# Whip Media funding: rounds and investors

> Whip Media has raised $50M across 1 round since 2020. Investors include Y Combinator, Greycroft and IVP. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Whip Media*

One round we have observed, with the 5 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Media

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$50M** raised across 1 round since 2020, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Series D, $50M Jan 2020
- **Investors:** 5

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jan 2020** Series D **$50M** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [BAM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bam-ventures) [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Whip Media's own website: 6 on the team.

- **Welby Chen** Chief Executive Officer
- **Bill Gadala** Chief Financial Officer
- **Chase Cabanillas** Chief Technology Officer
- **Jerry Inman** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Jeff Varnell** SVP, Head of Sales
- **Madhura Bagwe** SVP, Head of Business Operations

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) VC firm **1** round

[IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) VC firm **1** round

[BAM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bam-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Whip Media 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.

[Advance Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advance-venture-partners) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Whip Media

### Who invested in Whip Media?

Whip Media's investors include Y Combinator, Greycroft, IVP, BAM Ventures and Compound.

### How much has Whip Media raised?

Whip Media has raised $50M across 1 round since 2020.

### When did Whip Media last raise?

Whip Media's most recent round was a Series D of $50M in Jan 2020.

### What was Whip Media's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $50M in Jan 2020, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Whip Media first?

Whip Media's first round on record, in Jan 2020, was backed by Y Combinator, Greycroft and IVP and 2 others.

### What stage is Whip Media at?

Whip Media's latest named round is a Series D, in Jan 2020.

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