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Pitch deck · Y Combinator Winter 2012

Gusto's pitch deck

The deck, and the 10 rounds we watched Gusto raise afterwards, with the investors each report named.

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  1. Jul 2025

    VentureAmount undisclosed

    A*Emergence CapitalFelicisGeneral AtlanticGeneral CatalystPear VCSV AngelY Combinator

    Source recorded

  2. Jul 2019

    Series D$200M

    Fidelity Management & Research CompanyGeneral CatalystT. Rowe Price Associates

    Reported by FinSMEs

  3. Jul 2018

    Series C$140M

    CapitalGDragoneerEmergenceGeneral CatalystKleiner PerkinsMSDT. Rowe Price AssociatesY Combinator Continuity Fund

    Reported by FinSMEs

  4. Nov 2016

    Round$90M

    General Catalyst PartnersLeadGoogle CapitalLeadAaron LevieAaron PatzerAdam NashAlex BardAlexis OhanianAli RowghaniAltimeter Capital ManagementAndrew ChenAndrew HoustonAriel EmanuelArjun SethiAshton KutcherAtom FactoryBenjamin LingBobby YazdaniCapitalGCharles CheeverChung-Man TamClara ShihDan RoseDaniel VeltriData CollectiveDave GoldbergDavid SacksDesigner FundDharmesh ShahDouglas SleeterElad GilEmergence Capital PartnersEntrée CapitalEric RiesEvan WilliamsFrontier Tech VenturesGVGail GoodmanGlynn Capital ManagementHiten ShahHomebrewJames BesharaJared KopfJared LetoJawed KarimJay SimmonsJed YorkJeff SeibertJeremy StoppelmanJerry YangJoe GreensteinJohn SuhlerJoseph WallaJosh SilvermanJoshua SchachterJulia PopowitzJustin RosensteinKal VepuriKaren MillsKenny Van ZantKevin ColleranKevin HartzKevin SystromKindling CapitalKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersKris DugganLarry AugustinLarry SummersLee LindenMarco ZappacostaMariam NaficyMark BrittoMark LeslieMatt CuttsMatt HumphreyMatt MickiewiczMatt MullenwegMatthew RogersMax LevchinObvious VenturesPaige CraigPatrick CollisonPaul BuchheitPear VenturesPejman NozadPhil LibinRam ShriramRibbit CapitalRyan HolmesSalesforce VenturesSam AltmanSamuel LessinSherpalo VenturesSignatures CapitalStart FundSteve LoughlinSue DeckerTien TzuoTobias LutkeTrip AdlerTroy CarterWME Venture PartnersWayne ChangY CombinatorZachary Bogue

    Source recorded

  5. Apr 2015

    Series B$60M

    Altimeter CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersGeneral Catalyst PartnersGlynn Capital ManagementGoogle CapitalKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersRibbit Capital

    Source recorded

  6. Aug 2014

    Venture$500K

    No investor was named in the report.

    Source recorded

  7. Apr 2014

    Seed$1.3M

    Elevate Ventures

    Source recorded

  8. Feb 2014

    Series A$20M

    AFSquareGeneral Catalyst PartnersKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersObvious Ventures

    Source recorded

  9. Dec 2012

    Seed$6.1M

    Aaron LevieBenjamin LingBobby YazdaniDan RoseData CollectiveDavid SacksDrew HoustonElad GilGoogle VenturesJawed KarimJeremy StoppelmanJoshua SchachterJulia PopowitzKris DugganLarry AugustinLee LindenMark LesliePaul BuchheitPejman NozadRam ShriramSalesforce VenturesSherpalo VenturesSignatures CapitalStart FundTien TzuoY Combinator

    Reported by techcrunch.com

  10. Feb 2012

    SeedAmount undisclosed

    Salesforce VenturesY Combinator

    Source recorded

Everyone who backed Gusto

Form D

What they told the regulator

Gusto filed 8 Form Ds with the SEC

The company reporting its own raise, rather than a journalist reporting it.

$175Msold under the offeringAug 2021most recent filing
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Investors who claim them

Firms listing Gusto on their own portfolio page: the firm's own account rather than a round we watched. Weaker than an announcement, much stronger than a list somebody sold us.

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