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The Expert: Funding, Investors & Team (Nov 2026)

The Expert is a platform that connects customers with designers for an hour-long one-on-one Zoom consultation. The company was founded in 2021 by Jake Arnold and Leo Seigal and is headquartered in

theexpert.com LinkedIn Los Angeles, United States 11-50 employees
Consulting E-Commerce Interior Design Video Conferencing
Total raised
$12.0M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series A
Mar 2022

The Expert has raised $12.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series A of $12.0M announced in Mar 2022.

That round is above the $3.9M median round size for Commerce and Shopping companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

The Expert Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$12.0M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series A
$12.0M in Mar 2022
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Los Angeles, United States

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2022.

The Expert Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series A
$12.0M

The Expert Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Leo Seigal
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the The Expert team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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The Expert Funding Compared to Other Commerce and Shopping Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
30,473
$7.7M
8,666
$15M

The Expert's latest round of $12.0M is above the median round in Commerce and Shopping. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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The Expert Funding FAQs

What does The Expert do?

The Expert is a platform that connects customers with designers for an hour-long one-on-one Zoom consultation. The company was founded in 2021 by Jake Arnold and Leo Seigal and is headquartered in

How much funding has The Expert raised?

The Expert has raised $12.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series A of $12.0M announced in Mar 2022.

When did The Expert last raise funding?

The Expert's most recent funding round on record is a Series A of $12.0M, announced in Mar 2022.

Who is the CEO of The Expert?

Leo Seigal is listed as CEO at The Expert.

Where is The Expert headquartered?

The Expert is based in Los Angeles, California, United States.

How many employees does The Expert have?

The Expert is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does The Expert's funding compare to other Commerce and Shopping startups?

The Expert's latest round of $12.0M is above the $3.9M median round size for Commerce and Shopping companies on FundedIQ across 3,501 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's The Expert 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 The Expert is left off this page rather than filled in.

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