# Shortlist funding: rounds and investors

> Shortlist has raised $1.8M across 4 rounds since 2011. Investors include Alumni Ventures, FundersClub and Pritzker Group. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Shortlist*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 12 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.8M** raised across 4 rounds since 2011, from 4 sources

**$310K** Seed **$1.5M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Venture Jan 2021
- **Biggest round:** $1.5M Seed · Jun 2017
- **Investors:** 12

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.

2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

**$310K** Seed

**?** Seed

**$1.5M** Seed

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $310K
- **Biggest round:** $1.5M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.6 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2021** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) Source recorded
- **Jun 2017** Seed **$1.5M** *3 new* [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Impulse VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/impulse-vc) Alchemist Accelerators Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jul 2015** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Neulogy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neulogy-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Dec 2011** Seed **$310K** *7 new* [Pritzker Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pritzker-group) [Excelerate Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/excelerate-labs) [Kevin Willer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-willer) Bill Guschwan Dollard Carey Ellen King Jason Goodrich Reported by exceleratelabs.com

## 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** 2011 **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2017 **Venture** 2021 [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Pritzker Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pritzker-group) [Impulse VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/impulse-vc) [Excelerate Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/excelerate-labs) [Neulogy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neulogy-ventures) [Kevin Willer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-willer) Alchemist Accelerators Bill Guschwan Dollard Carey

## Everyone who backed them

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) VC firm **1** round

[Pritzker Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pritzker-group) Private equity **1** round

[Impulse VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/impulse-vc) VC firm **1** round

[Excelerate Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/excelerate-labs) Accelerator **1** round

[Neulogy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neulogy-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Kevin Willer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kevin-willer) Angel **1** round

Alchemist Accelerators no record of our own yet **1** round

Bill Guschwan no record of our own yet **1** round

Dollard Carey no record of our own yet **1** round

Ellen King no record of our own yet **1** round

Jason Goodrich 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=shortlist).

## Quick answers about Shortlist

### Who invested in Shortlist?

Shortlist's investors include Alumni Ventures, FundersClub, Pritzker Group, Impulse VC and Excelerate Labs, and 7 more on record.

### How much has Shortlist raised?

Shortlist has raised $1.8M across 4 rounds since 2011. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Shortlist last raise?

Shortlist's most recent round was a Venture in Jan 2021.

### What was Shortlist's biggest round?

Shortlist's largest round on record is $1.5M (Seed), in Jun 2017.

### Who backed Shortlist first?

Shortlist's first round on record, in Dec 2011, was backed by Pritzker Group, Excelerate Labs and Kevin Willer and 4 others.

### What stage is Shortlist at?

Shortlist's latest named round is a Venture, in Jan 2021.

### Where is Shortlist based?

Shortlist is based in the United States.

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