# SendBird funding: rounds and investors

> SendBird has raised $118M across 4 rounds since 2017. Investors include Tiger Global Management, Y Combinator and FundersClub. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *SendBird*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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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Valuation: $1.1B, Mar 2026 Y Combinator: W16

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$118M** raised across 4 rounds since 2017, from 4 sources

**$16M** Series A **$52M** Series B **$50M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Venture Jan 2022
- **Biggest round:** $52M Series B · Feb 2019
- **Investors:** 11 (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 2020 2021 2022

**$16M** Series A

**$52M** Series B

**$50M** Series B

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $16M
- **Biggest round:** $52M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 14 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) Source recorded
- **May 2019** Series B **$50M** *2 new* [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) Lead [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Feb 2019** Series B **$52M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [August](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august) Iconiq Capital/ Shasta Reported by FinSMEs
- **Dec 2017** Series A **$16M** *3 new* [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) August Capital/ Y Combinator Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Dong Shin Kim** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Joseph Pagano** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Douglas Pepper* *Karan Mehandru* *Yeusin Kim* *Yoonho Jeon*

## 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.

**Series A** 2017 **Series B** 2019 **Series B** 2019 **Venture** 2022 [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) [Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) [ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) [August](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august) August Capital/ Y Combinator

## Everyone who backed them

[Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) VC firm **2** rounds

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

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

[Emergence Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergence-capital) VC firm **1** round

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-2) Family office **1** round

[ICONIQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital) Family office **1** round

[August](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august) Hedge fund **1** round

August Capital/ Y Combinator no record of our own yet **1** round

Iconiq Capital/ Shasta 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=sendbird).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 14 firms list SendBird 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.

[August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity Per its own site

[Ballpark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ballpark-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Point Reyes Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/efund-llc) Private equity Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

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

[NXMH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nxmh) Private equity Per its own site

[Startup Weekend](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startup-weekend) VC firm Per its own site

[TechStars Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars-energy) Accelerator Per its own site

[Techstars Alabama Power EnergyTech Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars-alabama-power-energytech-accelerator) Accelerator Per its own site

[Techstars Berlin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars-berlin) Accelerator Per its own site

[Techstars Music Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars-music-accelerator) Accelerator Per its own site

[Techstars Toronto Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars-toronto-accelerator) Accelerator Per its own site

[The Riyadh Techstars Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars-riyadh-accelerator) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about SendBird

### Who invested in SendBird?

SendBird's investors include Tiger Global Management, Y Combinator, FundersClub, Techstars and Shasta Ventures, and 6 more on record.

### How much has SendBird raised?

SendBird has raised $118M across 4 rounds since 2017. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did SendBird last raise?

SendBird's most recent round was a Venture in Jan 2022.

### What was SendBird's biggest round?

SendBird's largest round on record is $52M (Series B), in Feb 2019.

### Who backed SendBird first?

SendBird's first round on record, in Dec 2017, was backed by Shasta Ventures, FundersClub and August Capital/ Y Combinator.

### What stage is SendBird at?

SendBird's latest named round is a Venture, in Jan 2022.

### Where is SendBird based?

SendBird is based in the United States.

### Who led SendBird's rounds?

Tiger Global Management led the Series B in 2019.

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