# Tempo funding: rounds and investors > Tempo has raised $514M across 5 rounds since 2019. Investors include Y Combinator, Thrive Capital and Greenoaks. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/tempo (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Tempo* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 19 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. Fintech Web3 & Crypto Y Combinator: W15 Follow Tempo and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Ftempo) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$514M** raised across 5 rounds since 2019, from 6 sources **$500M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $500M Oct 2025 - **Led by:** Thrive Capital and Greenoaks - **Step-up i:** 100× - **Investors:** 19 (5 led) 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. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$2.3M** Round **$2.7M** Seed **$3.5M** Seed **$5.0M** Seed **$500M** Series A - **First round:** Round, $2.3M - **Biggest round:** $500M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 23 months ## The rounds - **Oct 2025** Series A **$500M** *5 new* [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Lead [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) Lead [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) Reported by Ventureburn - **Oct 2025** Seed **$5.0M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) [Golden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-ventures) Source recorded - **Feb 2025** Seed **$3.5M** *3 new* [Norte Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norte-ventures-2) [MAYA Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maya-capital) [Caravela Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caravela-capital) Source recorded - **Mar 2023** Seed **$2.7M** *2 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Climate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/climate-capital) Source recorded and 1 other - **May 2019** Round **$2.3M** *5 new* [Hambro Perks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hambro-perks) Lead Derek Jacobson Lead Michael Lead [Chris Bruce](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-bruce) [Michael Whitfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-whitfield) Reported by Uktech ## 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. **Round** 2019 **Seed** 2023 **Seed** 2025 **Seed** 2025 **Series A** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) L [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) L [Hambro Perks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hambro-perks) L Derek Jacobson L Michael L [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Family office **1** round, led 1 [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Hambro Perks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hambro-perks) VC firm **1** round, led 1 Derek Jacobson no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 Michael no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **1** round [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **1** round [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) VC firm **1** round [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) VC firm **1** round [Norte Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norte-ventures-2) VC firm **1** round [Climate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/climate-capital) VC firm **1** round [Golden Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-ventures) VC firm **1** round [MAYA Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maya-capital) VC firm **1** round [Caravela Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caravela-capital) VC firm **1** round [Chris Bruce](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-bruce) Angel **1** round [Michael Whitfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-whitfield) Angel **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=tempo). ## Also claim to have backed them These 6 firms list Tempo 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. [SignalFire](https://millionrounds.com/fund/signalfire) VC firm Per its own site [The MBA Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-mba-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Bondy Capital, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bondy-capital-llc) Family office Per its own site [Diversis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/diversis) Private equity Per its own site [Intersection Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intersection-growth-partners) Advisor Per its own site [Sweetwater Private Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sweetwater-private-equity) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about Tempo ### Who invested in Tempo? Tempo's investors include Y Combinator, Thrive Capital, Greenoaks, Hambro Perks and Derek Jacobson, and 14 more on record. Thrive Capital led its latest round. ### How much has Tempo raised? Tempo has raised $514M across 5 rounds since 2019. ### When did Tempo last raise? Tempo's most recent round was a Series A of $500M in Oct 2025, led by Thrive Capital. ### What was Tempo's biggest round? Its most recent round, $500M in Oct 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Tempo first? Tempo's first round on record, in May 2019, was backed by Hambro Perks, Derek Jacobson and Michael and 2 others. ### What stage is Tempo at? Tempo's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2025. ### Where is Tempo based? Tempo is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led Tempo's rounds? Hambro Perks led the Undisclosed round in 2019; Thrive Capital led the Series A in 2025. ## Companies like Tempo In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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