Who invested in Skyword

7 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

Advertising & AdtechMartech

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$56Mraised across 7 rounds since 2011, from 7 sources

$406KDebt$1.4MDebt$6.0MVenture$6.0MVenture$6.7MGrowth$11MVenture$25MRound

Latest round: Round, $25MJan 2018
Step-upi: 2.3×
Investors: 3

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20112012201320142015201620172018

$406KDebt$1.4MDebt$6.0MVenture$6.7MGrowth$11MVenture$25MRound

First round: Debt, $406K
Biggest round: $25M
Usual gap between rounds: 13 months

The rounds

Jan 2018
Round$25M1 new
- Rho Acceleration
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $25M sold, first sale Dec 2017
Sept 2014
Venture$11M1 returning
- Cox Media Group
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $385K sold, first sale Aug 2014
May 2013
Growth$6.7M1 returning
- Cox Media Group
Reported by freshnews.comSEC filing: $6.7M sold, first sale May 2013
Apr 2012
Venture$6.0M1 returning
- Cox Media Group
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $3.0M sold, first sale Dec 2011
Dec 2011
Venture$6.0M1 new
- Cox Media Group
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $3.0M sold, first sale Dec 2011
Oct 2011
Debt$1.4M1 new
- Progress Ventures
Reported by masshightech.comSEC filing: $1.4M sold, first sale Sept 2011
Mar 2011
Debt$406K
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by masshightech.comSEC filing: $407K sold, first sale Feb 2011

Founders and team

From Skyword's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 12 on the team.

Tom GeraceFounder

Andrew WheelerChief Executive Officer
Dan BaptisteExecutive Vice President
Dave KeySenior Vice President, Finance
Tim TreschVice President, Engineering
Christina MautzChief Marketing Officer
Darryl GehlyChief Strategy Officer
Dave FeldmanChief Customer Officer
Mindel KleinPrincipal
Rho AccelerationManaging Partner
Conor LaphenExecutive Officeri
Jim ManziChairman
Mark RoehrenbeckPrincipal

On the board, as filediDoug McCormickGeorge BitarKristin MuhlnerNei-Kuan ChiaPaul AlexanderThomas Gerace

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.

Debt2011Debt2011Venture2011Venture2012Growth2013Venture2014Round2018

Cox Media Group

Progress Ventures

Rho Acceleration

Everyone who backed them

Cox Media GroupCorporate VC4rounds

Progress VenturesCorporate VC1round

Rho AccelerationAccelerator1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Skyword 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.