# Sense funding: rounds and investors > Sense has raised $108M across 7 rounds since 2014. Investors include Accel, Khosla Ventures and Google Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sense (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Growth startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. Cleantech Hardware & Electronics Valuation: $500M, Oct 2024 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$108M** raised across 7 rounds since 2014, from 9 sources **$2.5M** Venture **$14M** Series A **$10M** Series A **$18M** Series B **$14M** Series B **$50M** Series D **$220K** Growth - **Latest round:** Growth, $220K Feb 2022 - **Biggest round:** $50M Series D · Dec 2021 - **Investors:** 19 (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. 2016 2018 2020 2022 **$2.5M** Venture **$14M** Series A **$10M** Series A **$18M** Series B **$14M** Series B **$50M** Series D **$220K** Growth - **First round:** Venture, $2.5M - **Biggest round:** $50M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months ## The rounds - **Feb 2022** Growth **$220K** *2 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Keiretsu Forum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keiretsu-forum) Source recorded and 1 other SEC filing: $400K sold, first sale Feb 2022 - **Dec 2021** Series D **$50M** *6 new* *2 returning* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program) [IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Kakao Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kakao-ventures) [Chiratae Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chiratae-ventures) Source recorded and 1 other SEC filing: $400K sold, first sale Feb 2022 - **May 2019** Series B **$14M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Lead [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) Reported by VentureBeat SEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Sept 2018 - **Oct 2018** Series B **$18M** *5 new* [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) [Shell Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shell-ventures) [iRobot](https://millionrounds.com/fund/irobot) Schneider Electric/ Prelude Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $18M sold, first sale Sept 2018 - **Jun 2017** Series A **$10M** *4 new* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [IDG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg) GV/ Signia Reported by FinSMEs - **Sept 2016** Series A **$14M** *1 new* [Shell Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shell-technology-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Aug 2016 - **Dec 2014** Venture **$2.5M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale Dec 2014 ## Founders and team From Sense's own website: 3 founders, 1 on the team. **Mike Phillips** Co-Founder & CEO **Ryan Houlette** Co-Founder & CTO **Christopher Micali** Co-Founder - **Karen Rubin** Chief Operating Officer Advisers *Johan 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. **Venture** 2014 **Series A** 2016 **Series A** 2017 **Series B** 2018 **Series B** 2019 **Series D** 2021 **Growth** 2022 [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) L [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program) [IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) [Keiretsu Forum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keiretsu-forum) [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) [Kakao Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kakao-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) VC firm **3** rounds [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round, led 1 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round [Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program) Government **1** round [IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) Private equity **1** round [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) Investment firm **1** round [Keiretsu Forum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keiretsu-forum) Angel network **1** round [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) VC firm **1** round [Kakao Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kakao-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) VC firm **1** round [Chiratae Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chiratae-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) Family office **1** round [IDG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg) VC firm **1** round [Shell Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shell-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Shell Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shell-technology-ventures) VC firm **1** round [iRobot](https://millionrounds.com/fund/irobot) VC firm **1** round GV/ Signia no record of our own yet **1** round Schneider Electric/ Prelude 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=sense). ## 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. [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) VC firm Per its own site [Imagine K12](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imagine-k12) Accelerator Per its own site [Gutbrain Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gutbrain-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Audrey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/audrey-capital) VC firm Per its own site [EnergyLab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energylab) Accelerator Per its own site [Japan Energy Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-energy-fund) VC firm Per its own site [SuperCharger Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/supercharger-ventures) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Sense ### Who invested in Sense? Sense's investors include Accel, Khosla Ventures, Google Ventures, Techstars and Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup, and 14 more on record. ### How much has Sense raised? Sense has raised $108M across 7 rounds since 2014. ### When did Sense last raise? Sense's most recent round was a Growth of $220K in Feb 2022. ### What was Sense's biggest round? Sense's largest round on record is $50M (Series D), in Dec 2021. ### Who backed Sense first? Sense's first round on record, in Sept 2016, was backed by Shell Technology Ventures. ### What stage is Sense at? Sense's latest named round is a Growth, in Feb 2022. ### Where is Sense based? Sense is based in the United States. ### Who led Sense's rounds? Google Ventures led the Series B in 2019. ## Companies like Sense In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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