# Uphold funding: rounds and investors

> Uphold has raised $118M across 4 rounds since 2014. Investors include Ruttenberg Gordon Investments and Hard Yaka. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Uphold*

4 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.

Fintech Web3 & Crypto

Raised 8 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$118M** raised across 4 rounds since 2014, from 4 sources

**$9.9M** Crowdfunding **$58M** Round **$51M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Venture Mar 2026
- **Biggest round:** $58M Round · Jan 2018
- **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.

2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026

**$9.9M** Crowdfunding

**$58M** Round

**$51M** Series C

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Crowdfunding, $9.9M
- **Biggest round:** $58M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.2 years

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 returning* [Ruttenberg Gordon Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ruttenberg-gordon-investments) Source recorded
- **Jan 2019** Series C **$51M** *1 new* [Ruttenberg Gordon Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ruttenberg-gordon-investments) Source recorded
- **Jan 2018** Round **$58M** *1 new* [Hard Yaka](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hard-yaka) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Nov 2014** Crowdfunding **$9.9M** No investor was named in the report. 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.

**Crowdfunding** 2014 **Round** 2018 **Series C** 2019 **Venture** 2026 [Ruttenberg Gordon Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ruttenberg-gordon-investments) [Hard Yaka](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hard-yaka)

## Everyone who backed them

[Ruttenberg Gordon Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ruttenberg-gordon-investments) Family office **2** rounds

[Hard Yaka](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hard-yaka) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Uphold 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.

[Sparkwave Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparkwave-capital) Growth equity Per its own site

[Accretive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accretive) Advisor Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Uphold

### Who invested in Uphold?

Uphold's investors include Ruttenberg Gordon Investments and Hard Yaka.

### How much has Uphold raised?

Uphold has raised $118M across 4 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Uphold last raise?

Uphold's most recent round was a Venture in Mar 2026.

### What was Uphold's biggest round?

Uphold's largest round on record is $58M (Undisclosed round), in Jan 2018.

### Who backed Uphold first?

Uphold's first round on record, in Jan 2018, was backed by Hard Yaka.

### What stage is Uphold at?

Uphold's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2026.

### Where is Uphold based?

Uphold is based in the United States.

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