Member Raises
Rounds raised by companies Lounge members founded, co-founded or ran as CEO before their current one, largest first. Sort by any column.
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 @dhassellDavid Hassell | Co-founder & CEO | Series C | $52M | $95M | Jul 2022 | Quad Partners | Next47, Origin Ventures, Edison Partners, Matrix Partners +2 | 15Five raised a $52M Series C led by Quad Partners (2022). | 15five.com ↗finsmes.com ↗ | |
 @ryanallisRyan Allis | Co-Founder & CEO | Series B | $40M | $46M | Aug 2010 | JMI Equity | iContact raised a $40M Series B from JMI Equity (Aug 2010). | techcrunch.com ↗ | ||
 @oliverOliver Schmalholz | Co-founder & Chairman | Series A | $37M | $37M | 2000 | Kiwwi raised a $36.6M Series A (around 2000). | cbinsights.com ↗pressetext.com ↗ | |||
| @oliverOliver Schmalholz | Co-founder | Series A | $37M | $37M | 2000 | Global Equity Partners Beteiligungs-Management | Kiwwi, a Vienna-based telecom and internet provider co-founded by Oliver Schmalholz and Arnaud Enèe, raised a $36.6M Series A with Global Equity Partners as an investor (around 2000). | cbinsights.com ↗pressetext.com ↗ | ||
| @dhassellDavid Hassell | Co-founder & CEO | Series B | $31M | $95M | Jun 2019 | Next47 | Matrix Partners, Point Nine Capital, LAUNCH Fund, Newground Ventures +3 | 15Five raised a $30.7M Series B led by Next47 (2019). | 15five.com ↗onlinemarketplaces.com ↗ | |
 @guyGuy Yalif | Co-founder & CEO | Series B | $30M | $52M | Jul 2021 | Cobalt Capital | Addition, Amplify Partners, Homebrew, Precursor Ventures | Intellimize raised a $30M Series B led by Cobalt Capital (2021), bringing its total raised to $52M across four rounds. | venturebeat.com ↗demandgenreport.com ↗ | |
 @john-a-ryanJohn Ryan | CEO & President | Private placement (Series B common stock) | $26M | $26M | Dec 1996 | Entrust Technologies raised about $26M by selling 260,000 shares of Series B common stock at $100 per share in a private placement when it was spun out of Nortel (Dec 1996). | sec.gov ↗sec.gov ↗ | |||
| @john-a-ryanJohn Ryan | Founding President & CEO | Series B private placement | $26M | $26M | Dec 1996 | When Entrust Technologies was spun out of Nortel, it raised about $26M by selling 260,000 Series B shares at $100 each in a private placement (December 1996). | sec.gov ↗ | |||
 @alokenathAloke Nath | Co-founder | Venture | $20M | $20M | — | Chase Capital Partners | ABS Capital Partners | Syncata raised $20M in venture funding from Chase Capital (date not disclosed, likely around 2000). | indiacurrents.com ↗pitchbook.com ↗ | |
| @alokenathAloke Nath | Co-founder | Growth | $20M | $20M | — | Chase Capital Partners | Syncata, co-founded by brothers Aloke and Ujj Nath, took $20M in venture funding from Chase Capital Partners (exact date not public, probably around 2000-2002). | indiacurrents.com ↗pitchbook.com ↗ | ||
| @john-a-ryanJohn Ryan | Chairman, CEO & President | Private placement (secured convertible notes + warrants) | $20M | $42M | Nov 2004 | Omicron Master Trust, Amulet Limited | Zix Corporation raised $20M in a private placement of secured convertible notes and warrants from Omicron Master Trust and Amulet Limited (Nov 2004). | sec.gov ↗sec.gov ↗ | ||
 @emericEmeric Ernoult | Co-founder & CEO | Series B | $18M | $19M | Sep 2019 | Hi Inov Dentressangle | Cipio Partners, Entrepreneur Venture | Agorapulse raised €16.5M (about $18.3M) led by Hi Inov Dentressangle, with Cipio Partners and Entrepreneur Venture (Sep 2019). | frenchweb.fr ↗tech.eu ↗ | |
