# YugaByte funding: rounds and investors > YugaByte has raised $212M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, 8VC and Sapphire Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/yugabyte (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *YugaByte* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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 Cloud Valuation: $1.3B, Mar 2026 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$212M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources **$8.0M** Series A **$16M** Round **$188M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $188M Oct 2021 - **Step-up i:** 11.8× - **Investors:** 5 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 **$8.0M** Series A **$16M** Round **$188M** Series C - **First round:** Series A, $8.0M - **Biggest round:** $188M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.3 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2021** Series C **$188M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) Source recorded - **Jun 2018** Round **$16M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Dell Technologies Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell-technologies-capital) Reported by FinSMEs - **Nov 2017** Series A **$8.0M** *2 new* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) Jeff Rothschild Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From YugaByte's own website: 2 founders, 2 on the team. **Kannan Muthukkaruppan** Co-Founder & Co-CEO **Karthik Ranganathan** Co-Founder & Co-CEO - **A Fully Managed DBaaS** Columnist and Head of Developer Ecosystem - **Matt Asay** Columnist and Head of Developer Ecosystem ## 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 A** 2017 **Round** 2018 **Series C** 2021 [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [Dell Technologies Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell-technologies-capital) Jeff Rothschild ## Everyone who backed them [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **3** rounds [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm **1** round [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Dell Technologies Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell-technologies-capital) Corporate VC **1** round Jeff Rothschild 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=yugabyte). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list YugaByte 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. [Alkeon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alkeon-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Co-Creation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/co-creation-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Neha Narkhede](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neha-narkhede) Angel Per its own site ## Quick answers about YugaByte ### Who invested in YugaByte? YugaByte's investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, 8VC, Sapphire Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital and Jeff Rothschild. ### How much has YugaByte raised? YugaByte has raised $212M across 3 rounds since 2017. ### When did YugaByte last raise? YugaByte's most recent round was a Series C of $188M in Oct 2021. ### What was YugaByte's biggest round? Its most recent round, $188M in Oct 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed YugaByte first? YugaByte's first round on record, in Nov 2017, was backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Jeff Rothschild. ### What stage is YugaByte at? YugaByte's latest named round is a Series C, in Oct 2021. ### Where is YugaByte based? YugaByte is based in the United States. ## Companies like YugaByte In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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