Sphere

Building the world's first AI-powered, cross-border compliance engine.

Legal and complianceY Combinator

Latest funding

$21M Series A · November 18, 2025

Led by Andreessen Horowitz · Source: getsphere.com

Total raised: $21.5M* across 2 sourced rounds

All 2 rounds ↓

Website: getsphere.com.

X: @get_sphere · 1,132 followers.

LinkedIn: getsphere.

Category: Legal and compliance.

Sectors: B2B, Finance, AI.

Stage: Series A.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Total raised: $21.5M* in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Nov 18, 2025 · 359 days ago.

Team: 7 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@get_sphere · created May 19, 2021 (5 years old) · 1,132 followers

Website registeredSep 22, 2006 (20 years old)

About Sphere

Backed by Felicis Ventures, Y Combinator, Uncommon Capital and leading angel investors, including the founders of Go1, Lyft, BetterUp, Xendit and Flexport.

Funding rounds

November 18, 2025
Series A · $21M
AAndreessen Horowitz (lead)
Source: getsphere.com
May 19, 2021
X account created
September 22, 2006
Website created
Date unknown
Round · $500K*
YY Combinator
Source: ycombinator.com

Founders and team

JC
James Cotton Co-Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
NA
Nick Adlam Founder, Investor & Non-Executive

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
OC
Oscar Colin Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com

Investors

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Sources and API

Every amount links to the page it came from. * Estimated from an accelerator's published standard deal, not a company-specific disclosure. How Recent Funding sources and verifies funding data. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/companies/sphere (get a free API key).