 @scardogGreg Fitzgerald | Co-founder, CXO/President & Board Member | Series A extension | $17M | $56M | Mar 2024 | SYN Ventures | .406 Ventures, Accomplice, Bill Wood Ventures, Washington Harbour Partners | Sevco Security raised $17M led by SYN Ventures, with .406 Ventures, Accomplice, Bill Wood Ventures and Washington Harbour Partners also investing, bringing its total funding to $38M (Mar 2024). | finsmes.com ↗fintech.global ↗ | |
| @scardogGreg Fitzgerald | Co-founder | Series B | $17M | $56M | Jun 2023 | SYN Ventures | .406 Ventures, Accomplice, Bill Wood Ventures, Washington Harbor Partners | Sevco Security raised a $17M round led by SYN Ventures (dated June 2023, announced March 2024), bringing its total raised to about $38M. | fintech.global ↗tracxn.com ↗ | |
 @michael1Michael Young | Co-founder & Director, Technology | Series B | $16M | $22M | Jan 2013 | BASF Venture Capital, Rho Ventures, MentorTech Ventures, Rollo Capital Management +1 | Innova Dynamics closed an oversubscribed $16M Series B including BASF Venture Capital, Rho Ventures, MentorTech, Rollo Capital and Ryosuke Kuwada (Jan 2013). | innovadynamics.com ↗pitchbook.com ↗ | ||
| @john-a-ryanJohn Ryan | Chairman, CEO & President | Private placement (convertible notes + Series A/B convertible preferred) | $16M | $42M | Sep 2002 | HFTP Investment L.L.C., Gaia Offshore Master Fund, Ltd. | Zix Corporation raised $16M in private placements of convertible notes, Series A and Series B convertible preferred stock, and warrants (Sep 2002). | sec.gov ↗sec.gov ↗ | ||
| @scardogGreg Fitzgerald | Co-founder, CXO/President & Board Member | Series A | $15M | $56M | Jun 2021 | SYN Ventures | .406 Ventures, Accomplice, Bill Wood Ventures, fama Ventures | Sevco Security launched with a $15M Series A led by SYN Ventures, with .406 Ventures, Accomplice, Bill Wood Ventures and fama Ventures also investing (Jun 2021). | businesswire.com ↗helpnetsecurity.com ↗ | |
 @pavansondurPavan Sondur | Co-founder & CEO | Series C | $13M | $15M | 2017 | Eight Roads Ventures | IDG Ventures India, Inventus Capital Partners | Unbxd raised a $12.5M Series C led by Eight Roads Ventures, with IDG Ventures and Inventus Capital Partners also investing (2017). | inc42.com ↗retailtouchpoints.com ↗ | |
| @guyGuy Yalif | Co-founder & CEO | Series A-1 | $12M | $52M | Oct 2020 | Addition | Amplify Partners, Homebrew, Precursor Ventures | Intellimize raised a $12M Series A-1 led by Addition (2020). | news.crunchbase.com ↗fenwick.com ↗ | |
| @ryanallisRyan Allis | Co-Founder & CEO | Series B | $10M | $10M | Dec 2014 | Kinzon Capital | Brad Feld, Cyan Banister, Marc Benioff, Scott Banister | Connect.com raised a $10M Series B (Dec 2014) led by Kinzon Capital, with Brad Feld, Cyan Banister, Marc Benioff and Scott Banister participating. | theventurecodex.com ↗ | |
 @darrenDarren McMurtrie | Co-founder | Series A | $10M | $12M | Jun 2016 | carsales.com, Reinventure | Cultivation Capital, Rampersand | PromisePay raised a $10M (A$14M) Series A co-led by carsales.com and Reinventure (2016). | globalventuring.com ↗smartcompany.com.au ↗ | |
 @bobdBob Drobish | TTrue Games Interactive | Co-founder & CEO | Strategic investment (80% majority stake) | $10M | $10M | Aug 2008 | UTV Software Communications (via IG Interactive Entertainment) | UTV Software Communications | True Games Interactive sold an 80% stake to India's UTV Software Communications through its subsidiary IG Interactive Entertainment in a deal reported as worth more than $10M (announced Aug 2008, closed Sep 2008). | ocbj.com ↗medianama.com ↗ |
| @dhassellDavid Hassell | Co-founder & CEO | Series A | $8M | $95M | Dec 2018 | Origin Ventures | 15Five raised an $8M Series A led by Origin Ventures (2018). | startupintros.com ↗ | ||
