# SmartCAT funding: rounds and investors

> SmartCAT has raised $46M across 2 rounds since 2016. Investors include FJ Labs, Altair Capital and Left Lane Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/smartcat (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *SmartCAT*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$46M** raised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 2 sources

**$2.8M** Seed **$43M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $43M Sept 2024
- **Step-up i:** 15.4×
- **Investors:** 4

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.

2018 2020 2022 2024

**$2.8M** Seed

**$43M** Series C

- **First round:** Seed, $2.8M
- **Biggest round:** $43M
- **Between rounds:** 8.1 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Series C **$43M** *3 new* [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Altair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altair-capital-2) [Left Lane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/left-lane-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $43M sold, first sale Jul 2024
- **Aug 2016** Seed **$2.8M** *1 new* [Redseed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redseed) Reported by FinSMEs

## 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** 2016 **Series C** 2024 [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Altair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altair-capital-2) [Left Lane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/left-lane-capital) [Redseed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redseed)

## Everyone who backed them

[FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round

[Altair Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altair-capital-2) Private equity **1** round

[Left Lane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/left-lane-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Redseed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redseed) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list SmartCAT 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.

[Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Verb Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verb-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Nelstone Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nelstone-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about SmartCAT

### Who invested in SmartCAT?

SmartCAT's investors include FJ Labs, Altair Capital, Left Lane Capital and Redseed.

### How much has SmartCAT raised?

SmartCAT has raised $46M across 2 rounds since 2016.

### When did SmartCAT last raise?

SmartCAT's most recent round was a Series C of $43M in Sept 2024.

### What was SmartCAT's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $43M in Sept 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed SmartCAT first?

SmartCAT's first round on record, in Aug 2016, was backed by Redseed.

### What stage is SmartCAT at?

SmartCAT's latest named round is a Series C, in Sept 2024.

### Where is SmartCAT based?

SmartCAT is based in Russia.

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