# Shade funding: rounds and investors > Shade has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Gold House Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Construct Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/shade (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Shade* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. AI Cloud Media Raised 7 months ago Follow Shade and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fshade) Funding summary Updated 15 Nov 2026 **$18M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 4 sources **$4.2M** Seed **$14M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $14M Apr 2026 - **Led by:** Khosla Ventures and Construct Capital - **Step-up i:** 3.3× - **Investors:** 8 (2 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. 2024 2025 2026 **$4.2M** Seed **$14M** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $4.2M - **Biggest round:** $14M - **Between rounds:** 2.3 years ## The rounds - **Apr 2026** Seed **$14M** *6 new* *1 returning* [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) Lead [Construct Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital) Lead [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [SignalFire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signalfire) [Bling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bling-capital) [Gold House Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gold-house) [Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary) Reported by TechCrunch and 2 others - **Jan 2024** Seed **$4.2M** *2 new* [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) [Gold House Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gold-house) Source recorded ## 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** 2024 **Seed** 2026 [Gold House Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gold-house) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) L [Construct Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital) L [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) [SignalFire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signalfire) [Bling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bling-capital) [Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary) ## Everyone who backed them [Gold House Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gold-house) Accelerator **2** rounds [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Construct Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) VC firm **1** round [SignalFire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signalfire) VC firm **1** round [Bling Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bling-capital) VC firm **1** round [Contrary](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contrary) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=shade). ## Quick answers about Shade ### Who invested in Shade? Shade's investors include Gold House Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Construct Capital, General Catalyst and Flybridge, and 3 more on record. Khosla Ventures led its latest round. ### How much has Shade raised? Shade has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2024. ### When did Shade last raise? Shade's most recent round was a Seed of $14M in Apr 2026, led by Khosla Ventures. ### What was Shade's biggest round? Its most recent round, $14M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Shade first? Shade's first round on record, in Jan 2024, was backed by Flybridge and Gold House Ventures. ### What stage is Shade at? Shade's latest named round is a Seed, in Apr 2026. ### Where is Shade based? Shade is based in the United States. ### Who led Shade's rounds? Khosla Ventures led the Seed in 2026. ## Companies like Shade In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**LangChain** $425M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/langchain)[**VuMedi** $142M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vumedi)[**Betterness** $3.5M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/betterness)[**Axle** $12M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/axle)[**CrunchAtlas** $250K · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/crunchatlas)[**Zus Health** $73M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zus-health) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app