# Verb funding: rounds and investors > Verb has raised $8.7M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Brett Hurt, Barshop Ventures and Tom Meredith. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/verb (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Verb* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 20 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. Edtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$8.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources **$2.3M** Seed **$6.4M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $6.4M Dec 2019 - **Step-up i:** 2.8× - **Investors:** 20 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 2017 2018 2019 **$2.3M** Seed **$6.4M** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $2.3M - **Biggest round:** $6.4M - **Between rounds:** 4.5 years ## The rounds - **Dec 2019** Seed **$6.4M** *5 new* [Brett Hurt](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brett-hurt) [Barshop Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barshop-ventures) Andy Roddick Leon Chen Nav Sooch Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $5.0M sold, first sale Aug 2019 - **Jun 2015** Seed **$2.3M** *15 new* [Tom Meredith](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-meredith) [Matthew Dowd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matthew-dowd) Andrew Bursten Bobby Epstein David Hunt Donna Wilkins Herbert Simon John Thornton Kurt Wilkins Lance Fors Lisa Graham Marc Winkelman Pamela Ryan Walter Wilkie Zita Cassizzi 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. **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2019 [Brett Hurt](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brett-hurt) [Barshop Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barshop-ventures) [Tom Meredith](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-meredith) [Matthew Dowd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matthew-dowd) Andrew Bursten Andy Roddick Bobby Epstein David Hunt Donna Wilkins Herbert Simon ## Everyone who backed them [Brett Hurt](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brett-hurt) Angel **1** round [Barshop Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barshop-ventures) Family office **1** round [Tom Meredith](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-meredith) Angel **1** round [Matthew Dowd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matthew-dowd) Angel **1** round Andrew Bursten no record of our own yet **1** round Andy Roddick no record of our own yet **1** round Bobby Epstein no record of our own yet **1** round David Hunt no record of our own yet **1** round Donna Wilkins no record of our own yet **1** round Herbert Simon no record of our own yet **1** round John Thornton no record of our own yet **1** round Kurt Wilkins no record of our own yet **1** round Lance Fors no record of our own yet **1** round Leon Chen no record of our own yet **1** round Lisa Graham no record of our own yet **1** round Marc Winkelman no record of our own yet **1** round Nav Sooch no record of our own yet **1** round Pamela Ryan no record of our own yet **1** round Walter Wilkie no record of our own yet **1** round Zita Cassizzi 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=verb). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Verb 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. [Capital Innovators](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-innovators) Accelerator Per its own site [The SageHouse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-sagehouse) Advisor Per its own site [Colab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/colab) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Verb ### Who invested in Verb? Verb's investors include Brett Hurt, Barshop Ventures, Tom Meredith, Matthew Dowd and Andrew Bursten, and 15 more on record. ### How much has Verb raised? Verb has raised $8.7M across 2 rounds since 2015. ### When did Verb last raise? Verb's most recent round was a Seed of $6.4M in Dec 2019. ### What was Verb's biggest round? Its most recent round, $6.4M in Dec 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Verb first? Verb's first round on record, in Jun 2015, was backed by Tom Meredith, Matthew Dowd and Andrew Bursten and 12 others. ### What stage is Verb at? Verb's latest named round is a Seed, in Dec 2019. ### Where is Verb based? Verb is based in the United States. ## Companies like Verb In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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