# Standard Cognition funding: rounds and investors > Standard Cognition has raised $86M across 5 rounds since 2017. Investors include Y Combinator, CRV and Draper Associates. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/standard-cognition (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Standard Cognition* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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 Fintech Valuation: $1.0B, Oct 2024 Y Combinator: S17 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$86M** raised across 5 rounds since 2017, from 5 sources **$5.0M** Seed **$5.5M** Seed **$40M** Series A **$35M** Series B - **Latest round:** Venture Apr 2024 - **Biggest round:** $40M Series A · Nov 2018 - **Investors:** 9 (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 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 **$5.0M** Seed **$5.5M** Seed **$40M** Series A **$35M** Series B **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $5.0M - **Biggest round:** $40M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* *3 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Transpose Platform Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transpose-platform-management) Source recorded - **Jul 2019** Series B **$35M** *2 new* *2 returning* [EQT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eqt-ventures) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $35M sold, first sale Jul 2019 - **Nov 2018** Series A **$40M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) Initialized Capital/ CRV Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $51M sold, first sale Nov 2018 - **Jul 2018** Seed **$5.5M** *1 new* [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) Reported by FinSMEs - **Oct 2017** Seed **$5.0M** *2 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Charles River Ventures/ Initialized Capital 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** 2017 **Seed** 2018 **Series A** 2018 **Series B** 2019 **Venture** 2024 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [EQT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eqt-ventures) L [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Transpose Platform Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transpose-platform-management) Charles River Ventures/ Initialized Capital Initialized Capital/ CRV ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **4** rounds [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) VC firm **3** rounds [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) VC firm **2** rounds [EQT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eqt-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) VC firm **1** round [Transpose Platform Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transpose-platform-management) VC firm **1** round Charles River Ventures/ Initialized Capital no record of our own yet **1** round Initialized Capital/ CRV 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=standard-cognition). ## Also claim to have backed them These 12 firms list Standard Cognition 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. [Story Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/story-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Rackhouse Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rackhouse-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Bleu Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bleu-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Locus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/locus-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Pariter Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pariter-partners) VC firm Per its own site [R136 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/r136-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Agmen Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agmen-capital) VC firm Per its own site [B-Engine](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-engine) VC firm Per its own site [GTRKST](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gtrkst) Investment firm Per its own site [JCJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jcj-capital) VC firm Per its own site [K3 Diversity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k3-diversity-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Permutation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/permutation) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Standard Cognition ### Who invested in Standard Cognition? Standard Cognition's investors include Y Combinator, CRV, Draper Associates, EQT Ventures and SV Angel, and 4 more on record. ### How much has Standard Cognition raised? Standard Cognition has raised $86M across 5 rounds since 2017. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Standard Cognition last raise? Standard Cognition's most recent round was a Venture in Apr 2024. ### What was Standard Cognition's biggest round? Standard Cognition's largest round on record is $40M (Series A), in Nov 2018. ### Who backed Standard Cognition first? Standard Cognition's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Y Combinator and Charles River Ventures/ Initialized Capital. ### What stage is Standard Cognition at? Standard Cognition's latest named round is a Venture, in Apr 2024. ### Where is Standard Cognition based? Standard Cognition is based in the United States. ### Who led Standard Cognition's rounds? EQT Ventures led the Series B in 2019. ## Companies like Standard Cognition In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Kalshi** $2.7B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalshi)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app