# WayBetter funding: rounds and investors

> WayBetter has raised $14M across 5 rounds since 2011. Investors include Seedinvest, Kima Ventures and RiverPark Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *WayBetter*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 19 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$14M** raised across 5 rounds since 2011, from 5 sources

**$1.0M** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **$2.8M** Series A **$9.3M** Crowdfunding

- **Latest round:** Venture Jan 2019
- **Biggest round:** $9.3M Crowdfunding · Jul 2015
- **Investors:** 19

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.

2013 2015 2017 2019

**$1.0M** Seed

**$1.0M** Seed

**$2.8M** Series A

**$9.3M** Crowdfunding

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $1.0M
- **Biggest round:** $9.3M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 19 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2019** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *3 returning* [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) [RiverPark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverpark-ventures) Source recorded
- **Jul 2015** Crowdfunding **$9.3M** *2 new* *4 returning* [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) [RiverPark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverpark-ventures) [Loeb Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/loeb-enterprises) [Sparx Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparx-ventures) [Wilson Sonsini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wilson-sonsini) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $433K sold, first sale Oct 2015
- **Aug 2014** Series A **$2.8M** *7 new* *1 returning* [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) [RiverPark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverpark-ventures) [Andy Appelbaum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-appelbaum) [Sami Inkinen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sami-inkinen) [Michael Loeb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-loeb) [Simon Gerovich](https://millionrounds.com/fund/simon-gerovich) Victor Penev From a historical funding record SEC filing: $2.3M sold, first sale Aug 2014
- **May 2013** Seed **$1.0M** *4 new* *2 returning* [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) [Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wilson-sonsini-goodrich-and-rosati) [Burch Creative Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burch-creative-capital) [Suraj Sani](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suraj-sani) [Timothy Settel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/timothy-settel) [Tom Chisholm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-chisholm) From a historical funding record
- **Sept 2011** Seed **$1.0M** *5 new* [Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wilson-sonsini-goodrich-and-rosati) [Sparx Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparx-ventures) [Suraj Sani](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suraj-sani) [Alex Zhardanovsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alex-zhardanovsky) [Joe Speiser](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-speiser) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **James S. Rosen** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Patrick S. George* *Rolando S. Cohen*

## 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** 2011 **Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Crowdfunding** 2015 **Venture** 2019 [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [RiverPark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverpark-ventures) [Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wilson-sonsini-goodrich-and-rosati) [Sparx Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparx-ventures) [Suraj Sani](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suraj-sani) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Burch Creative Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burch-creative-capital) [Andy Appelbaum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-appelbaum) [Loeb Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/loeb-enterprises)

## Everyone who backed them

[Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) VC firm **4** rounds

[Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[RiverPark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riverpark-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wilson-sonsini-goodrich-and-rosati) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Sparx Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparx-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Suraj Sani](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suraj-sani) Angel **2** rounds

[FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round

[Burch Creative Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burch-creative-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Andy Appelbaum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-appelbaum) VC firm **1** round

[Loeb Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/loeb-enterprises) Private equity **1** round

[Sami Inkinen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sami-inkinen) Angel **1** round

[Wilson Sonsini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wilson-sonsini) Investment firm **1** round

[Michael Loeb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-loeb) Angel **1** round

[Alex Zhardanovsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alex-zhardanovsky) VC firm **1** round

[Joe Speiser](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-speiser) Angel **1** round

[Simon Gerovich](https://millionrounds.com/fund/simon-gerovich) Angel **1** round

[Timothy Settel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/timothy-settel) Angel **1** round

[Tom Chisholm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-chisholm) Angel **1** round

Victor Penev 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=waybetter).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists WayBetter as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[New Ground Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-ground-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about WayBetter

### Who invested in WayBetter?

WayBetter's investors include Seedinvest, Kima Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Sparx Ventures, and 14 more on record.

### How much has WayBetter raised?

WayBetter has raised $14M across 5 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did WayBetter last raise?

WayBetter's most recent round was a Venture in Jan 2019.

### What was WayBetter's biggest round?

WayBetter's largest round on record is $9.3M (Crowdfunding), in Jul 2015.

### Who backed WayBetter first?

WayBetter's first round on record, in Sept 2011, was backed by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Sparx Ventures and Suraj Sani and 2 others.

### What stage is WayBetter at?

WayBetter's latest named round is a Venture, in Jan 2019.

### Where is WayBetter based?

WayBetter is based in the United States.

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