# Unkey funding: rounds and investors

> Unkey has raised $6.1M across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include Essence VC and Uncork Capital. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Unkey*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

IT Services

Raised 7 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$6.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources

**$1.6M** Pre-seed **$4.5M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $4.5M Apr 2026
- **Step-up i:** 2.8×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2024 2025 2026

**$1.6M** Pre-seed

**$4.5M** Seed

- **First round:** Pre-seed, $1.6M
- **Biggest round:** $4.5M
- **Between rounds:** 2.4 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Seed **$4.5M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) [Essence VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/essence-vc) Source recorded
- **Nov 2023** Pre-seed **$1.6M** *1 new* [Essence VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/essence-vc) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Unkey's own website: 2 founders, 1 on the team.

**James Perkins** Founder and CEO

**Andreas Thomas** Founder and CTO

- **Andy McLoughlin** Team

## 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.

**Pre-seed** 2023 **Seed** 2026 [Essence VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/essence-vc) [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Essence VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/essence-vc) VC firm **2** rounds

[Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=unkey).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Unkey 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.

[Homebrew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/homebrew) VC firm Per its own site

[PWV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pwv) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Unkey

### Who invested in Unkey?

Unkey's investors include Essence VC and Uncork Capital.

### How much has Unkey raised?

Unkey has raised $6.1M across 2 rounds since 2023.

### When did Unkey last raise?

Unkey's most recent round was a Seed of $4.5M in Apr 2026.

### What was Unkey's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.5M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Unkey first?

Unkey's first round on record, in Nov 2023, was backed by Essence VC.

### What stage is Unkey at?

Unkey's latest named round is a Seed, in Apr 2026.

### Where is Unkey based?

Unkey is based in the United States.

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