 rounds since 2013. Investors include DCM Ventures, Legend Star and kbs+ Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/roost (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Roost* 11 rounds we have observed, with the 20 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. Construction Y Combinator: S14 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$18M** raised across 11 rounds since 2013, from 12 sources **$400K** Seed **$125K** Seed **$100K** Seed **$25K** Seed **$160K** Seed **$975K** Seed **$212K** Seed **$5.5M** Series A **$10M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $10M Aug 2017 - **Step-up i:** 1.9× - **Investors:** 20 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. 2014 2015 2016 2017 **$400K** Seed **$125K** Seed **$100K** Seed **$160K** Seed **?** Seed **?** Seed **$212K** Seed **$5.5M** Series A **$10M** Series B - **First round:** Seed, $400K - **Biggest round:** $10M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3 months ## The rounds - **Aug 2017** Series B **$10M** *4 new* *2 returning* [DCM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures) [M Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-ventures) [Legend Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-star) [Desjardins Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/desjardins-venture-capital) [Fosun RZ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fosun-rz) Aviva Ventures/ Desjardins Insurance Reported by FinSMEs - **Sept 2015** Series A **$5.5M** *3 new* *2 returning* [DCM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures) [RPM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rpm-ventures) [USAA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/usaa) [Start Garden](https://millionrounds.com/fund/start-garden) [Center Electric](https://millionrounds.com/fund/center-electric) From a historical funding record - **Jul 2015** Seed **$212K** *2 new* [Newgen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newgen-venture-partners) [Moonshots Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/moonshots-capital) From a historical funding record - **Apr 2015** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 returning* [kbs+ Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kbs-ventures) From a historical funding record - **Oct 2014** Seed **$975K** *4 new* [DCM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures) [Legend Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-star) [Center Electric](https://millionrounds.com/fund/center-electric) [Jason Krikorian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-krikorian) From a historical funding record - **Oct 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [kbs+ Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kbs-ventures) From a historical funding record - **Jul 2014** Seed **$160K** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Rocket Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-ventures) [Scott Heller](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-heller) [Stephen Roulac](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stephen-roulac) From a historical funding record and 1 other - **Apr 2014** Seed **$25K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Feb 2014** Seed **$100K** *1 new* 105 Capital LLC From a historical funding record - **Jan 2014** Seed **$125K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Jul 2013** Seed **$400K** *1 new* [Rocket Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-ventures-llc) Reported by finsmes.com ## 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. **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2015 **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2017 [DCM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures) [Legend Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-star) [kbs+ Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kbs-ventures) [Center Electric](https://millionrounds.com/fund/center-electric) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [M Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-ventures) [Desjardins Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/desjardins-venture-capital) [RPM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rpm-ventures) [Rocket Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-ventures) [USAA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/usaa) ## The exit Exit Buyer Price When Acquired VerticalResponse undisclosed Dec 2011 From historical deal records. Wrong? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=roost). ## Everyone who backed them [DCM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures) Private equity **3** rounds [Legend Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-star) VC firm **2** rounds [kbs+ Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kbs-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Center Electric](https://millionrounds.com/fund/center-electric) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [M Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Desjardins Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/desjardins-venture-capital) Government **1** round [RPM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rpm-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Rocket Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-ventures) VC firm **1** round [USAA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/usaa) Corporate VC **1** round [Newgen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newgen-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Start Garden](https://millionrounds.com/fund/start-garden) VC firm **1** round [Moonshots Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/moonshots-capital) VC firm **1** round [Fosun RZ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fosun-rz) Growth equity **1** round [Jason Krikorian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-krikorian) Angel **1** round [Scott Heller](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-heller) Angel **1** round [Rocket Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-ventures-llc) VC firm **1** round [Stephen Roulac](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stephen-roulac) Angel **1** round 105 Capital LLC no record of our own yet **1** round Aviva Ventures/ Desjardins Insurance 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=roost). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Roost 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. [Wakestream Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wakestream-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Union Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-labs) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Roost ### Who invested in Roost? Roost's investors include DCM Ventures, Legend Star, kbs+ Ventures, Center Electric and Y Combinator, and 15 more on record. ### How much has Roost raised? Roost has raised $18M across 11 rounds since 2013. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Roost last raise? Roost's most recent round was a Series B of $10M in Aug 2017. ### What was Roost's biggest round? Its most recent round, $10M in Aug 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Roost first? Roost's first round on record, in Jul 2013, was backed by Rocket Ventures. ### What stage is Roost at? Roost's latest named round is a Series B, in Aug 2017. ### Where is Roost based? Roost is based in the United States. ## Companies like Roost In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Pennsylvania American Water** $43M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pennsylvania-american-water)[**Mach9** $46M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mach9)[**Fireworks AI** $1.7B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fireworks-ai)[**ASI** $325M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/asi)[**Fragment** $22M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fragment) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. 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