# Velvet funding: rounds and investors > Velvet has raised $202M across 3 rounds since 2022. Investors include Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital and Headline. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/velvet (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Velvet* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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. Advertising & Adtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$202M** raised across 3 rounds since 2022, from 3 sources **$200M** Venture **$1.0M** Pre-seed **$500K** Pre-seed - **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Jan 2025 - **Biggest round:** $200M Venture · Feb 2022 - **Investors:** 4 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. 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$200M** Venture **$1.0M** Pre-seed **$500K** Pre-seed - **First round:** Venture, $200M - **Biggest round:** $200M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2 years ## The rounds - **Jan 2025** Pre-seed **$500K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded - **Jan 2023** Pre-seed **$1.0M** *1 new* [Bienville Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bienville) Source recorded - **Feb 2022** Venture **$200M** *2 new* [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) Source recorded ## 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. **Venture** 2022 **Pre-seed** 2023 **Pre-seed** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) [Bienville Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bienville) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) VC firm **1** round [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) VC firm **1** round [Bienville Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bienville) Family office **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=velvet). ## 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. [The Venture Reality Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-venture-reality-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Diaspora Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/diaspora-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Mimosa Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mimosa-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Velvet ### Who invested in Velvet? Velvet's investors include Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Headline and Bienville Capital. ### 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. ## Companies like Velvet In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Kevel** $75M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kevel)[**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**Gradient** $24M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradient)[**Pipedrive** $90M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pipedrive)[**7Pi** $125K · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/7pi)[**Zeely** $8.8M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeely) ## 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