Who invested in SpotHero

7 rounds we have observed, with the 30 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 summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$108Mraised across 7 rounds since 2012, from 7 sources

$50KSeed$460KSeed$2.5MVenture$4.5MSeries A$20MSeries B$30MSeries C$50MSeries D

Latest round: Series D, $50MAug 2019
Step-upi: 1.7×
Investors: 30

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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.

2013201420152016201720182019

$50KSeed$460KSeed$4.5MSeries A$20MSeries B$30MSeries C$50MSeries D

First round: Seed, $50K
Biggest round: $50M
Usual gap between rounds: 18 months

The rounds

Aug 2019
Series D$50M3 new2 returning
Source recordedSEC filing: $44M sold, first sale Aug 2019
Jul 2017
Series C$30M8 new4 returning
- Insight Partners
- Pritzker Group
- Bullpen Capital
- Corazon Capital
- MATH Venture Partners
- OCA
- Draper
- Chicago
- Daniel Hoffer
- Global Founders Capital/ Autotech
- Levy Family
- Sam Yagan
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Jul 2017
Aug 2015
Series B$20M1 new8 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Aug 2015
Jun 2014
Series A$4.5M7 new7 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $4.5M sold, first sale May 2014
Dec 2012
Venture$2.5M8 new1 returning
Reported by techcrunch.com
Aug 2012
Seed$460K3 new
Reported by techcrunch.com
Aug 2012
Seed$50K
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by chicagobusiness.com

Founders and team

From SpotHero's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 11 on the team.

Beth HaydenChief People Officer
Chris StevensChief Marketing & Commercial Officer
Kavita SutharChief Financial Officer
Matt DiBariChief Product Officer
Matt SullivanChief Revenue Officer
Nate PhillipsChief Revenue Operations
Paolo LorenzoniChief Business Officer
Tom JanofskyChief Technology Officer
Connie CaponeExecutive Officeri
Kevin SherlockGeneral Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Lawrence KissExecutive Officeri

On the board, as filediAmanda LannertLucas JoyntLudwig EnsthalerMichael GamsonSam YaganStu Phillips

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.

Seed2012Seed2012Venture2012Series A2014Series B2015Series C2017Series D2019

Pritzker Group

500 Global

Insight Partners

Battery Venturese.ventures

Everyone who backed them

Pritzker GroupPrivate equity5rounds

500 GlobalAngel4rounds

Insight PartnersVC firm3rounds

Battery VenturesVC firm3rounds

e.venturesVC firm3rounds

Bullpen CapitalVC firm3rounds

OCA VenturesVC firm3rounds

Draper AssociatesVC firm2rounds

LightbankVC firm2rounds

Chicago VenturesVC firm2rounds

David CohenAngel2rounds

Corazon CapitalVC firm2rounds

TechstarsVC firm1round

GaingelsPrivate equity1round

HeadlineVC firm1round

Lakewest Venture PartnersVC firm1round

Excelerate LabsAccelerator1round

MATH Venture PartnersVC firm1round

Alan MatthewAngel1round

Bullet Time VenturesVC firm1round

OCAInvestment firm1round

Troy HenikoffAngel1round

DraperCorporate VC1round

Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)VC firm1round

G2T3VVC firm1round

Chicagono record of our own yet1round

Daniel Hofferno record of our own yet1round

Global Founders Capital/ Autotechno record of our own yet1round

Levy Familyno record of our own yet1round

Sam Yaganno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 6 firms list SpotHero 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.