# Uplift funding: rounds and investors

> Uplift has raised $300M across 5 rounds since 2014. Investors include Par Equity, Highgate Ventures and Madrone Capital Partners/ Draper Nexus.

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

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

# Who invested in *Uplift*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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.

Professional Services Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$300M** raised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources

**$8.2M** Series A **$90M** Debt **$123M** Series C **$68M** Debt **$11M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $11M Jul 2023
- **Biggest round:** $123M Series C · Jan 2019
- **Investors:** 13 (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.

2016 2018 2020 2022

**$8.2M** Series A

**$90M** Debt

**$123M** Series C

**$68M** Debt

**$11M** Series A

- **First round:** Series A, $8.2M
- **Biggest round:** $123M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.5 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2023** Series A **$11M** *2 new* [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) Source recorded
- **Jan 2021** Debt **$68M** *2 new* [Ridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ridge-ventures) [DNX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dnx-ventures-us) Source recorded
- **Jan 2019** Series C **$123M** *3 new* *2 returning* Madrone Capital Partners/ Draper Nexus Lead [Par Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/par-equity) [Highgate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highgate-ventures) Barton Asset Management Ridge Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $84M sold, first sale Dec 2018
- **Dec 2017** Debt **$90M** *3 new* [Par Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/par-equity) [Draper Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-nexus) [Highgate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highgate-ventures) Reported by Phocuswire SEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Dec 2017
- **Nov 2014** Series A **$8.2M** *3 new* [IDG Ventures USA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-ventures-usa) [Thayer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thayer-ventures) [PAR Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/par-capital-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $7.2M sold, first sale Oct 2014

## 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** 2014 **Debt** 2017 **Series C** 2019 **Debt** 2021 **Series A** 2023 [Par Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/par-equity) [Highgate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highgate-ventures) Madrone Capital Partners/ Draper Nexus L [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) [Kapor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital) [Ridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ridge-ventures) [DNX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dnx-ventures-us) [IDG Ventures USA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-ventures-usa) [Thayer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thayer-ventures) [PAR Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/par-capital-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Par Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/par-equity) VC firm **2** rounds

[Highgate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highgate-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

Madrone Capital Partners/ Draper Nexus no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1

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

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

[Ridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ridge-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[DNX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dnx-ventures-us) VC firm **1** round

[IDG Ventures USA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-ventures-usa) VC firm **1** round

[Thayer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thayer-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[PAR Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/par-capital-ventures) Growth equity **1** round

[Draper Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-nexus) VC firm **1** round

Barton Asset Management no record of our own yet **1** round

Ridge no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Uplift 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.

[ATMA Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atma-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Black Lab X](https://millionrounds.com/fund/black-lab-x) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Uplift

### Who invested in Uplift?

Uplift's investors include Par Equity, Highgate Ventures, Madrone Capital Partners/ Draper Nexus, B Capital and Kapor Capital, and 8 more on record.

### How much has Uplift raised?

Uplift has raised $300M across 5 rounds since 2014.

### When did Uplift last raise?

Uplift's most recent round was a Series A of $11M in Jul 2023.

### What was Uplift's biggest round?

Uplift's largest round on record is $123M (Series C), in Jan 2019, led by Madrone Capital Partners/ Draper Nexus.

### Who backed Uplift first?

Uplift's first round on record, in Nov 2014, was backed by IDG Ventures USA, Thayer Ventures and PAR Capital Ventures.

### What stage is Uplift at?

Uplift's latest named round is a Series A, in Jul 2023.

### Where is Uplift based?

Uplift is based in the United States.

### Who led Uplift's rounds?

Madrone Capital Partners/ Draper Nexus led the Series C in 2019.

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