# ScaleFactor funding: rounds and investors

> ScaleFactor has raised $103M across 4 rounds since 2017. Investors include Firebrand Ventures, Next Coast Ventures and Flyover. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *ScaleFactor*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 17 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.

Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$103M** raised across 4 rounds since 2017, from 4 sources

**$2.5M** Seed **$10M** Series A **$30M** Series B **$60M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $60M Aug 2019
- **Led by:** Coatue
- **Step-up i:** 2×
- **Investors:** 17 (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.

2018 2019

**$2.5M** Seed

**$10M** Series A

**$30M** Series B

**$60M** Series C

- **First round:** Seed, $2.5M
- **Biggest round:** $60M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2019** Series C **$60M** *7 new* *1 returning* [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) Lead [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Stripes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stripes) [Vulcan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan) [Firebrand Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firebrand-ventures) [Broadhaven Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/broadhaven-ventures) [Next Play Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-play-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $58M sold, first sale Jul 2019
- **Jan 2019** Series B **$30M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Firebrand Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firebrand-ventures) Bessemer Venture Partners/ Canaan Broadhaven Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $29M sold, first sale Dec 2018
- **Jul 2018** Series A **$10M** *2 new* *3 returning* [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [Next Coast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures) [Firebrand Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firebrand-ventures) Canaan Partners/ Broadhaven Flyover Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $13M sold, first sale Jun 2018
- **Nov 2017** Seed **$2.5M** *6 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Matchstick Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matchstick-ventures) [Next Coast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures) [Firebrand Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firebrand-ventures) Edison Factory Flyover Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **David Loia** Executive Officer i
- **Gary Forni** Executive Officer i
- **Kurt Rathmann** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Byron Deeter* *Michael Gilroy* *Thomas Laffont*

## 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** 2017 **Series A** 2018 **Series B** 2019 **Series C** 2019 [Firebrand Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firebrand-ventures) [Next Coast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures) Flyover [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) L [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [Matchstick Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matchstick-ventures) [Stripes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stripes)

## Everyone who backed them

[Firebrand Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firebrand-ventures) VC firm **4** rounds

[Next Coast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

Flyover no record of our own yet **2** rounds

[Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round

[Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) Growth equity **1** round

[Matchstick Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matchstick-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Stripes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stripes) Private equity **1** round

[Vulcan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan) Investment firm **1** round

[Broadhaven Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/broadhaven-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Next Play Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-play-capital) Fund of funds **1** round

Bessemer Venture Partners/ Canaan no record of our own yet **1** round

Broadhaven no record of our own yet **1** round

Canaan Partners/ Broadhaven no record of our own yet **1** round

Edison Factory no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists ScaleFactor 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.

[Confluence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/confluence-capital) Hedge fund Per its own site

## Quick answers about ScaleFactor

### Who invested in ScaleFactor?

ScaleFactor's investors include Firebrand Ventures, Next Coast Ventures, Flyover, Coatue and Techstars, and 12 more on record. Coatue led its latest round.

### How much has ScaleFactor raised?

ScaleFactor has raised $103M across 4 rounds since 2017.

### When did ScaleFactor last raise?

ScaleFactor's most recent round was a Series C of $60M in Aug 2019, led by Coatue.

### What was ScaleFactor's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $60M in Aug 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed ScaleFactor first?

ScaleFactor's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by Techstars, Matchstick Ventures and Next Coast Ventures and 3 others.

### What stage is ScaleFactor at?

ScaleFactor's latest named round is a Series C, in Aug 2019.

### Where is ScaleFactor based?

ScaleFactor is based in the United States.

### Who led ScaleFactor's rounds?

Coatue led the Series C in 2019.

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