# StudySoup funding: rounds and investors

> StudySoup has raised $1.9M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include 500 Global, Lighter Capital and Canyon Creek Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *StudySoup*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.9M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$100K** Seed **$1.7M** Seed **$106K** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $106K Jan 2017
- **Biggest round:** $1.7M Seed · Aug 2016
- **Investors:** 4

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

**$100K** Seed

**$1.7M** Seed

**$106K** Debt

- **First round:** Seed, $100K
- **Biggest round:** $1.7M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.1 years

[**StudySoup** Consumer internet 1 / 7 Their pitch deck **StudySoup's pitch deck, 7 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/studysoup)

## The rounds

- **Jan 2017** Debt **$106K** *1 new* *1 returning* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Lighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lighter-capital) Source recorded
- **Aug 2016** Seed **$1.7M** *2 new* *1 returning* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Canyon Creek Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canyon-creek-capital) 1776 DC Reported by TechCrunch
- **Aug 2014** Seed **$100K** *1 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 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.

**Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2016 **Debt** 2017 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Lighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lighter-capital) [Canyon Creek Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canyon-creek-capital) 1776 DC

## Everyone who backed them

[500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **3** rounds

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

[Canyon Creek Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canyon-creek-capital) VC firm **1** round

1776 DC 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=studysoup).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists StudySoup 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.

[RubyLight](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubylight) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about StudySoup

### Who invested in StudySoup?

StudySoup's investors include 500 Global, Lighter Capital, Canyon Creek Capital and 1776 DC.

### How much has StudySoup raised?

StudySoup has raised $1.9M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did StudySoup last raise?

StudySoup's most recent round was a Debt of $106K in Jan 2017.

### What was StudySoup's biggest round?

StudySoup's largest round on record is $1.7M (Seed), in Aug 2016.

### Who backed StudySoup first?

StudySoup's first round on record, in Aug 2014, was backed by 500 Global.

### What stage is StudySoup at?

StudySoup's latest named round is a Debt, in Jan 2017.

### Where is StudySoup based?

StudySoup is based in the United States.

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