# ThinkCERCA funding: rounds and investors > ThinkCERCA has raised $15M across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include Chuck Templeton, Gaingels and Great Oaks Venture Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/thinkcerca (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *ThinkCERCA* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 22 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. Edtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$15M** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 6 sources **$1.5M** Venture **$3.2M** Series A **$10M** Series B **$250K** Grant - **Latest round:** Grant, $250K Oct 2024 - **Biggest round:** $10M Series B · Sept 2017 - **Investors:** 22 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. 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 **?** Seed **$1.5M** Venture **$3.2M** Series A **$10M** Series B **$250K** Grant - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $10M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.5 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2024** Grant **$250K** *3 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) [GSV Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-ventures) Source recorded - **Sept 2017** Series B **$10M** *8 new* [Jeff Weiner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-weiner) [TAL Education Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tal-education-group) [Scott Cook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-cook) [Amicus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amicus-capital-partners) [TAL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tal) Great Oak Signe Ostby Signe Ostby/ Plum Alley Reported by FinSMEs and 1 other - **Mar 2015** Series A **$3.2M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [Amicus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amicus-capital-l-p) [MATH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/math-venture-partners) [Follett Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/follett-corporation) [Jason Henrichs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-henrichs) [Chuck Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chuck-templeton) From a historical funding record - **Jun 2014** Venture **$1.5M** *5 new* [Deborah Quazzo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deborah-quazzo) [Abundant Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abundant-ventures-llc) [Chuck Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chuck-templeton) Bob Montgomery Nessan Fitzmaurice From a historical funding record - **Aug 2012** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [The Impact Engine](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-impact-engine) 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** 2012 **Venture** 2014 **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2017 **Grant** 2024 [Chuck Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chuck-templeton) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) [GSV Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-ventures) [Amicus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amicus-capital-l-p) [The Impact Engine](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-impact-engine) [MATH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/math-venture-partners) [Deborah Quazzo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deborah-quazzo) [Jeff Weiner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-weiner) ## Everyone who backed them [Chuck Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chuck-templeton) Angel **2** rounds [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) VC firm **1** round [GSV Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Amicus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amicus-capital-l-p) VC firm **1** round [The Impact Engine](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-impact-engine) VC firm **1** round [MATH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/math-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Deborah Quazzo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deborah-quazzo) VC firm **1** round [Jeff Weiner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-weiner) VC firm **1** round [TAL Education Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tal-education-group) Corporate VC **1** round [Scott Cook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-cook) Angel **1** round [Amicus Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amicus-capital-partners) Private equity **1** round [Follett Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/follett-corporation) VC firm **1** round [Jason Henrichs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-henrichs) Angel **1** round [TAL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tal) Corporate VC **1** round [Abundant Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abundant-ventures-llc) Advisor **1** round Bob Montgomery no record of our own yet **1** round Great Oak no record of our own yet **1** round Nessan Fitzmaurice no record of our own yet **1** round Signe Ostby no record of our own yet **1** round Signe Ostby/ Plum Alley 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=thinkcerca). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists ThinkCERCA 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. [His Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/his-fund) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about ThinkCERCA ### Who invested in ThinkCERCA? ThinkCERCA's investors include Chuck Templeton, Gaingels, Great Oaks Venture Capital, NewSchools Venture Fund and GSV Ventures, and 17 more on record. ### How much has ThinkCERCA raised? ThinkCERCA has raised $15M across 5 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did ThinkCERCA last raise? ThinkCERCA's most recent round was a Grant of $250K in Oct 2024. ### What was ThinkCERCA's biggest round? ThinkCERCA's largest round on record is $10M (Series B), in Sept 2017. ### Who backed ThinkCERCA first? ThinkCERCA's first round on record, in Aug 2012, was backed by The Impact Engine. ### What stage is ThinkCERCA at? ThinkCERCA's latest named round is a Grant, in Oct 2024. ### Where is ThinkCERCA based? ThinkCERCA is based in the United States. ## Companies like ThinkCERCA In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Stride** $16M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/stride)[**Amira Learning** $30M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/amira-learning)[**Notey** $3.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/notey)[**Overtime** $33M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/overtime)[**KIDZ AI** $1.9M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kidz-ai)[**Imagi** $7.5M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/imagi) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app