# SimplyCook funding: rounds and investors > SimplyCook has raised $6.9M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Episode 1, Octopus Investments and 500 Global. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/simplycook (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *SimplyCook* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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. Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$6.9M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources **$1.1M** Seed **$5.8M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $5.8M Jan 2019 - **Led by:** Octopus Investments - **Step-up i:** 5.3× - **Investors:** 4 (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 **$1.1M** Seed **$5.8M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $1.1M - **Biggest round:** $5.8M - **Between rounds:** 3.8 years ## The rounds - **Jan 2019** Series A **$5.8M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Octopus Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-investments) Lead [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [LD Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xie) [Episode 1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/episode-1) Reported by TechCrunch - **Apr 2015** Seed **$1.1M** *1 new* [Episode 1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/episode-1) From a historical funding record ## 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 **Series A** 2019 [Episode 1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/episode-1) [Octopus Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-investments) L [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [LD Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xie) ## Everyone who backed them [Episode 1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/episode-1) VC firm **2** rounds [Octopus Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-investments) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round [LD Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xie) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=simplycook). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists SimplyCook as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Maxfield Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maxfield-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about SimplyCook ### Who invested in SimplyCook? SimplyCook's investors include Episode 1, Octopus Investments, 500 Global and LD Capital. Octopus Investments led its latest round. ### How much has SimplyCook raised? SimplyCook has raised $6.9M across 2 rounds since 2015. ### When did SimplyCook last raise? SimplyCook's most recent round was a Series A of $5.8M in Jan 2019, led by Octopus Investments. ### What was SimplyCook's biggest round? Its most recent round, $5.8M in Jan 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed SimplyCook first? SimplyCook's first round on record, in Apr 2015, was backed by Episode 1. ### What stage is SimplyCook at? SimplyCook's latest named round is a Series A, in Jan 2019. ### Where is SimplyCook based? SimplyCook is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led SimplyCook's rounds? Octopus Investments led the Series A in 2019. ## Companies like SimplyCook In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Blackwall** $162M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackwall)[**Stasher** $8.3M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/stasher)[**Velocity** $105M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/velocity)[**Depop** $351M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/depop)[**what3words** $35M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/what3words)[**Infrawatch** $3.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/infrawatch) ## 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