Poncho

About

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

New York,New York,United States
1 - 10

Highlights

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