# StartPlaying funding: rounds and investors

> StartPlaying has raised $6.5M across 1 round since 2022. Investors include Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *StartPlaying*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Community

Y Combinator: W20

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$6.5M** raised across 1 round since 2022, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $6.5M May 2022
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **May 2022** Seed **$6.5M** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From StartPlaying's own website: 6 on the team.

- **Alan Chang** Senior Software Engineer
- **Alex Hartford** Senior Software Engineer
- **Gabriella Strong** Operations Manager
- **Jeremy Copling** Senior Software Engineer
- **Nick Tisch** Staff Product Designer
- **Nina Oria-Loureiro** Product Designer

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists StartPlaying 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.

[Polymath Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polymath) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about StartPlaying

### Who invested in StartPlaying?

StartPlaying's investors include Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz.

### How much has StartPlaying raised?

StartPlaying has raised $6.5M across 1 round since 2022.

### When did StartPlaying last raise?

StartPlaying's most recent round was a Seed of $6.5M in May 2022.

### What was StartPlaying's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $6.5M in May 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed StartPlaying first?

StartPlaying's first round on record, in May 2022, was backed by Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz.

### What stage is StartPlaying at?

StartPlaying's latest named round is a Seed, in May 2022.

### Where is StartPlaying based?

StartPlaying is based in the United States.

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