# Sansan funding: rounds and investors > Sansan has raised $102M across 8 rounds since 2007. Investors include Salesforce Ventures, DCM Ventures and GMO VenturePartners. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sansan (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Series E startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Sansan* 8 rounds we have observed, with the 14 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. Cloud Salestech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$102M** raised across 8 rounds since 2007, from 8 sources **$500K** Seed **$5.0M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$38M** Round **$18M** Round **$27M** Series E - **Latest round:** Series E, $27M Dec 2018 - **Biggest round:** $38M Round · Aug 2017 - **Step-up i:** 1.5× - **Investors:** 14 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. 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 **?** Seed **$500K** Seed **$5.0M** Series A **?** Series A **$15M** Series B **$38M** Round **$18M** Round **$27M** Series E - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $38M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 13 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2018** Series E **$27M** *2 new* *1 returning* [DCM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Japan Post Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-post-capital) Reported by TechCrunch - **Nov 2017** Round **$18M** *1 new* [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Reported by Tech in Asia - **Aug 2017** Round **$38M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Mirai/ DCM Reported by Thebridge - **May 2014** Series B **$15M** *4 new* *1 returning* [DCM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures) [GMO VenturePartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmo-venture-partners) [Innovation Network Corporation Of Japan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-network-corporation-of-japan) [Energy & Environment Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-and-environment-investment) [Nikkei Digital Media](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nikkei-digital-med) From a historical funding record - **Oct 2013** Series A **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) From a historical funding record - **Apr 2013** Series A **$5.0M** *1 new* [Nissay Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nissay-capital) From a historical funding record - **Jun 2009** Seed **$500K** *3 new* [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) [GMO VenturePartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmo-venture-partners) [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) From a historical funding record - **Aug 2007** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Incubate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund) 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. **Seed** 2007 **Seed** 2009 **Series A** 2013 **Series A** 2013 **Series B** 2014 **Round** 2017 **Round** 2017 **Series E** 2018 [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [DCM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures) [GMO VenturePartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmo-venture-partners) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Incubate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund) [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) [Nissay Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nissay-capital) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) [Innovation Network Corporation Of Japan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-network-corporation-of-japan) ## Everyone who backed them [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds [DCM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcm-ventures) Private equity **2** rounds [GMO VenturePartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gmo-venture-partners) Corporate VC **2** rounds [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity **1** round [Incubate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund) VC firm **1** round [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Nissay Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nissay-capital) VC firm **1** round [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) Private equity **1** round [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) Investment firm **1** round [Innovation Network Corporation Of Japan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-network-corporation-of-japan) Growth equity **1** round [Japan Post Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-post-capital) VC firm **1** round [Energy & Environment Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-and-environment-investment) VC firm **1** round [Nikkei Digital Media](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nikkei-digital-med) VC firm **1** round Mirai/ DCM 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=sansan). ## Quick answers about Sansan ### Who invested in Sansan? Sansan's investors include Salesforce Ventures, DCM Ventures, GMO VenturePartners, Goldman Sachs and Incubate Fund, and 9 more on record. ### How much has Sansan raised? Sansan has raised $102M across 8 rounds since 2007. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Sansan last raise? Sansan's most recent round was a Series E of $27M in Dec 2018. ### What was Sansan's biggest round? Sansan's largest round on record is $38M (Undisclosed round), in Aug 2017. ### Who backed Sansan first? Sansan's first round on record, in Aug 2007, was backed by Incubate Fund. ### What stage is Sansan at? Sansan's latest named round is a Series E, in Dec 2018. ### Where is Sansan based? Sansan is based in Japan. ## Companies like Sansan In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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