# StopLight funding: rounds and investors

> StopLight has raised $3.4M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Techstars, Social Starts and Capital Factory. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *StopLight*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

Developer Tools Internet

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$3.4M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$118K** Seed **$3.3M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $3.3M Oct 2018
- **Step-up i:** 27.5×
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2015 2016 2017 2018

**$118K** Seed

**$3.3M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $118K
- **Biggest round:** $3.3M
- **Between rounds:** 3.5 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2018** Seed **$3.3M** *4 new* [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) [Capital Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-factory) [Next Coast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures) Bill Wood Ventures/ NextGen Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $4.8M sold, first sale Mar 2017
- **Mar 2015** Seed **$118K** *1 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **Brandon Somers** Executive Officer i
- **Jason Harmon** Executive Officer i
- **Marc MacLeod** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i
- **Steve Rodda** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Bill Kennedy* *Bill Wood* *Mike Smerklo*

## 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** 2015 **Seed** 2018 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) [Capital Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-factory) [Next Coast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures) Bill Wood Ventures/ NextGen

## Everyone who backed them

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round

[Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) VC firm **1** round

[Capital Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-factory) VC firm **1** round

[Next Coast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures) VC firm **1** round

Bill Wood Ventures/ NextGen 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=stoplight).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list StopLight 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.

[NextGen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextgen-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Adventure Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adventure-fund-2) VC firm Per its own site

[Lontra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lontra-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about StopLight

### Who invested in StopLight?

StopLight's investors include Techstars, Social Starts, Capital Factory, Next Coast Ventures and Bill Wood Ventures/ NextGen.

### How much has StopLight raised?

StopLight has raised $3.4M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did StopLight last raise?

StopLight's most recent round was a Seed of $3.3M in Oct 2018.

### What was StopLight's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $3.3M in Oct 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed StopLight first?

StopLight's first round on record, in Mar 2015, was backed by Techstars.

### What stage is StopLight at?

StopLight's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2018.

### Where is StopLight based?

StopLight is based in the United States.

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