Who invested in Perlego

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.

EdtechEntertainment

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$37Mraised across 3 rounds since 2019, from 3 sources

$9.0MSeries A$8.0MRound$20MVenture

Latest round: Venture, $20MOct 2024
Step-upi: 2.5×
Investors: 5

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20202021202220232024

$9.0MSeries A$8.0MRound$20MVenture

First round: Series A, $9.0M
Biggest round: $20M
Usual gap between rounds: 3.5 years

The rounds

Oct 2024
Venture$20M2 new1 returning
Source recorded
Apr 2021
Round$8.0M
No investor was named in the report.
Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet
Nov 2019
Series A$9.0M3 new
- Charlie Songhurst
- Dedicated VC
- Thomas Leysen
Reported by TechCrunch

Funding filed with regulators

Perlego filed 2 raises, $8.0M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

Apr 2022Amount not statedUK share allotment
Apr 2021$8.0MUK share allotment

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 A2019Round2021Venture2024Charlie Songhurst

Founders FactoryAmazon Web Services

Dedicated VCThomas Leysen

Everyone who backed them

Charlie SonghurstVC firm2rounds

Founders FactoryAccelerator1round

Amazon Web ServicesVC firm1round

Dedicated VCVC firm1round

Thomas Leysenno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Perlego 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.