India · Who invested in Whatfix?
Whatfix's investors include Eight Roads Ventures India, Sequoia Capital, Peak XV, Warburg Pincus and F-Prime Capital, and 10 more on record.
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$3.5MSeries A$13MSeries B$125MSeries E
India · Series E startup
Who invested in Whatfix
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$141Mraised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources
$3.5MSeries A$13MSeries B$125MSeries E
- Latest round
- Series E, $125MSept 2024
- Step-upi
- 10×
- Investors
- 15 (1 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Series A, $3.5M Apr 2017
- Biggest round
- $125M Series E · Sept 2024
- Usual gap between rounds
- 5.5 years the median of 2
The rounds
- Sept 2024
- Mar 2019Series B$13M5 new
- Eight Roads Ventures IndiaLead
F-Prime Capital- Cisco
Stellaris Venture Partners- Helion
Reported by YourStory
- Apr 2017Series A$3.5M6 new
- Gokul Rajaram
Powerhouse Ventures- Girish Mathrubootham
- Aneesh Reddy
- Stellaris Venture Partners/ Helion
- Vispi Daver
Reported by FinSMEs
Founders and team
From Whatfix's own website: 1 founder, 11 on the team.
Vara Kumar NamburuCo-founder & Chief Executive Officer
- Akshay AgarwalVice President at Peak XV (fka Sequoia India)
- Narendra RathiVice President at SoftBank Investment Advisers
- Kapil JaiswalHead of Products
- Kulbhushan RanaHead of Solutions & Business Applications
- Mohit JainGlobal Head of Customer Success & Services
- Patrick AshamallaHead of Product Research & Design
- Subhadeep GuinHead of Engineering
- Supriya GoswamiHead of Marketing
- Vipul GuptaHead of Revenue Operations & Industry Strategy
- Vispi DaverGlobal Head of Sales and Partnerships
- Quick LinksAcorn accelerated recruiter onboarding time 80% with Whatfix
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.
Series A2017Series B2019Series E2024Eight Roads Ventures IndiaL
Sequoia Capital
Peak XV
Warburg PincusF-Prime CapitalCisco
Cisco InvestmentsGokul RajaramPowerhouse VenturesGirish Mathrubootham
Sequoia CapitalPeak XVWarburg PincusF-Prime CapitalCiscoCisco InvestmentsGokul RajaramPowerhouse VenturesGirish MathruboothamEveryone who backed them
Eight Roads Ventures Indiano record of our own yet1round, led 1
CiscoCorporate VC1round
Gokul RajaramAngel1round
Girish MathruboothamVC firm1round
Aneesh Reddyno record of our own yet1round
Helionno record of our own yet1round
Stellaris Venture Partners/ Helionno record of our own yet1round
Vispi Daverno record of our own yet1round
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Quick answers about Whatfix
How much has Whatfix raised?
Whatfix has raised $141M across 3 rounds since 2017.
When did Whatfix last raise?
Whatfix's most recent round was a Series E of $125M in Sept 2024.
What was Whatfix's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $125M in Sept 2024, is also its largest on record.
Who backed Whatfix first?
Whatfix's first round on record, in Apr 2017, was backed by Gokul Rajaram, Powerhouse Ventures and Girish Mathrubootham and 3 others.
What stage is Whatfix at?
Whatfix's latest named round is a Series E, in Sept 2024.
Where is Whatfix based?
Whatfix is based in India.
Who led Whatfix's rounds?
Eight Roads Ventures India led the Series B in 2019.
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