# SimpleCitizen funding: rounds and investors > SimpleCitizen has raised $6.5M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Kickstart Seed Fund, Pelion Venture Partners and AppleTree Capital. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/simplecitizen (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *SimpleCitizen* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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. Govtech Y Combinator: S16 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$6.5M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources **$700K** Seed **$5.8M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $5.8M Nov 2019 - **Led by:** Kickstart Seed Fund - **Step-up i:** 8.3× - **Investors:** 11 (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 2017 2018 2019 **$700K** Seed **$5.8M** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $700K - **Biggest round:** $5.8M - **Between rounds:** 4.1 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2019** Seed **$5.8M** *6 new* *3 returning* [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) [TSVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tsv-capital) [Peterson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures) [AppleTree Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/appletree-capital) [INVESTO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investo-2) Reported by FinSMEs - **Oct 2015** Seed **$700K** *5 new* [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) [Peterson Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-partners) [AppleTree Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/appletree-capital) Jacob Sapochnick From a historical funding record SEC filing: $785K sold, first sale Sept 2015 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Samuel Stoddard** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Ben Lambert* *Curt Roberts* ## 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** 2015 **Seed** 2019 [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) L [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) [AppleTree Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/appletree-capital) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) [TSVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tsv-capital) [Peterson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures) [Peterson Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-partners) [INVESTO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investo-2) ## Everyone who backed them [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [AppleTree Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/appletree-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Comcast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/comcast-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [TSVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tsv-capital) VC firm **1** round [Peterson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Peterson Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peterson-partners) Private equity **1** round [INVESTO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investo-2) Advisor **1** round Jacob Sapochnick 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=simplecitizen). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list SimpleCitizen 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. [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) VC firm Per its own site [Campus Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/campus-founders-fund) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about SimpleCitizen ### Who invested in SimpleCitizen? SimpleCitizen's investors include Kickstart Seed Fund, Pelion Venture Partners, AppleTree Capital, Y Combinator and Kima Ventures, and 6 more on record. Kickstart Seed Fund led its latest round. ### How much has SimpleCitizen raised? SimpleCitizen has raised $6.5M across 2 rounds since 2015. ### When did SimpleCitizen last raise? SimpleCitizen's most recent round was a Seed of $5.8M in Nov 2019, led by Kickstart Seed Fund. ### What was SimpleCitizen's biggest round? Its most recent round, $5.8M in Nov 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed SimpleCitizen first? SimpleCitizen's first round on record, in Oct 2015, was backed by Pelion Venture Partners, Kickstart Seed Fund and Peterson Partners and 2 others. ### What stage is SimpleCitizen at? SimpleCitizen's latest named round is a Seed, in Nov 2019. ### Where is SimpleCitizen based? SimpleCitizen is based in the United States. ### Who led SimpleCitizen's rounds? Kickstart Seed Fund led the Seed in 2019. ## Companies like SimpleCitizen In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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