Who invested in Sense

7 rounds we have observed, with the 19 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.

CleantechHardware & Electronics

Valuation: $500M, Oct 2024

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$108Mraised across 7 rounds since 2014, from 9 sources

$2.5MVenture$14MSeries A$10MSeries A$18MSeries B$14MSeries B$50MSeries D$220KGrowth

Latest round: Growth, $220KFeb 2022
Biggest round: $50MSeries D · Dec 2021
Investors: 19 (1 led)

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2016201820202022

$2.5MVenture$14MSeries A$10MSeries A$18MSeries B$14MSeries B$50MSeries D$220KGrowth

First round: Venture, $2.5M
Biggest round: $50M
Usual gap between rounds: 15 months

The rounds

Feb 2022
Growth$220K2 new
- Techstars
- Keiretsu Forum
Source recorded and 1 otherSEC filing: $400K sold, first sale Feb 2022
Dec 2021
Series D$50M6 new2 returning
Source recorded and 1 otherSEC filing: $400K sold, first sale Feb 2022
May 2019
Series B$14M1 new1 returning
- Google VenturesLead
- Accel
Reported by VentureBeatSEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Sept 2018
Oct 2018
Series B$18M5 new
- Energy Impact Partners
- Capricorn Investment
- Shell Ventures
- iRobot
- Schneider Electric/ Prelude
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $18M sold, first sale Sept 2018
Jun 2017
Series A$10M4 new
- Accel
- Khosla Ventures
- IDG
- GV/ Signia
Reported by FinSMEs
Sept 2016
Series A$14M1 new
- Shell Technology Ventures
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Aug 2016
Dec 2014
Venture$2.5M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale Dec 2014

Founders and team

From Sense's own website: 3 founders, 1 on the team.

Mike PhillipsCo-Founder & CEO

Ryan HouletteCo-Founder & CTO

Christopher MicaliCo-Founder

Karen RubinChief Operating Officer

AdvisersJohan Schalkwyk

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.

Venture2014Series A2016Series A2017Series B2018Series B2019Series D2021Growth2022

Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup

IDG Capital

SoftBank

Keiretsu ForumSoftBank Vision Fund

Kakao Ventures

Everyone who backed them

AccelVC firm3rounds

Khosla VenturesVC firm2rounds

Google VenturesCorporate VC1round, led 1

TechstarsVC firm1round

Korea Tech Incubator Program For StartupGovernment1round

IDG CapitalPrivate equity1round

SoftBankInvestment firm1round

Keiretsu ForumAngel network1round

SoftBank Vision FundVC firm1round

Kakao VenturesVC firm1round

Energy Impact PartnersVC firm1round

Chiratae VenturesCorporate VC1round

Capricorn InvestmentFamily office1round

IDGVC firm1round

Shell VenturesCorporate VC1round

Shell Technology VenturesVC firm1round

iRobotVC firm1round

GV/ Signiano record of our own yet1round

Schneider Electric/ Preludeno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 7 firms list Sense 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.