# Unleash Live funding: rounds and investors > Unleash Live has raised $22M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Y Combinator, JR Investment and Smarter. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/unleash-live (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Australia · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Unleash Live* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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. AI Big Data & Analytics Collaboration Tools Education Follow Unleash Live and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Funleash-live) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$22M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources **$4.8M** Series A **$17M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $17M May 2025 - **Step-up i:** 3.6× - **Investors:** 6 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 **$4.8M** Series A **$17M** Series B - **First round:** Series A, $4.8M - **Biggest round:** $17M - **Between rounds:** 6.5 years ## The rounds - **May 2025** Series B **$17M** *2 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [JR Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-investment) Reported by Startup Daily and 1 other - **Dec 2018** Series A **$4.8M** *4 new* [Smarter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smarter) Peter O'Connell Revel Rolf Hansen Reported by Afr ## Founders and team From Unleash Live's own website: 1 founder, 8 on the team. **Hanno Blankenstein** Co-Founder & CEO - **Hamid Fardoost** CEO - Anz - **James Kwong** Chief Product Officer - **Meghan Hay** Head of Finance - **Natalie Lovett** Head of Marketing - **Pawel Mordaszewski** Head of Engineering - **Shahab Ensafi** Head of CV, Data & Insights - **Jesko Frommeyer** Board Director - **Martin Grosstesner** Board Director ## 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** 2018 **Series B** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [JR Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-investment) [Smarter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smarter) Peter O'Connell Revel Rolf Hansen ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [JR Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-investment) VC firm **1** round [Smarter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smarter) VC firm **1** round Peter O'Connell no record of our own yet **1** round Revel no record of our own yet **1** round Rolf Hansen 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=unleash-live). ## Quick answers about Unleash Live ### Who invested in Unleash Live? Unleash Live's investors include Y Combinator, JR Investment, Smarter, Peter O'Connell and Revel, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Unleash Live raised? Unleash Live has raised $22M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did Unleash Live last raise? Unleash Live's most recent round was a Series B of $17M in May 2025. ### What was Unleash Live's biggest round? Its most recent round, $17M in May 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Unleash Live first? Unleash Live's first round on record, in Dec 2018, was backed by Smarter, Peter O'Connell and Revel and 1 others. ### What stage is Unleash Live at? Unleash Live's latest named round is a Series B, in May 2025. ### Where is Unleash Live based? Unleash Live is based in Australia. ## Companies like Unleash Live In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Athena** $115M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/athena)[**Metacognition** $5.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/metacognition)[**HEX** $101M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hex)[**Cuttable** $29M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuttable)[**OpenDebt** $2.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/opendebt)[**ReFresh** $2.5M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/refresh) ## 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