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Who invested in Startup Weekend

3 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$1.3Mraised across 3 rounds since 2010, from 3 sources

$400KGrant$600KGrant$250KGrant

Latest round: Grant, $250KNov 2011
Biggest round: $600KGrant · Sept 2011
Investors: 2

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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.

2011

$400KGrant$600KGrant$250KGrant

First round: Grant, $400K
Biggest round: $600K
Usual gap between rounds: 12 months

The rounds

Nov 2011
Grant$250K2 new
- Gates Foundation
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Reported by techcrunch.com
Sept 2011
Grant$600K
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record
Sept 2010
Grant$400K
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record

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.

Grant2010Grant2011Grant2011

Gates FoundationThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Everyone who backed them

Gates FoundationInstitutional LP1round

The Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationInvestment firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Startup Weekend 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.

Gazelle LabAcceleratorPer its own site

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