# WaitWhat funding: rounds and investors

> WaitWhat has raised $4.3M across 1 round since 2018. Investors include Cue Ball, Joi Ito and Julia Popowitz. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *WaitWhat*

One round we have observed, with the 12 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Internet

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.3M** raised across 1 round since 2018, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Series A, $4.3M Feb 2018
- **Investors:** 12

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Feb 2018** Series A **$4.3M** [Cue Ball](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cue-ball-capital) [Joi Ito](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joi-ito) [Julia Popowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/julia-popowitz) [Maria Thomas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maria-thomas) [Liminal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liminal-ventures) Ann Lovell Burda Principal Investments/ Reid Hoffman Jacki Zehner Joshua Schacter Roy Martin Scott Green Will Allen Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From WaitWhat's own website: 1 founder, 20 on the team.

**Jai Punjabi** Co-Founder and Managing Director

- **Jeff Berman** Chief Executive Officer
- **Taryn Fixel** President and Chief Operating Officer
- **Jodine Dorcé** Vice President of Live Events
- **Ryan Holladay** Vice President of Music
- **Tim Cronin** Vice President of Design
- **Phillip Kean** Fractional Chief Financial Officer
- **Steph Bernstein Rosen** Head of People
- **Aaron Bastinelli** Technical Production Manager
- **Alexis Mayrer** Data Analytics and Marketing Operations Manager
- **Annabella Pena** Marketing Manager
- **Bryan Pugh** Technical Director
- **Chloe Goshay** Director of Alliances
- **Colin Howarth** Senior Digital Content Manager
- **Emily Lang** Director of Alliances
- **Eric Drobny** Senior Director of Audience Development and Marketing
- **Jordan Larsen Warner** Senior Director of Alliances
- **Katy Warren** Audience and Events Marketing Manager
- **Kelsie Saison** Senior Graphic and Web Designer

And 2 more on the team.

## Everyone who backed them

[Cue Ball](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cue-ball-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Joi Ito](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joi-ito) Angel **1** round

[Julia Popowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/julia-popowitz) VC firm **1** round

[Maria Thomas](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maria-thomas) Angel **1** round

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

Ann Lovell no record of our own yet **1** round

Burda Principal Investments/ Reid Hoffman no record of our own yet **1** round

Jacki Zehner no record of our own yet **1** round

Joshua Schacter no record of our own yet **1** round

Roy Martin no record of our own yet **1** round

Scott Green no record of our own yet **1** round

Will Allen 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=waitwhat).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list WaitWhat 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.

[Human Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/human-ventures-llc) Accelerator Per its own site

[Maywic Select Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maywic-select-investments) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about WaitWhat

### Who invested in WaitWhat?

WaitWhat's investors include Cue Ball, Joi Ito, Julia Popowitz, Maria Thomas and Liminal Ventures, and 7 more on record.

### How much has WaitWhat raised?

WaitWhat has raised $4.3M across 1 round since 2018.

### When did WaitWhat last raise?

WaitWhat's most recent round was a Series A of $4.3M in Feb 2018.

### What was WaitWhat's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.3M in Feb 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed WaitWhat first?

WaitWhat's first round on record, in Feb 2018, was backed by Cue Ball, Joi Ito and Julia Popowitz and 9 others.

### What stage is WaitWhat at?

WaitWhat's latest named round is a Series A, in Feb 2018.

### Where is WaitWhat based?

WaitWhat is based in the United States.

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