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Who invested in Velvet?
Velvet's investors include Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Headline and Bienville Capital.
2022202320242025
$200MVenture$1.0MPre-seed$500KPre-seed
United States · Pre-seed startup
Who invested in Velvet
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$202Mraised across 3 rounds since 2022, from 3 sources
$200MVenture$1.0MPre-seed$500KPre-seed
- Latest round
- Pre-seed, $500KJan 2025
- Biggest round
- $200MVenture · Feb 2022
- Investors
- 4
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Venture, $200M Feb 2022
- Biggest round
- $200M Venture · Feb 2022
- Usual gap between rounds
- 2 years the median of 2
The rounds
- Jan 2025
- Jan 2023
- Feb 2022
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.
Everyone who backed them
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Also claim to have backed them
These 3 firms list Velvet 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.
Quick answers about Velvet
How much has Velvet raised?
Velvet has raised $202M across 3 rounds since 2022.
When did Velvet last raise?
Velvet's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Jan 2025.
What was Velvet's biggest round?
Velvet's largest round on record is $200M (Venture), in Feb 2022.
Who backed Velvet first?
Velvet's first round on record, in Feb 2022, was backed by Global Founders Capital and Headline.
What stage is Velvet at?
Velvet's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Jan 2025.
Where is Velvet based?
Velvet is based in the United States.
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