# Watchful funding: rounds and investors > Watchful has raised $6.2M across 3 rounds since 2021. Investors include Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird Ventures and Foundation Capital. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/watchful (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) New Zealand · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Watchful* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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. AI Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$6.2M** raised across 3 rounds since 2021, from 3 sources **$2.7M** Seed **$3.5M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $3.5M Sept 2025 - **Step-up i:** 1.3× - **Investors:** 7 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 **?** Venture **$2.7M** Seed **$3.5M** Seed - **First round:** Venture - **Biggest round:** $3.5M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.3 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2025** Seed **$3.5M** *2 returning* [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) Source recorded - **Dec 2024** Seed **$2.7M** *2 new* [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) Source recorded - **Sept 2021** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *5 new* [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) [Zero Prime Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zero-prime-ventures) [Recursive Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recursive-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $5.0M sold, first sale Sept 2021 ## 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** 2021 **Seed** 2024 **Seed** 2025 [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) [Zero Prime Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zero-prime-ventures) [Recursive Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recursive-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) VC firm **2** rounds [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) VC firm **1** round [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) VC firm **1** round [Zero Prime Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zero-prime-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Recursive Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recursive-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=watchful). ## Quick answers about Watchful ### Who invested in Watchful? Watchful's investors include Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Foundation Capital, ff Venture Capital and Quiet Capital, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Watchful raised? Watchful has raised $6.2M across 3 rounds since 2021. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Watchful last raise? Watchful's most recent round was a Seed of $3.5M in Sept 2025. ### What was Watchful's biggest round? Its most recent round, $3.5M in Sept 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Watchful first? Watchful's first round on record, in Sept 2021, was backed by Foundation Capital, ff Venture Capital and Quiet Capital and 2 others. ### What stage is Watchful at? Watchful's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2025. ### Where is Watchful based? Watchful is based in New Zealand. ## Companies like Watchful In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Hyades** $634K · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyades)[**DataMasque** $5.6M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/datamasque)[**Halter** $689M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/halter)[**Polymath** $1.4M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/polymath)[**Hectre** $10M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hectre)[**Huckleberry** $1.2M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/huckleberry) ## 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