BetterUp
Funding History
| Series C · 06/2019 | $710M |
|---|---|
| Series D · 02/2021 | $1.7B |
| Series E · 10/2021 | $4.7B |
About
BetterUp pioneered mobile-first professional coaching, connecting employees at all levels with credentialed coaches for one-on-one sessions on leadership, resilience, and career growth.
- founded
- 2013
- headquarters
- Austin, Texas
- totalFundingDisclosed
- $600.00M+
- lastValuation
- $4.70B
- lastRoundSeries
- Series E
Overview
BetterUp was founded in 2013 by Alexi Robichaux and Eduardo Medina on the premise that personalized professional coaching, once reserved for C-suite executives, should be accessible to every employee. The company built a mobile-first platform connecting workers with credentialed coaches for one-on-one sessions focused on leadership, resilience, and career growth.
Over the following decade BetterUp expanded from individual coaching into a broader enterprise "human transformation" platform, layering in behavioral science research (BetterUp Labs), AI-assisted coaching tools, and executive programming, while counting large employers such as Airbnb, Instacart, Logitech, Mars, and Workday among its enterprise customers.
Individually disclosed rounds put the company's venture financing at $564 million across five priced rounds from 2016 through 2021 (plus an earlier $2.9 million seed round), which BetterUp's own Series E announcement rounds to roughly $600 million in total funding; the October 2021 Series E itself raised $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation, and the company has continued to expand its executive bench and AI coaching features into 2026.
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