# Unacademy funding: rounds and investors > Unacademy has raised $83M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Sequoia India, Steadview Capital and Nexus Venture Partners. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/unacademy (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) India · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Unacademy* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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 Valuation: $3.4B, Mar 2026 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$83M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources **$12M** Series B **$21M** Series C **$50M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $50M Jun 2019 - **Led by:** Steadview Capital - **Step-up i:** 2.4× - **Investors:** 8 (1 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. 2018 2019 **$12M** Series B **$21M** Series C **$50M** Round - **First round:** Series B, $12M - **Biggest round:** $50M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 11 months ## The rounds - **Jun 2019** Round **$50M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Steadview Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steadview-capital) Lead [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) [Blume Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blume-ventures) [Sequoia India](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-india) Reported by TechCrunch - **Jul 2018** Series C **$21M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) [Sequoia India](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-india) Nexus Venture Partners/ Blume Reported by TechCrunch - **Sept 2017** Series B **$12M** *3 new* [Sequoia India](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-india) Blume SAIF Partners/ Nexus Reported by Indianweb2 ## Founders and team From Unacademy's own website: 3 founders. **Gaurav Munjal** Co-Founder and CEO **Hemesh Singh** Co-Founder and CTO **Roman Saini** Co-Founder ## 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** 2017 **Series C** 2018 **Round** 2019 [Sequoia India](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-india) [Steadview Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steadview-capital) L [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) [Blume Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blume-ventures) Blume Nexus Venture Partners/ Blume SAIF Partners/ Nexus ## Everyone who backed them [Sequoia India](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-india) Growth equity **3** rounds [Steadview Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steadview-capital) Growth equity **1** round, led 1 [Nexus Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nexus-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Saif Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-partners) Private equity **1** round [Blume Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blume-ventures) VC firm **1** round Blume no record of our own yet **1** round Nexus Venture Partners/ Blume no record of our own yet **1** round SAIF Partners/ Nexus 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=unacademy). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Unacademy 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. [Peercheque](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peercheque) VC firm Per its own site [K2 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k2-capital-2) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about Unacademy ### Who invested in Unacademy? Unacademy's investors include Sequoia India, Steadview Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Saif Partners and Blume Ventures, and 3 more on record. Steadview Capital led its latest round. ### How much has Unacademy raised? Unacademy has raised $83M across 3 rounds since 2017. ### When did Unacademy last raise? Unacademy's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $50M in Jun 2019, led by Steadview Capital. ### What was Unacademy's biggest round? Its most recent round, $50M in Jun 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Unacademy first? Unacademy's first round on record, in Sept 2017, was backed by Sequoia India, Blume and SAIF Partners/ Nexus. ### What stage is Unacademy at? Unacademy's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jun 2019. ### Where is Unacademy based? Unacademy is based in India. ### Who led Unacademy's rounds? Steadview Capital led the Undisclosed round in 2019. ## Companies like Unacademy In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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