| @guyGuy Yalif | Co-founder & CEO | Series A | $8M | $52M | Apr 2019 | Amplify Partners | Homebrew, Precursor Ventures, Angel investors | Intellimize raised an $8M Series A led by Amplify Partners (2019). | intellimize.com ↗finsmes.com ↗ | |
| @scardogGreg Fitzgerald | Co-founder, CXO/President & Board Member | Seed | $7M | $56M | May 2020 | Sevco Security raised a seed round of about $7M, with no investors disclosed (May 2020); PitchBook lists it as $7M and Dealroom as $6.7M. | pitchbook.com ↗app.dealroom.co ↗ | |||
 @alurysGonzalo Ruiz | Co-founder & CTO | Seed | $6M | $6M | Oct 2023 | Inventure | Picus Capital, Ilkka Paananen | getpaid, which Gonzalo Ruiz co-founded, raised a $6M (about €5.7M) seed round led by Inventure, with Picus Capital and angel investors joining (2023). | siliconcanals.com ↗tech.eu ↗ | |
| @john-a-ryanJohn Ryan | Chairman, CEO & President | Private placement (common stock + warrants) | $5.8M | $42M | Jun 2003 | Zix Corporation raised $5.75M in private placements of 1,566,758 common shares at $3.67 per share plus warrants (Jun 2003). | sec.gov ↗sec.gov ↗ | |||
| @michael1Michael Young | Co-founder | Series A | $5.5M | $22M | May 2010 | Innova Dynamics raised a $5.5M Series A (2010). | startupintros.com ↗i3connect.com ↗ | |||
| @ryanallisRyan Allis | Co-Founder & CEO | Series A | $5M | $46M | Jan 2007 | Updata Partners | iContact raised a $5M Series A from Updata Partners in 2007, its first institutional capital. | updata.com ↗cbsnews.com ↗ | ||
 @technickaiNick Sullivan | Founder & CEO | Seed | $3.5M | $3.5M | Dec 2014 | Pantera Capital | Boldstart Ventures, Digital Currency Group, CryptoCurrency Partners, 500 Startups | ChangeTip raised a $3.5M seed round led by Pantera Capital (2014). | finsmes.com ↗coindesk.com ↗ | |
 @mattjohanMatt Johan | Co-founder & Executive Director | Seed | $3.3M | $6.6M | Jun 2024 | Stepwise raised NOK 35M (about $3.3M) in June 2024, but that figure combines new equity, a convertible loan and a bank credit line, and the equity share was not disclosed. | news.cision.com ↗prnewswire.com ↗ | |||
| @mattjohanMatt Johan | Co-founder & Executive Director | Strategic | $3.3M | $6.6M | Jun 2024 | Eltek Holding | Stepwise, a Stavanger-based emissions management platform, raised NOK 35M (about $3.3M) in June 2024 from Eltek Holding; the total combines new equity, a convertible loan and a credit line with a major Nordic bank, and the equity share alone was not disclosed. | news.cision.com ↗prnewswire.com ↗ | ||
 @ricardo_ghekiereRicardo Ghekiere | Co-founder & CEO | Seed | $2.5M | $2.5M | Aug 2025 | MOC Capital, Shilling VC | Severine Nijs | BetterPic raised a $2.5M seed round led by MOC Capital and Shilling VC (2025). | cbs42.com ↗en.ain.ua ↗ | |
| @dhassellDavid Hassell | Co-founder & CEO | Seed 2 | $2.2M | $95M | Oct 2014 | Point Nine Capital, Matrix Partners, Simon Sinek, Adam Goldenberg +1 | 15Five raised a $2.2M Seed 2 round from Point Nine Capital, Matrix Partners, Simon Sinek and Adam Goldenberg (2014). | techcrunch.com ↗crunchbase.com ↗ | ||
 @timoTimo-Pekka Leinonen | Founder & CEO | Equity crowdfunding (later-stage) | $2.1M | $6.5M | May 2022 | Invesdor platform investors | WordDive Group raised €2,043,030 (~$2.15M) in an equity share issue on Invesdor at a ~€19.1M pre-money valuation (Apr–May 2022). | invest.invesdor.com ↗nordic9.com ↗ | ||
| @pavansondurPavan Sondur | Co-founder & CEO | Series A | $2M | $15M | Oct 2013 | IDG Ventures India, Inventus Capital Partners | Unbxd raised a $2M Series A from IDG Ventures India and Inventus Capital Partners (Oct 2013). | chiratae.com ↗medianama.com ↗ | ||
| @guyGuy Yalif | Co-founder & CEO | Seed | $2M | $52M | 2017 | Homebrew | Precursor Ventures | Intellimize raised a $2M seed round led by Homebrew (2017). | crunchbase.com ↗ | |
