# Sonovate funding: rounds and investors

> Sonovate has raised $350M across 3 rounds since 2016. Investors include Global Founders Capital, Dawn Capital and BNP Paribas. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Sonovate*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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.

B2B Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$350M** raised across 3 rounds since 2016, from 3 sources

**$17M** Series B **$136M** Debt **$197M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $197M Jul 2022
- **Step-up i:** 1.5×
- **Investors:** 7

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.

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

**$17M** Series B

**$136M** Debt

**$197M** Debt

- **First round:** Series B, $17M
- **Biggest round:** $197M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.9 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2022** Debt **$197M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) [BNP Paribas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bnp-paribas) [DN Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dn-capital) [Dawn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dawn-capital) Source recorded
- **Sept 2019** Debt **$136M** *4 new* [Dawn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dawn-capital) [Rocket Internet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-internet-6) [M&G Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-and-g-investments) MXB Holdings Reported by Londonlovesbusiness
- **Oct 2016** Series B **$17M** *1 new* [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Sonovate's own website: 2 founders, 6 on the team.

**Damon Chapple** Co-founder & Co-CEO

**Richard Prime** Co-founder & Co-CEO

- **Elise Hunter** Chief People Officer
- **Katharine Fleming** Chief of Staff
- **Mark Thompson** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Tim Edwards** Chief Product & Technology Officer
- **Tom Wilson** Chief Financial Officer
- **Katie Babich** Head of International Expansion

## 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.

**Series B** 2016 **Debt** 2019 **Debt** 2022 [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) [Dawn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dawn-capital) [BNP Paribas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bnp-paribas) [DN Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dn-capital) [Rocket Internet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-internet-6) [M&G Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-and-g-investments) MXB Holdings

## Everyone who backed them

[Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Dawn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dawn-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[BNP Paribas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bnp-paribas) VC firm **1** round

[DN Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dn-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Rocket Internet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-internet-6) Investment firm **1** round

[M&G Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-and-g-investments) Private equity **1** round

MXB Holdings no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=sonovate).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Sonovate 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.

[Avala Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avala-capital) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Sonovate

### Who invested in Sonovate?

Sonovate's investors include Global Founders Capital, Dawn Capital, BNP Paribas, DN Capital and Rocket Internet, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Sonovate raised?

Sonovate has raised $350M across 3 rounds since 2016.

### When did Sonovate last raise?

Sonovate's most recent round was a Debt of $197M in Jul 2022.

### What was Sonovate's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $197M in Jul 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Sonovate first?

Sonovate's first round on record, in Oct 2016, was backed by Global Founders Capital.

### What stage is Sonovate at?

Sonovate's latest named round is a Debt, in Jul 2022.

### Where is Sonovate based?

Sonovate is based in the United Kingdom.

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