# Smarter Sorting funding: rounds and investors

> Smarter Sorting has raised $27M across 4 rounds since 2018. Investors include RTP Global and US Ecology. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Smarter Sorting*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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

**$27M** raised across 4 rounds since 2018, from 4 sources

**$5.0M** Seed **$4.3M** Round **$17M** Round **$637K** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $637K Aug 2023
- **Biggest round:** $17M Round · Sept 2019
- **Investors:** 2 (1 led)

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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.

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

**$5.0M** Seed

**$4.3M** Round

**$17M** Round

**$637K** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $5.0M
- **Biggest round:** $17M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2023** Venture **$637K** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded
- **Sept 2019** Round **$17M** *1 new* *1 returning* [US Ecology](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-ecology) Lead [RTP Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtp-global) Reported by Siliconhillsnews
- **Jun 2018** Round **$4.3M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by FinSMEs
- **Mar 2018** Seed **$5.0M** *1 new* [RTP Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtp-global) 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** 2018 **Round** 2018 **Round** 2019 **Venture** 2023 [RTP Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtp-global) [US Ecology](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-ecology) L

## Everyone who backed them

[RTP Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtp-global) VC firm **2** rounds

[US Ecology](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-ecology) Government **1** round, led 1

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## Quick answers about Smarter Sorting

### Who invested in Smarter Sorting?

Smarter Sorting's investors include RTP Global and US Ecology.

### How much has Smarter Sorting raised?

Smarter Sorting has raised $27M across 4 rounds since 2018.

### When did Smarter Sorting last raise?

Smarter Sorting's most recent round was a Venture of $637K in Aug 2023.

### What was Smarter Sorting's biggest round?

Smarter Sorting's largest round on record is $17M (Undisclosed round), in Sept 2019, led by US Ecology.

### Who backed Smarter Sorting first?

Smarter Sorting's first round on record, in Mar 2018, was backed by RTP Global.

### What stage is Smarter Sorting at?

Smarter Sorting's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2023.

### Where is Smarter Sorting based?

Smarter Sorting is based in the United States.

### Who led Smarter Sorting's rounds?

US Ecology led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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