# Scout funding: rounds and investors > Scout has raised $9.7M across 10 rounds since 2013. Investors include Gaingels, Techstars and Hustle Fund. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/scout (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Scout* 10 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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. Education Financial Services Y Combinator: W20 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$9.7M** raised across 10 rounds since 2013, from 10 sources **$700K** Venture **$65K** Debt **$45K** Debt **$1.2M** Pre-seed **$4.0M** Seed **$2.0M** Pre-seed **$56K** Seed **$1.0M** Debt **$644K** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $644K Oct 2025 - **Biggest round:** $4.0M Seed · Oct 2022 - **Investors:** 13 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. 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$700K** Venture **?** Seed **$65K** Debt **$45K** Debt **$1.2M** Pre-seed **$4.0M** Seed **$2.0M** Pre-seed **$56K** Seed **$644K** Seed - **First round:** Venture, $700K - **Biggest round:** $4.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 8 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2025** Seed **$644K** *1 new* [Vertical Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertical-venture-partners) Source recorded - **Feb 2025** Debt **$1.0M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Hustle Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund) [Portfolia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/portfolia) [Chingona Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chingona-ventures) Source recorded - **Jan 2025** Seed **$56K** *4 new* *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Hustle Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund) [Reach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach) [Chingona Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chingona-ventures) Source recorded - **Aug 2024** Pre-seed **$2.0M** *2 new* [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Forum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forum-ventures) Source recorded - **Oct 2022** Seed **$4.0M** *2 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Source recorded - **Jul 2021** Pre-seed **$1.2M** *1 new* [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $150K sold, first sale Apr 2021 - **Jul 2015** Debt **$45K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $45K sold, first sale May 2015 - **Mar 2015** Debt **$65K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $250K sold, first sale Jun 2015 - **Feb 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) From a historical funding record - **Nov 2013** Venture **$700K** *1 new* [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) 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. **Debt** 2015 **Debt** 2015 **Pre-seed** 2021 **Seed** 2022 **Pre-seed** 2024 **Seed** 2025 **Debt** 2025 **Seed** 2025 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Hustle Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund) [Chingona Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chingona-ventures) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Reach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach) [Forum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forum-ventures) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) ## The exit Exit Buyer Price When Acquired [Fox Interactive Media](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fox-interactive-media) undisclosed Aug 2005 From historical deal records. 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[Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=scout). ## Everyone who backed them [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **3** rounds [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **2** rounds [Hustle Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Chingona Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chingona-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **1** round [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **1** round [Reach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reach) VC firm **1** round [Forum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forum-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Government **1** round [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) VC firm **1** round [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Portfolia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/portfolia) VC firm **1** round [Vertical Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertical-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=scout). ## Quick answers about Scout ### Who invested in Scout? Scout's investors include Gaingels, Techstars, Hustle Fund, Chingona Ventures and Plug and Play, and 8 more on record. ### How much has Scout raised? Scout has raised $9.7M across 10 rounds since 2013. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Scout last raise? Scout's most recent round was a Seed of $644K in Oct 2025. ### What was Scout's biggest round? Scout's largest round on record is $4.0M (Seed), in Oct 2022. ### Who backed Scout first? Scout's first round on record, in Nov 2013, was backed by Seedinvest. ### What stage is Scout at? Scout's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2025. ### Where is Scout based? Scout is based in the United States. ## Companies like Scout In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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