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Who invested in WayUp?
WayUp's investors include BoxGroup, Lerer Hippeau, Y Combinator, SV Angel and Index Ventures, and 12 more on record.
201520162017
$968KSeed$200KVenture$7.8MSeries A$19MSeries B
United States · Series B startup
Who invested in WayUp
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$27Mraised across 4 rounds since 2014, from 4 sources
$968KSeed$200KVenture$7.8MSeries A$19MSeries B
- Latest round
- Series B, $19MMar 2017
- Step-upi
- 2.4×
- Investors
- 17
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $968K Sept 2014
- Biggest round
- $19M Series B · Mar 2017
- Usual gap between rounds
- 5 months the median of 3
The rounds
- Mar 2017Series B$19M4 new5 returning
SV Angel
Index Ventures
BoxGroup
Lerer Hippeau
Female Founders Fund
CAA Ventures
Axel Springer Digital Ventures- OurCrowd
- Trinity Ventures/ General Catalyst
Reported by FinSMEs
- Apr 2015Series A$7.8M4 new2 returning
From a historical funding record
- Dec 2014
- Sept 2014Seed$968K9 new
Y Combinator- BoxGroup
RRE Ventures- Lerer Hippeau
Maveron- Female Founders Fund
Red Sea Ventures- Nihal Mehta
- Kal Vepuri
From a historical funding record
Founders and team
From WayUp's own website: 2 on the team.
- Financial Rep InternshipIntern · Hybrid
- Turner ConstructionIntern - Operational Finance (Denver)
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.
Seed2014Venture2014Series A2015Series B2017BoxGroupLerer HippeauY CombinatorSV AngelIndex VenturesFemale Founders Fund
General CatalystRRE Ventures
Slow VenturesMaveron
BoxGroupLerer HippeauY CombinatorSV AngelIndex VenturesFemale Founders FundGeneral CatalystRRE VenturesSlow VenturesMaveronEveryone who backed them
Nihal MehtaVC firm1round
Kal VepuriAngel1round
OurCrowdno record of our own yet1round
Trinity Ventures/ General Catalystno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
This firm lists WayUp 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.
Quick answers about WayUp
How much has WayUp raised?
WayUp has raised $27M across 4 rounds since 2014.
When did WayUp last raise?
WayUp's most recent round was a Series B of $19M in Mar 2017.
What was WayUp's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $19M in Mar 2017, is also its largest on record.
Who backed WayUp first?
WayUp's first round on record, in Sept 2014, was backed by Y Combinator, BoxGroup and RRE Ventures and 6 others.
What stage is WayUp at?
WayUp's latest named round is a Series B, in Mar 2017.
Where is WayUp based?
WayUp is based in the United States.
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