# Skyword funding: rounds and investors > Skyword has raised $56M across 7 rounds since 2011. Investors include Cox Media Group, Progress Ventures and Rho Acceleration. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/skyword (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 & Adtech Martech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$56M** raised across 7 rounds since 2011, from 7 sources **$406K** Debt **$1.4M** Debt **$6.0M** Venture **$6.0M** Venture **$6.7M** Growth **$11M** Venture **$25M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $25M Jan 2018 - **Step-up i:** 2.3× - **Investors:** 3 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. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 **$406K** Debt **$1.4M** Debt **$6.0M** Venture **$6.7M** Growth **$11M** Venture **$25M** Round - **First round:** Debt, $406K - **Biggest round:** $25M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 13 months ## The rounds - **Jan 2018** Round **$25M** *1 new* [Rho Acceleration](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rho-acceleration) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $25M sold, first sale Dec 2017 - **Sept 2014** Venture **$11M** *1 returning* [Cox Media Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-media-group) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $385K sold, first sale Aug 2014 - **May 2013** Growth **$6.7M** *1 returning* [Cox Media Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-media-group) Reported by freshnews.com SEC filing: $6.7M sold, first sale May 2013 - **Apr 2012** Venture **$6.0M** *1 returning* [Cox Media Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-media-group) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.0M sold, first sale Dec 2011 - **Dec 2011** Venture **$6.0M** *1 new* [Cox Media Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-media-group) Reported by techcrunch.com SEC filing: $3.0M sold, first sale Dec 2011 - **Oct 2011** Debt **$1.4M** *1 new* [Progress Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/progress-ventures) Reported by masshightech.com SEC filing: $1.4M sold, first sale Sept 2011 - **Mar 2011** Debt **$406K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by masshightech.com SEC 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 Gerace** Founder - **Andrew Wheeler** Chief Executive Officer - **Dan Baptiste** Executive Vice President - **Dave Key** Senior Vice President, Finance - **Tim Tresch** Vice President, Engineering - **Christina Mautz** Chief Marketing Officer - **Darryl Gehly** Chief Strategy Officer - **Dave Feldman** Chief Customer Officer - **Mindel Klein** Principal - **Rho Acceleration** Managing Partner - **Conor Laphen** Executive Officer i - **Jim Manzi** Chairman - **Mark Roehrenbeck** Principal On the board, as filed i *Doug McCormick* *George Bitar* *Kristin Muhlner* *Nei-Kuan Chia* *Paul Alexander* *Thomas 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. **Debt** 2011 **Debt** 2011 **Venture** 2011 **Venture** 2012 **Growth** 2013 **Venture** 2014 **Round** 2018 [Cox Media Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-media-group) [Progress Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/progress-ventures) [Rho Acceleration](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rho-acceleration) ## Everyone who backed them [Cox Media Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-media-group) Corporate VC **4** rounds [Progress Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/progress-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Rho Acceleration](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rho-acceleration) Accelerator **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=skyword). ## 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. [Horizon Technology Finance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizon-technology-finance) Venture debt Per its own site ## Quick answers about Skyword ### Who invested in Skyword? Skyword's investors include Cox Media Group, Progress Ventures and Rho Acceleration. ### How much has Skyword raised? Skyword has raised $56M across 7 rounds since 2011. ### When did Skyword last raise? Skyword's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $25M in Jan 2018. ### What was Skyword's biggest round? Its most recent round, $25M in Jan 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Skyword first? Skyword's first round on record, in Oct 2011, was backed by Progress Ventures. ### What stage is Skyword at? Skyword's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2018. ### Where is Skyword based? Skyword is based in the United States. ## Companies like Skyword In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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