# SparkCognition funding: rounds and investors > SparkCognition has raised $189M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include March Capital, Hearst Ventures and Cisco. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sparkcognition (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *SparkCognition* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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. AI Education Valuation: $1.4B, Mar 2026 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$189M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources **$32M** Series B **$57M** Series B **$100M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $100M Oct 2019 - **Led by:** March Capital - **Step-up i:** 1.8× - **Investors:** 13 (1 led) 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 2019 **$32M** Series B **$57M** Series B **$100M** Series C - **First round:** Series B, $32M - **Biggest round:** $100M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 20 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2019** Series C **$100M** *6 new* [March Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/march-capital) Lead [Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures) [Dalus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dalus-capital) [DFO Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/msd-capital) [Boeing HorizonX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boeing-horizonx) Kerogen Digital Solutions Reported by FinSMEs - **Feb 2018** Series B **$57M** *6 new* [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) [CME Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cme-group) [JC2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jc2-ventures) [Pankaj Patel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pankaj-patel) Invenergy Future Verizon Ventures/ Boeing HorizonX Reported by FinSMEs - **Jun 2017** Series B **$32M** *1 new* Verizon Ventures/ Boeing Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team. - **Amir Husain** Executive Officer, Director i ## 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** 2017 **Series B** 2018 **Series C** 2019 [March Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/march-capital) L [Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures) [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) [Dalus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dalus-capital) [CME Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cme-group) [DFO Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/msd-capital) [JC2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jc2-ventures) [Pankaj Patel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pankaj-patel) [Boeing HorizonX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boeing-horizonx) Invenergy Future ## Everyone who backed them [March Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/march-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Hearst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hearst-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) Corporate VC **1** round [Dalus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dalus-capital) VC firm **1** round [CME Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cme-group) Corporate VC **1** round [DFO Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/msd-capital) Family office **1** round [JC2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jc2-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Pankaj Patel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pankaj-patel) Angel **1** round [Boeing HorizonX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boeing-horizonx) Investment firm **1** round Invenergy Future no record of our own yet **1** round Kerogen Digital Solutions no record of our own yet **1** round Verizon Ventures/ Boeing no record of our own yet **1** round Verizon Ventures/ Boeing HorizonX 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=sparkcognition). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists SparkCognition 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. [VSpark DeepTech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vspark-deeptech-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about SparkCognition ### Who invested in SparkCognition? SparkCognition's investors include March Capital, Hearst Ventures, Cisco, Dalus Capital and CME Ventures, and 8 more on record. March Capital led its latest round. ### How much has SparkCognition raised? SparkCognition has raised $189M across 3 rounds since 2017. ### When did SparkCognition last raise? SparkCognition's most recent round was a Series C of $100M in Oct 2019, led by March Capital. ### What was SparkCognition's biggest round? Its most recent round, $100M in Oct 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed SparkCognition first? SparkCognition's first round on record, in Jun 2017, was backed by Verizon Ventures/ Boeing. ### What stage is SparkCognition at? SparkCognition's latest named round is a Series C, in Oct 2019. ### Where is SparkCognition based? SparkCognition is based in the United States. ### Who led SparkCognition's rounds? March Capital led the Series C in 2019. ## Companies like SparkCognition In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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