Poncho

company

About

Poncho is a weather cat that tells you the weather and a whole lot more.

  • New York,New York,United States
  • 1 - 10

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$2.40M
Industries
Digital Media,Local,News
Founded date
Apr 1, 2013
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Close
Legal Name
Poncho, Inc.

Poncho is a weather cat that tells you the weather and a whole lot more. The most popular chatbot on Facebook Messenger and one of the top weather apps in the App Store. Poncho is based in New York and has recently raised money from some of the top VC firms. Using the latest bot technologies we've built in house, our mission is to create and deliver the most engaging content on messaging and other hardware platforms.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
$4.40M
Poncho has raised a total of $4.40M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 14, 2017 from a Seed round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Aug 14, 2017 Seed $2.40M 2 Lightspeed Venture Partners Detail
Apr 28, 2016 Seed $2M 9 Lerer Hippeau Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
10
Poncho is funded by 10 investors. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Lerer Hippeau are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Lightspeed Venture Partners Yes Seed
Lerer Hippeau Yes Seed
Bossanova Investimentos Seed
Betaworks Seed
Broadway Video Ventures Seed
Comcast Ventures Seed
Greycroft Seed
Hinge Capital Seed
Ore Ventures Seed
RRE Ventures Seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
1
Poncho has 1 current employee profiles, including Board member Steve Schlafman
Board member