# Sapient funding: rounds and investors

> Sapient has raised $35M across 3 rounds since 2009. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Sapient*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 0 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 31 Oct 2026

**$35M** raised across 3 rounds since 2009, from 3 sources

**$23M** Venture **$2.4M** Venture **$9.2M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $9.2M Jul 2022
- **Biggest round:** $23M Venture · Jul 2009
- **Step-up i:** 3.8×
- **Investors:** 0

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

**$23M** Venture

**$2.4M** Venture

**$9.2M** Grant

- **First round:** Venture, $23M
- **Biggest round:** $23M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 9.6 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2022** Grant **$9.2M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded
- **Nov 2012** Venture **$2.4M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by masshightech.com SEC filing: $2.4M sold, first sale Nov 2012
- **Jul 2009** Venture **$23M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $23M sold, first sale Jul 2009

## Exits

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired [Publicis Groupe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/publicis-groupe) $3.7B Nov 2014

Acquired Studio Archetype / Sapient undisclosed Jan 1998

IPO NASDAQ:SAPE undisclosed Apr 1996

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Sapient 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.

[Tech Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tech-square-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Engage](https://millionrounds.com/fund/engage) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Sapient

### How much has Sapient raised?

Sapient has raised $35M across 3 rounds since 2009.

### When did Sapient last raise?

Sapient's most recent round was a Grant of $9.2M in Jul 2022.

### What was Sapient's biggest round?

Sapient's largest round on record is $23M (Venture), in Jul 2009.

### What stage is Sapient at?

Sapient's latest named round is a Grant, in Jul 2022.

### Where is Sapient based?

Sapient is based in the United States.

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