# WattBuy funding: rounds and investors > WattBuy has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Powerhouse Ventures, Techstars and Moderne Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/wattbuy (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *WattBuy* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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. Cleantech Energy Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$12M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$1.2M** Seed **$11M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $11M Oct 2021 - **Step-up i:** 9.3× - **Investors:** 5 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. 2020 2021 **$1.2M** Seed **$11M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $1.2M - **Biggest round:** $11M - **Between rounds:** 2.2 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2021** Series A **$11M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Powerhouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/powerhouse-ventures-limited) [Moderne Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/moderne-ventures) [MCJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mcj) Source recorded - **Jul 2019** Seed **$1.2M** *2 new* [Powerhouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/powerhouse-ventures-limited) [Schmidt Futures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/schmidt-futures) Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From WattBuy's own website: 2 founders, 9 on the team. **Naman Trivedi** Co-Founder & CEO **Ben Hood** Co-Founder & CPO - **Ivy Sheibar** Chief Business Officer - **Mason Hollis** VP of Engineering - **David Bashford** Sr Director of Engineering - **Greg Zales** Director of Business Development - **Jalay Simaria** Development Team Lead - **Julie Solarz** Senior Manager of Business Development - **Marcus Fennessy** Director of Finance and Operations - **Nishant Gajjar** Project Manager - **Yana Barysheva** Director of Design ## 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** 2019 **Series A** 2021 [Powerhouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/powerhouse-ventures-limited) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Moderne Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/moderne-ventures) [MCJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mcj) [Schmidt Futures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/schmidt-futures) ## Everyone who backed them [Powerhouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/powerhouse-ventures-limited) VC firm **2** rounds [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round [Moderne Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/moderne-ventures) VC firm **1** round [MCJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mcj) VC firm **1** round [Schmidt Futures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/schmidt-futures) Accelerator **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=wattbuy). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list WattBuy 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. [Evergy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/evergy-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site [Keybridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keybridge-ventures) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about WattBuy ### Who invested in WattBuy? WattBuy's investors include Powerhouse Ventures, Techstars, Moderne Ventures, MCJ and Schmidt Futures. ### How much has WattBuy raised? WattBuy has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did WattBuy last raise? WattBuy's most recent round was a Series A of $11M in Oct 2021. ### What was WattBuy's biggest round? Its most recent round, $11M in Oct 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed WattBuy first? WattBuy's first round on record, in Jul 2019, was backed by Powerhouse Ventures and Schmidt Futures. ### What stage is WattBuy at? WattBuy's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2021. ### Where is WattBuy based? WattBuy is based in the United States. ## Companies like WattBuy In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Amogy** $125M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/amogy)[**LanzaJet** $67M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanzajet)[**Pivot Energy** $500M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pivot-energy)[**Pennsylvania American Water** $43M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pennsylvania-american-water)[**Peak Energy** $163M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/peak-energy)[**Vertical Semiconductor** $84M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertical-semiconductor) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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