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Who invested in Skype?
Skype's investors include Mangrove Capital Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures and DFJ, and 3 more on record.
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$250KSeed?Series A$19MSeries B$50MDebt$7.8MVentureLuxembourg · Venture startup
Who invested in Skype
5 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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.
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$77Mraised across 5 rounds since 2002, from 5 sources
$250KSeed$19MSeries B$50MDebt$7.8MVenture
- Latest round
- Venture, $7.8MApr 2010
- Biggest round
- $50MDebt · Nov 2009
- Investors
- 8
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $250K Jan 2002
- Biggest round
- $50M Debt · Nov 2009
- Usual gap between rounds
- 19 months the median of 4
The rounds
- Apr 2010
- Nov 2009
- Mar 2004
- Aug 2003Series AAmount undisclosed2 new
Reported by vcgate.com
- Jan 2002
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.
Seed2002Series A2003Series B2004Debt2009Venture2010
Mangrove Capital Partners
Andreessen Horowitz
Bessemer Venture Partners
Index Ventures
DFJ
Silver Lake PartnersDraper Richards
eBay
Mangrove Capital PartnersAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersIndex VenturesDFJSilver Lake PartnersDraper RichardseBayExits
From historical deal records. Wrong? Tell us.
Everyone who backed them
Draper RichardsInvestment firm1round
Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? Tell us.
Also claim to have backed them
These 2 firms list Skype 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.
Quick answers about Skype
How much has Skype raised?
Skype has raised $77M across 5 rounds since 2002. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Skype last raise?
Skype's most recent round was a Venture of $7.8M in Apr 2010.
What was Skype's biggest round?
Skype's largest round on record is $50M (Debt), in Nov 2009.
Who backed Skype first?
Skype's first round on record, in Jan 2002, was backed by Draper Richards.
What stage is Skype at?
Skype's latest named round is a Venture, in Apr 2010.
Where is Skype based?
Skype is based in Luxembourg.
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