# Shelf Engine funding: rounds and investors

> Shelf Engine has raised $4.3M across 1 round since 2018. Investors include Initialized Capital, Liquid 2 and Bain & Company. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Shelf Engine*

One round we have observed, with the 4 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Food & Beverage AI

Y Combinator: S18

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.3M** raised across 1 round since 2018, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Round, $4.3M Oct 2018
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Oct 2018** Round **$4.3M** [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Liquid 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2) [Bain & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-and-company) Foundation Reported by GeekWire

## Founders and team

From Shelf Engine's own website: 2 founders, 2 on the team.

**Are Traasdahl** CEO/Founder

**Dag Liodden** CPO/Founder

- **Alex Hase** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Dirk Herdes** SVP of Sales and General Manager NWA

## Everyone who backed them

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

[Liquid 2](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2) VC firm **1** round

[Bain & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-and-company) VC firm **1** round

Foundation no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Shelf Engine 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.

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

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

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

## Quick answers about Shelf Engine

### Who invested in Shelf Engine?

Shelf Engine's investors include Initialized Capital, Liquid 2, Bain & Company and Foundation.

### How much has Shelf Engine raised?

Shelf Engine has raised $4.3M across 1 round since 2018.

### When did Shelf Engine last raise?

Shelf Engine's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $4.3M in Oct 2018.

### What was Shelf Engine's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.3M in Oct 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Shelf Engine first?

Shelf Engine's first round on record, in Oct 2018, was backed by Initialized Capital, Liquid 2 and Bain & Company and 1 others.

### What stage is Shelf Engine at?

Shelf Engine's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Oct 2018.

### Where is Shelf Engine based?

Shelf Engine is based in the United States.

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