# Sharper Sense funding: rounds and investors

> Sharper Sense has raised $1.1M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include National Science Foundation, Plug and Play and Gaingels.

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

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# Who invested in *Sharper Sense*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

Healthcare

Raised 4 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$1.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$1.0M** Seed **$100K** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $100K Jul 2026
- **Biggest round:** $1.0M Seed · Sept 2025
- **Investors:** 5

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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.

2026

**$1.0M** Seed

**$100K** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $1.0M
- **Biggest round:** $1.0M
- **Between rounds:** 10 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2026** Grant **$100K** *4 returning* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) Source recorded
- **Sept 2025** Seed **$1.0M** *5 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [New York Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-york-ventures) 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** 2025 **Grant** 2026 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [New York Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-york-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **2** rounds

[Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **2** rounds

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

[New York Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-york-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Sharper 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.

[Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) VC firm Per its own site

[Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Band of Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/band-of-angels) Angel network Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Sharper Sense

### Who invested in Sharper Sense?

Sharper Sense's investors include National Science Foundation, Plug and Play, Gaingels, SOSV and New York Ventures.

### How much has Sharper Sense raised?

Sharper Sense has raised $1.1M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Sharper Sense last raise?

Sharper Sense's most recent round was a Grant of $100K in Jul 2026.

### What was Sharper Sense's biggest round?

Sharper Sense's largest round on record is $1.0M (Seed), in Sept 2025.

### Who backed Sharper Sense first?

Sharper Sense's first round on record, in Sept 2025, was backed by National Science Foundation, Plug and Play and Gaingels and 2 others.

### What stage is Sharper Sense at?

Sharper Sense's latest named round is a Grant, in Jul 2026.

### Where is Sharper Sense based?

Sharper Sense is based in the United States.

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