# Tear Film funding: rounds and investors

> Tear Film has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Visionary Ventures Fund, Bluestem Capital and Tigris Ventures.

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

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# Who invested in *Tear Film*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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

**$18M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources

**$9.0M** Series A **$8.5M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $8.5M May 2018
- **Biggest round:** $9.0M Series A · Nov 2017
- **Investors:** 3

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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.

2018

**$9.0M** Series A

**$8.5M** Series B

- **First round:** Series A, $9.0M
- **Biggest round:** $9.0M
- **Between rounds:** 6 months

## The rounds

- **May 2018** Series B **$8.5M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Bluestem Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bluestem-capital-company-llc) [Visionary Ventures Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visionary-ventures-fund) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Nov 2017** Series A **$9.0M** *2 new* [Visionary Ventures Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visionary-ventures-fund) Tigris Ventures Reported by FinSMEs

## 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 A** 2017 **Series B** 2018 [Visionary Ventures Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visionary-ventures-fund) [Bluestem Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bluestem-capital-company-llc) Tigris Ventures

## Everyone who backed them

[Visionary Ventures Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visionary-ventures-fund) VC firm **2** rounds

[Bluestem Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bluestem-capital-company-llc) Private equity **1** round

Tigris Ventures no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about Tear Film

### Who invested in Tear Film?

Tear Film's investors include Visionary Ventures Fund, Bluestem Capital and Tigris Ventures.

### How much has Tear Film raised?

Tear Film has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2017.

### When did Tear Film last raise?

Tear Film's most recent round was a Series B of $8.5M in May 2018.

### What was Tear Film's biggest round?

Tear Film's largest round on record is $9.0M (Series A), in Nov 2017.

### Who backed Tear Film first?

Tear Film's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by Visionary Ventures Fund and Tigris Ventures.

### What stage is Tear Film at?

Tear Film's latest named round is a Series B, in May 2018.

### Where is Tear Film based?

Tear Film is based in the United States.

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