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Who invested in Wire?
Wire's investors include Vulcan Capital, Techstars, One Way Ventures, Ali Partovi and UVC Partners, and 10 more on record.
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$2.3MSeed$1.8MSeed$25MSeries C
United States · Series C startup
Who invested in Wire
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$29Mraised across 3 rounds since 2013, from 3 sources
$2.3MSeed$1.8MSeed$25MSeries C
- Latest round
- Series C, $25MAug 2022
- Step-upi
- 13.8×
- Investors
- 15
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, $2.3M Jan 2013
- Biggest round
- $25M Series C · Aug 2022
- Usual gap between rounds
- 8.8 years the median of 2
The rounds
- Aug 2022
- Nov 2013Seed$1.8M1 new1 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $600K sold, first sale Jun 2013
- Jan 2013Seed$2.3M12 new
Vulcan Capital- Ali Partovi
- Erik Blachford
Prefix Capital- Rudy Gadre
- Hank Vigil
Spencer Rascoff- Rick Dalzell
- Mike Slade
- Bruce Jaffe
- Brent Hill
- Brian Ma
From a historical funding record
Founders and team
From Wire's own website: 5 on the team.
- Benjamin SchilzCEO
- Adam LowCTO
- Andrea RabeVP People & Culture
- Thomas NugelVP Finance
- Robert KallwiesDirector Information Security
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.
Everyone who backed them
Ali PartoviVC firm1round
Erik BlachfordVC firm1round
Rudy GadreVC firm1round
Hank VigilVC firm1round
Rick DalzellAngel1round
Mike SladeAngel1round
Bruce JaffeAngel1round
Brent HillAngel1round
Brian MaAngel1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 2 firms list Wire 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.
Quick answers about Wire
How much has Wire raised?
Wire has raised $29M across 3 rounds since 2013.
When did Wire last raise?
Wire's most recent round was a Series C of $25M in Aug 2022.
What was Wire's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $25M in Aug 2022, is also its largest on record.
Who backed Wire first?
Wire's first round on record, in Jan 2013, was backed by Vulcan Capital, Ali Partovi and Erik Blachford and 9 others.
What stage is Wire at?
Wire's latest named round is a Series C, in Aug 2022.
Where is Wire based?
Wire is based in the United States.
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