| @darrenDarren McMurtrie | Co-founder | Seed | $2M | $12M | 2015 | Cultivation Capital | Mark Harbottle, Reinventure | PromisePay raised about $2M (A$2.59M) in a seed round led by Cultivation Capital (2015). | thepaypers.com ↗smartcompany.com.au ↗ | |
| @timoTimo-Pekka Leinonen | Founder & CEO | Early VC / Seed (share issue) | $1.9M | $6.5M | Apr 2018 | Privanet platform investors | WordDive raised about €1.5M (~$1.85M) in a share issue through Privanet; Dealroom lists it at €1.6M (Apr 2018). | wikiwand.com ↗app.dealroom.co ↗ | ||
 @akhilAkhil Tripathi | Co-founder & CTO | Seed | $1.7M | $1.8M | Jul 2019 | Lightspeed India Partners, Venture Highway | Mayfield India, Kunal Shah, Maninder Gulati | MyScoot raised a $1.7M (INR 11.7 crore) seed round led by Lightspeed India Partners and Venture Highway, with Mayfield India and angels including Kunal Shah and Maninder Gulati also investing (Jul 2019). | yourstory.com ↗inc42.com ↗ | |
| @dhassellDavid Hassell | Co-founder & CEO | Seed | $1.6M | $95M | Jan 2013 | Richmond Global, 500 Startups, David Sacks, John Ham +4 | 15Five raised a first seed round of about $1.6M from Richmond Global, 500 Startups, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis and others (2013). | techcrunch.com ↗ | ||
| @ryanallisRyan Allis | Co-founder, Chairman & CEO | Total raised | $1.6M | $1.6M | Mar 2020 | Lerer Hippeau, Kilowatt Capital, Evolve Ventures | Hive Global had raised $1.6M in total from investors including Lerer Hippeau, Kilowatt Capital, Evolve Ventures and about 30 angels, as stated before its 2020 Republic campaign. | republic.com ↗crowdability.com ↗ | ||
| @timoTimo-Pekka Leinonen | Founder & CEO | Equity crowdfunding (seed) | $1.4M | $6.5M | Jan 2017 | Invesdor platform (658 investors) | WordDive raised €1,274,100 (~$1.35M) in equity from 658 investors through the Invesdor platform at a €5M pre-money valuation (Jan 2017). | crowdfundinsider.com ↗invest.invesdor.com ↗ | ||
 @thomasThomas V. Pilar | Co-founder & CEO | Seed | $1.1M | $1.1M | Aug 2015 | Mountain Partners, Cornelius Boersch | European Investment Fund, trivago founders, Alexander Fugger, Ron Hillmann +4 | TopCheck raised a $1.15M (€1M) seed round led by Mountain Partners and Cornelius Boersch (2015). | techpoint.africa ↗techcabal.com ↗ | |
 @foodforhealthAdam G. Southam | MMyFormulary | Founder & CEO | Seed | $809K | $884K | Jun 2012 | MyFormulary raised an $809K seed round (Jun 2012), according to PitchBook, with no investors named. | pitchbook.com ↗crunchbase.com ↗ | ||
| @timoTimo-Pekka Leinonen | Founder & CEO | Seed | $800K | $6.5M | Dec 2019 | WordDive raised about €715K (~$800K) in a seed round, according to Dealroom (Dec 2019). | app.dealroom.co ↗ | |||
 @ronaldmacinnisRon MacInnis | Co-founder & CEO | Series A | $650K | $650K | Dec 2006 | Smith-Hoffman Capital | AccuDraft raised a $650K Series A from Smith-Hoffman Capital (2006). | cbinsights.com ↗preqin.com ↗ | ||
 @gururajpGururaj Pandurangi | CEO & Founder | Pre-Seed | $505K | $505K | Oct 2019 | SWAN Venture Fund | Cisco LaunchPad | Cloudneeti raised a roughly $505K pre-seed round led by SWAN Venture Fund (2019); sources disagree on the amount and date. | pitchbook.com ↗crunchbase.com ↗ | |
 @prashantdwivedi06Prashant Dwivedi | Co-founder & CTO | Seed | $500K | $500K | — | Saarthee | PlanckRED raised $500K in its only recorded funding round, from Saarthee; Tracxn lists it as a seed-stage company, and the round date is not public. | tracxn.com ↗crac-learning.com ↗ | ||
| @ryanallisRyan Allis | Co-founder & CEO | Seed | $500K | $46M | May 2006 | IDEA Fund Partners | iContact raised a $500K seed round from IDEA Fund Partners (May 2006). | app.dealroom.co ↗sramanamitra.com ↗ |