# WayUp funding: rounds and investors > WayUp has raised $27M across 4 rounds since 2014. Investors include BoxGroup, Lerer Hippeau and Y Combinator. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/wayup (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *WayUp* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 17 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. Internet Education Y Combinator: W15 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$27M** raised across 4 rounds since 2014, from 4 sources **$968K** Seed **$200K** Venture **$7.8M** Series A **$19M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $19M Mar 2017 - **Step-up i:** 2.4× - **Investors:** 17 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. 2015 2016 2017 **$968K** Seed **$200K** Venture **$7.8M** Series A **$19M** Series B - **First round:** Seed, $968K - **Biggest round:** $19M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 5 months ## The rounds - **Mar 2017** Series B **$19M** *4 new* *5 returning* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Female Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/female-founders-fund) [CAA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caa-ventures) [Axel Springer Digital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/axel-springer-digital-ventures) OurCrowd Trinity Ventures/ General Catalyst Reported by FinSMEs - **Apr 2015** Series A **$7.8M** *4 new* *2 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) From a historical funding record - **Dec 2014** Venture **$200K** *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record - **Sept 2014** Seed **$968K** *9 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron) [Female Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/female-founders-fund) [Red Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-sea-ventures) [Nihal Mehta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nihal-mehta) [Kal Vepuri](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kal-vepuri) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From WayUp's own website: 2 on the team. - **Financial Rep Internship** Intern · Hybrid - **Turner Construction** Intern - 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. **Seed** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2017 [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) [Female Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/female-founders-fund) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron) ## Everyone who backed them [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **3** rounds [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) VC firm **3** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **2** rounds [Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Female Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/female-founders-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round [RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron) VC firm **1** round [Red Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-sea-ventures) VC firm **1** round [CAA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/caa-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Axel Springer Digital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/axel-springer-digital-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Nihal Mehta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nihal-mehta) VC firm **1** round [Kal Vepuri](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kal-vepuri) Angel **1** round OurCrowd no record of our own yet **1** round Trinity Ventures/ General Catalyst 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=wayup). ## 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. [Steele Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steele-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about WayUp ### Who invested in WayUp? WayUp's investors include BoxGroup, Lerer Hippeau, Y Combinator, SV Angel and Index Ventures, and 12 more on record. ### 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. ## Companies like WayUp In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**Tolan** $30M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tolan)[**Sharp Performance** $30M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sharp-performance)[**Welltory** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltory)[**Clasp** $28M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/clasp)[**Scholar Education** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/scholar-education) ## 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