# Teads funding: rounds and investors > Teads has raised $128M across 10 rounds since 2007. Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Partech Ventures and HSBC. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/teads (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) France · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Teads* 10 rounds we have observed, with the 16 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. Advertising & Adtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$128M** raised across 10 rounds since 2007, from 10 sources **$5.3M** Series A **$5.3M** Series A **$25M** Series B **$11M** Debt **$5.2M** Series A **$15M** Debt **$14M** Series C **$47M** Debt - **Latest round:** Venture Oct 2016 - **Biggest round:** $47M Debt · Aug 2016 - **Investors:** 16 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. 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 **$5.3M** Series A **$5.3M** Series A **$25M** Series B **$11M** Debt **$5.2M** Series A **$15M** Debt **$14M** Series C **$47M** Debt **?** Venture - **First round:** Series A, $5.3M - **Biggest round:** $47M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 13 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2016** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) Source recorded - **Aug 2016** Debt **$47M** *1 new* *2 returning* [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) [Bank of China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-china) BNPP Reported by FinSMEs - **Jul 2015** Secondary **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Blisce/](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blisce) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2015** Debt **$15M** *2 new* [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) [Bank of China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-china) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2015** Series C **$14M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [Elaia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elaia) [Gimv](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gimv) Viola Credit From a historical funding record - **Oct 2013** Series A **$5.2M** *2 new* [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [Elaia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elaia) Reported by techcrunch.com - **Feb 2013** Debt **$11M** *1 new* Viola Credit From a historical funding record - **Aug 2011** Series B **$25M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Gimv](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gimv) [Pierre Chappaz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pierre-chappaz) [Solorun](https://millionrounds.com/fund/solorun) Gemini Israel Ventures From a historical funding record - **Dec 2010** Series A **$5.3M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Pierre Chappaz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pierre-chappaz) [Solorun](https://millionrounds.com/fund/solorun) Gemini Israel Ventures From a historical funding record - **Jan 2007** Series A **$5.3M** *5 new* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Martin Varsavsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/martin-varsavsky) [Jeff Clavier](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-clavier) [Ouriel Ohayon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ouriel-ohayon) Gemini Israel Ventures From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Teads's own website: 6 on the team. - **David Kostman** CEO - **Damien Islam-Frenoy** Chief Technology Officer - **Dani Cushion** Chief Marketing Officer - **Jason Kiviat** Chief Financial Officer - **Mollie Spilman** Chief Commercial Officer - **Veronica Gonzalez** Chief People & Operations Officer ## 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. **Series B** 2011 **Debt** 2013 **Series A** 2013 **Debt** 2015 **Series C** 2015 **Secondary** 2015 **Debt** 2016 **Venture** 2016 [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) Gemini Israel Ventures [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [Elaia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elaia) [Gimv](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gimv) [Bank of China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-china) [Pierre Chappaz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pierre-chappaz) [Solorun](https://millionrounds.com/fund/solorun) ## Everyone who backed them [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **4** rounds [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) VC firm **3** rounds [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) Growth equity **3** rounds Gemini Israel Ventures no record of our own yet **3** rounds [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) Government **2** rounds [Elaia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elaia) VC firm **2** rounds [Gimv](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gimv) Private equity **2** rounds [Bank of China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-china) Investment firm **2** rounds [Pierre Chappaz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pierre-chappaz) Angel **2** rounds [Solorun](https://millionrounds.com/fund/solorun) VC firm **2** rounds Viola Credit no record of our own yet **2** rounds [Blisce/](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blisce) VC firm **1** round [Martin Varsavsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/martin-varsavsky) Angel **1** round [Jeff Clavier](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-clavier) VC firm **1** round [Ouriel Ohayon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ouriel-ohayon) VC firm **1** round BNPP 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=teads). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list Teads 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. [Wind](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wind) VC firm Per its own site [TempoCap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tempocap) VC firm Per its own site [Jazzya Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jazzya-investments) Family office Per its own site [Seligman Private Equity Select](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seligman-private-equity-select) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about Teads ### Who invested in Teads? Teads's investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Partech Ventures, HSBC, Gemini Israel Ventures and Bpifrance, and 11 more on record. ### How much has Teads raised? Teads has raised $128M across 10 rounds since 2007. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Teads last raise? Teads's most recent round was a Venture in Oct 2016. ### What was Teads's biggest round? Teads's largest round on record is $47M (Debt), in Aug 2016. ### Who backed Teads first? Teads's first round on record, in Jan 2007, was backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Martin Varsavsky and Jeff Clavier and 2 others. ### What stage is Teads at? Teads's latest named round is a Venture, in Oct 2016. ### Where is Teads based? Teads is based in France. ## Companies like Teads In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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