# SCYTHE funding: rounds and investors > SCYTHE has raised $36M across 3 rounds since 2018. Investors include Energy Impact Partners, SaaS Ventures and Alumni Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/scythe (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *SCYTHE* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 18 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. Cybersecurity Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$36M** raised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources **$3.0M** Round **$10M** Series A **$23M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $23M Jun 2025 - **Step-up i:** 2.3× - **Investors:** 18 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. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$3.0M** Round **$10M** Series A **$23M** Venture - **First round:** Round, $3.0M - **Biggest round:** $23M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.6 years ## The rounds - **Jun 2025** Venture **$23M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) [Inspired Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inspired-capital) Source recorded - **Nov 2021** Series A **$10M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) [SaaS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas) [Evolution Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/evolution-equity-partners) Source recorded SEC filing: $10.0M sold, first sale Sept 2021 - **Sept 2018** Round **$3.0M** *12 new* [SaaS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas) [Ray Rothrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ray-rothrock) Aleksandr Yamposkiy Dave Cole Dave Kennedy Dmitri Alperovitch Matt Devost Mike Sutton Oliver Friedrichs Paladin Ron Gula/ Evolution Stony Lonesome Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $3.0M sold, first sale Aug 2018 ## Founders and team From SCYTHE's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 6 on the team. **Bryson Bort** Founder and CEO *Named on its 2023 Form D* - **Marc Brown** Vice President Sales & Product - **Chris Kesler** Director of Engineering - **Jim Webster** Director - Federal Programs - **Christopher Steed** Board Member - **Ron Gula** Board Member - **Tansel Ismail** Board Member On the board, as filed i *Dmitri Alperovitch* ## 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. **Round** 2018 **Series A** 2021 **Venture** 2025 [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) [SaaS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) [Inspired Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inspired-capital) [Evolution Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/evolution-equity-partners) [Ray Rothrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ray-rothrock) Aleksandr Yamposkiy Dave Cole ## Everyone who backed them [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [SaaS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas) VC firm **2** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) VC firm **1** round [Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) VC firm **1** round [Inspired Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inspired-capital) VC firm **1** round [Evolution Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/evolution-equity-partners) VC firm **1** round [Ray Rothrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ray-rothrock) Angel **1** round Aleksandr Yamposkiy no record of our own yet **1** round Dave Cole no record of our own yet **1** round Dave Kennedy no record of our own yet **1** round Dmitri Alperovitch no record of our own yet **1** round Matt Devost no record of our own yet **1** round Mike Sutton no record of our own yet **1** round Oliver Friedrichs no record of our own yet **1** round Paladin no record of our own yet **1** round Ron Gula/ Evolution no record of our own yet **1** round Stony Lonesome 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=scythe). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list SCYTHE 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. [Inner Loop Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inner-loop-capital) VC firm Per its own site [DEV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dev-capital) Venture studio Per its own site [StoneMill Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stonemill-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about SCYTHE ### Who invested in SCYTHE? SCYTHE's investors include Energy Impact Partners, SaaS Ventures, Alumni Ventures, True Ventures and Paladin Capital Group, and 13 more on record. ### How much has SCYTHE raised? SCYTHE has raised $36M across 3 rounds since 2018. ### When did SCYTHE last raise? SCYTHE's most recent round was a Venture of $23M in Jun 2025. ### What was SCYTHE's biggest round? Its most recent round, $23M in Jun 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed SCYTHE first? SCYTHE's first round on record, in Sept 2018, was backed by SaaS Ventures, Ray Rothrock and Aleksandr Yamposkiy and 9 others. ### What stage is SCYTHE at? SCYTHE's latest named round is a Venture, in Jun 2025. ### Where is SCYTHE based? SCYTHE is based in the United States. ## Companies like SCYTHE In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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