# Skillz funding: rounds and investors > Skillz has raised $215M across 8 rounds since 2012. Investors include Atlas Venture, Sequoia Capital and Fidelity. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/skillz (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Skillz* 8 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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. Developer Tools Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$215M** raised across 8 rounds since 2012, from 8 sources **$1.3M** Seed **$1.5M** Debt **$5.5M** Series A **$6.0M** Series B **$2.0M** Venture **$15M** Series B **$25M** Series C **$159M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $159M Dec 2020 - **Step-up i:** 6.4× - **Investors:** 16 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. 2014 2016 2018 2020 **$1.3M** Seed **$1.5M** Debt **$6.0M** Series B **$2.0M** Venture **$15M** Series B **$25M** Series C **$159M** Round - **First round:** Seed, $1.3M - **Biggest round:** $159M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 10 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2020** Round **$159M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [Griffin Gaming Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/griffin-gaming-partners) Source recorded - **Dec 2017** Series C **$25M** *5 new* [Accomplice](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accomplice) [Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) [Bridge Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bridge-bank) Liberty Global/ Andy Miller Wildcat Reported by FinSMEs - **Sept 2015** Series B **$15M** *5 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [David Bonderman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-bonderman) [Kraft Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kraft-group) [sterling.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sterling-vc) Marc Lasry From a historical funding record - **Nov 2014** Venture **$2.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Sept 2014** Series B **$6.0M** *1 returning* [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) From a historical funding record - **Jun 2013** Series A **$5.5M** *1 returning* [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) Reported by venturebeat.com SEC filing: $4.0M sold, first sale Jun 2013 - **Apr 2013** Debt **$1.5M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale Jan 2013 - **Nov 2012** Seed **$1.3M** *3 new* [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) [Mark Jung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-jung) Reported by techcrunch.com ## Founders and team From Skillz's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 2 on the team. **Andrew Paradise** CEO & Founder *Named on its 2013 Form D* - **Akshay Jain** CFO - **Todd Valli** Chief Accounting Officer Advisers *Casey Chafkin* ## 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** 2012 **Debt** 2013 **Series A** 2013 **Series B** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Series C** 2017 **Round** 2020 [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) [Accomplice](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accomplice) [Griffin Gaming Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/griffin-gaming-partners) [Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) [Bridge Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bridge-bank) [David Bonderman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-bonderman) ## Everyone who backed them [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) VC firm **4** rounds [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **1** round [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **1** round [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) VC firm **1** round [NextView Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextview-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Accomplice](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accomplice) VC firm **1** round [Griffin Gaming Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/griffin-gaming-partners) VC firm **1** round [Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Bridge Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bridge-bank) Investment firm **1** round [David Bonderman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-bonderman) Angel **1** round [Kraft Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kraft-group) Investment firm **1** round [Mark Jung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-jung) Angel **1** round [sterling.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sterling-vc) VC firm **1** round Liberty Global/ Andy Miller no record of our own yet **1** round Marc Lasry no record of our own yet **1** round Wildcat 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=skillz). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Skillz 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. [Founders Circle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-circle-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Wildcat Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wildcat-capital-management) Family office Per its own site [Rotor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rotor-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Skillz ### Who invested in Skillz? Skillz's investors include Atlas Venture, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity, Wellington Management and NextView Ventures, and 11 more on record. ### How much has Skillz raised? Skillz has raised $215M across 8 rounds since 2012. ### When did Skillz last raise? Skillz's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $159M in Dec 2020. ### What was Skillz's biggest round? Its most recent round, $159M in Dec 2020, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Skillz first? Skillz's first round on record, in Nov 2012, was backed by Atlas Venture, NextView Ventures and Mark Jung. ### What stage is Skillz at? Skillz's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Dec 2020. ### Where is Skillz based? Skillz is based in the United States. ## Companies like Skillz In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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