Surfe raised a $5M seed and $5M pre-Series A, totaling $10M
David Chevalier · How David Chevalier Hit $15M ARR With a Chrome Extension and No Sales Team - Surfe · Jul 23, 2026 · at 8:14
David Chevalier, co-founder and CEO of Surfe, discusses the company's fundraising history with host Nathan Latka.
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“It was so we found a twenty-twenty, then probably it was 22, 23 where we raised a seed round of roughly five million, and then we've raised another pre-series A. It was an expansion, basically, with our investors of another five, so total capital ten million.”
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