# what3words funding: rounds and investors > what3words has raised $35M across 9 rounds since 2013. Investors include Alumni Ventures, Plug and Play and Intel Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/what3words (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *what3words* 9 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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. Big Data & Analytics Internet Raised 4 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$35M** raised across 9 rounds since 2013, from 9 sources **$500K** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **$3.5M** Series A **$8.5M** Series B **$9.0M** Round **$9.1M** Round **$2.1M** Round **$965K** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $965K Jun 2026 - **Biggest round:** $9.1M Round · Feb 2025 - **Investors:** 10 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 2021 2023 2025 **$500K** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **?** Venture **$3.5M** Series A **$8.5M** Series B **$9.0M** Round **$9.1M** Round **$2.1M** Round **$965K** Round - **First round:** Seed, $500K - **Biggest round:** $9.1M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months ## The rounds - **Jun 2026** Round **$965K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Nov 2025** Round **$2.1M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Feb 2025** Round **$9.1M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Jul 2023** Round **$9.0M** *5 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) [Oryx Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oryx-fund) [VentureSouq](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturesouq) Source recorded - **Jun 2016** Series B **$8.5M** *1 new* Armamex Reported by VentureBeat - **Nov 2015** Series A **$3.5M** *2 new* [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) From a historical funding record - **Apr 2015** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Hambro Perks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hambro-perks) From a historical funding record - **Mar 2014** Seed **$1.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Nov 2013** Seed **$500K** *1 new* [Guy Westlake](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guy-westlake) Reported by techcrunch.com ## Funding filed with regulators what3words filed 4 raises, $23M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Jun 2026 **$965K** UK share allotment - Nov 2025 **$2.1M** UK share allotment - Feb 2025 **$9.1M** UK share allotment - Jun 2023 **$11M** UK share allotment ## 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** 2015 **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2016 **Round** 2023 **Round** 2025 **Round** 2025 **Round** 2026 [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) [Oryx Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oryx-fund) [VentureSouq](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturesouq) [Hambro Perks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hambro-perks) [Guy Westlake](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guy-westlake) Armamex ## Everyone who backed them [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **1** round [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) Corporate VC **1** round [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Sony Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-innovation-fund) Corporate VC **1** round [Oryx Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oryx-fund) VC firm **1** round [VentureSouq](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturesouq) VC firm **1** round [Hambro Perks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hambro-perks) VC firm **1** round [Guy Westlake](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guy-westlake) Angel **1** round Armamex 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=what3words). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list what3words 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. [FM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fm-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Impact Planet Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/impact-planet-ventures) Family office Per its own site [KI capital GmbH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ki-capital-gmbh) Corporate VC Per its own site [MENA Moonshots](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mena-moonshots) VC firm Per its own site [Soho Square](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soho-square-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about what3words ### Who invested in what3words? what3words's investors include Alumni Ventures, Plug and Play, Intel Capital, Horizons Ventures and Sony Innovation Fund, and 5 more on record. ### How much has what3words raised? what3words has raised $35M across 9 rounds since 2013. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did what3words last raise? what3words's most recent round, $965K, was in Jun 2026. ### What was what3words's biggest round? what3words's largest round on record is $9.1M, in Feb 2025. ### Who backed what3words first? what3words's first round on record, in Nov 2013, was backed by Guy Westlake. ### What stage is what3words at? what3words's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jul 2023. ### Where is what3words based? what3words is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like what3words In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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