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Ender: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

We believe portfolios are the future. We're a venture-backed startup based in Austin, TX on a mission to help every kid build one by creating a competition platform where kids can win cash prizes for building apps, games, websites, and other real-world projects. We're a team of game developers, educators, engineers, and designers pioneering the first learn-to-earn education model and are funded by some of the best investors in the education and gaming space.

joinender.com LinkedIn Austin, United States 1-10 employees
Total raised
$100k
Rounds
2
Latest
Seed
Apr 2022

Ender has raised $100k across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Seed announced in Apr 2022.

Ender Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$100k
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Seed
Apr 2022
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
Austin, United States

Latest funding round on record: Apr 2022.

Ender Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
Undisclosed
Pre-Seed
$100k

1 of 2 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

Ender raised $100k in a Pre-Seed announced in Oct 2021.

6 months later, a Seed was announced in Apr 2022 with no disclosed amount.

Ender Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Kaelin Hooper
Founder
Gautam Bhargava
CEO

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Ender Funding Compared to Other Community and Lifestyle Startups

Segment
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Median round
29,795
$7.5M
16,575
$3.1M

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Ender Funding FAQs

What does Ender do?

We believe portfolios are the future. We're a venture-backed startup based in Austin, TX on a mission to help every kid build one by creating a competition platform where kids can win cash prizes for building apps, games, websites, and other real-world projects. We're a team of game developers, educators, engineers, and designers pioneering the first learn-to-earn education model and are funded by some of the best investors in the education and gaming space.

How much funding has Ender raised?

Ender has raised $100k across 2 rounds on record.

When did Ender last raise funding?

Ender's most recent funding round on record was announced in Apr 2022. The amount was not disclosed.

Who founded Ender?

FundedIQ lists Kaelin Hooper (Founder) at Ender.

Who is the CEO of Ender?

Gautam Bhargava is listed as CEO at Ender.

Where is Ender headquartered?

Ender is based in Austin, Texas, United States.

How many employees does Ender have?

Ender is in the 1-10 employee band.

About FundedIQ's Ender Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Ender is left off this page rather than filled in.

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