# Searchlight funding: rounds and investors > Searchlight has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Accel, Y Combinator and Founders Fund. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/searchlight (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Searchlight* 2 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. Big Data & Analytics Y Combinator: W19 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$20M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$2.5M** Seed **$17M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $17M Dec 2021 - **Step-up i:** 6.8× - **Investors:** 13 (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. 2020 2021 **$2.5M** Seed **$17M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $2.5M - **Biggest round:** $17M - **Between rounds:** 2 years ## The rounds - **Dec 2021** Series A **$17M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) [Operator Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-collective) Source recorded - **Nov 2019** Seed **$2.5M** *10 new* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) [Mathilde Collin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mathilde-collin) Amber Feng Jason Boehmig Julia DeWahl Nick Bushak Reported by FinSMEs ## 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** 2019 **Series A** 2021 [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) [Operator Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-collective) [Mathilde Collin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mathilde-collin) Amber Feng ## Everyone who backed them [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) VC firm **1** round [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) VC firm **1** round [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) VC firm **1** round [Operator Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-collective) VC firm **1** round [Mathilde Collin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mathilde-collin) Angel **1** round Amber Feng no record of our own yet **1** round Jason Boehmig no record of our own yet **1** round Julia DeWahl no record of our own yet **1** round Nick Bushak 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=searchlight). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Searchlight 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. [Twentieth Century Fox](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twentieth-century-fox) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Searchlight ### Who invested in Searchlight? Searchlight's investors include Accel, Y Combinator, Founders Fund, Soma Capital and Shasta Ventures, and 8 more on record. ### How much has Searchlight raised? Searchlight has raised $20M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did Searchlight last raise? Searchlight's most recent round was a Series A of $17M in Dec 2021. ### What was Searchlight's biggest round? Its most recent round, $17M in Dec 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Searchlight first? Searchlight's first round on record, in Nov 2019, was backed by Accel, Y Combinator and Founders Fund and 7 others. ### What stage is Searchlight at? Searchlight's latest named round is a Series A, in Dec 2021. ### Where is Searchlight based? Searchlight is based in the United States. ### Who led Searchlight's rounds? Accel led the Seed in 2019. ## Companies like Searchlight In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**STRIVE** $1.3B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/strive)[**Xona** $512M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xona)[**DrizzleX** $9.1M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/drizzlex)[**Prism Data** $25M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/prism-data)[**Homa** $5.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/homa) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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