# Smart Access funding: rounds and investors > Smart Access has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2022. Investors include Newchip Accelerator, Creative Destruction Lab and Panache Ventures. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/smart-access (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Canada · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Smart Access* 2 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. IT Services Raised 8 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$12M** raised across 2 rounds since 2022, from 2 sources **$250K** Pre-seed **$12M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $12M Mar 2026 - **Step-up i:** 48× - **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. 2023 2024 2025 2026 **$250K** Pre-seed **$12M** Series A - **First round:** Pre-seed, $250K - **Biggest round:** $12M - **Between rounds:** 3.5 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2026** Series A **$12M** *2 new* [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Panache Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/panache-ventures) Source recorded - **Sept 2022** Pre-seed **$250K** *1 new* [Newchip Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newchip-accelerator) Source recorded ## 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. **Pre-seed** 2022 **Series A** 2026 [Newchip Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newchip-accelerator) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [Panache Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/panache-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Newchip Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newchip-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) Accelerator **1** round [Panache Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/panache-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=smart-access). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Smart Access 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. [Sprout Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sprout-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (Aspenwood Ventures)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummer-winblad-venture-partners-aspenwood-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [excelsior.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/excelsior-vc) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Smart Access ### Who invested in Smart Access? Smart Access's investors include Newchip Accelerator, Creative Destruction Lab and Panache Ventures. ### How much has Smart Access raised? Smart Access has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2022. ### When did Smart Access last raise? Smart Access's most recent round was a Series A of $12M in Mar 2026. ### What was Smart Access's biggest round? Its most recent round, $12M in Mar 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Smart Access first? Smart Access's first round on record, in Sept 2022, was backed by Newchip Accelerator. ### What stage is Smart Access at? Smart Access's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2026. ### Where is Smart Access based? Smart Access is based in Canada. ## Companies like Smart Access In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Expertise AI** $2.3M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/expertise-ai)[**Peripheral Labs** $12M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/peripheral-labs)[**AllScale** Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/allscale)[**Brilliant Harvest** $4.0M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant-harvest)[**Focus FS** $3.6M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/focus-fs)[**Citylogix** Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/citylogix) ## 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