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Who invested in SwiftKey?
SwiftKey's investors include Octopus Ventures, Cambridge Capital Group, Jon Craton, Nick Hynes and Carl Uminski, and 5 more on record.
201120122013
$1.3MSeed$437KVenture$2.4MSeries A$18MSeries BUnited Kingdom · Series B startup
Who invested in SwiftKey
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$22Mraised across 4 rounds since 2010, from 4 sources
$1.3MSeed$437KVenture$2.4MSeries A$18MSeries B
- Latest round
- Series B, $18MSept 2013
- Step-upi
- 7.3×
- Investors
- 10
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $1.3M Sept 2010
- Biggest round
- $18M Series B · Sept 2013
- Usual gap between rounds
- 21 months the median of 2
The rounds
- Sept 2013Series B$18M2 new5 returning
Reported by techcrunch.com
- Dec 2011Series A$2.4M7 new1 returning
Octopus Ventures- Nihal Mehta
Cambridge Capital Group- Richard Brennan
- Jon Craton
- Nick Hynes
- Carl Uminski
- Andrew Thornton
Reported by eu.techcrunch.com
- Oct 2010
- Sept 2010
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.
Seed2010Venture2010Series A2011Series B2013Octopus VenturesCambridge Capital GroupJon CratonNick HynesCarl Uminski
Accel
Index VenturesNihal MehtaRichard BrennanAndrew Thornton
Octopus VenturesCambridge Capital GroupJon CratonNick HynesCarl UminskiAccelIndex VenturesNihal MehtaRichard BrennanAndrew ThorntonThe exit
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Everyone who backed them
Jon CratonAngel2rounds
Nick HynesAngel2rounds
Carl UminskiAngel2rounds
Nihal MehtaVC firm1round
Richard BrennanAngel1round
Andrew Thorntonno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
This firm lists SwiftKey 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.
Quick answers about SwiftKey
How much has SwiftKey raised?
SwiftKey has raised $22M across 4 rounds since 2010.
When did SwiftKey last raise?
SwiftKey's most recent round was a Series B of $18M in Sept 2013.
What was SwiftKey's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $18M in Sept 2013, is also its largest on record.
Who backed SwiftKey first?
SwiftKey's first round on record, in Sept 2010, was backed by Octopus Ventures.
What stage is SwiftKey at?
SwiftKey's latest named round is a Series B, in Sept 2013.
Where is SwiftKey based?
SwiftKey is based in the United Kingdom.
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