# Balloon funding: rounds and investors

> Balloon has raised $4.1M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include LAUNCH, Wavemaker Partners and 500 Global. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/balloon (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Balloon*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 12 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.1M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$2.1M** Seed **$2.0M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $2.0M Mar 2022
- **Biggest round:** $2.1M Seed · Dec 2019
- **Investors:** 12 (2 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2016 2018 2020 2022

**?** Seed

**$2.1M** Seed

**$2.0M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $2.1M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.3 years

## The rounds

- **Mar 2022** Seed **$2.0M** *5 new* *1 returning* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) [Republic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/republic-2) [LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) Source recorded
- **Dec 2019** Seed **$2.1M** *6 new* [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) Lead [LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) Lead [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [Matt Mullenweg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-mullenweg) [XFactor Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xfactor-ventures) [Imagination Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imagination-capital) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Aug 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Dreamit Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dreamit-ventures) From a historical funding record

## Funding filed with regulators

Balloon filed one raise, $187K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Jan 2019 **$187K** other of $1.1M offered Crowdfunding

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2019 **Seed** 2022 [LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) L [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) L [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) [Dreamit Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dreamit-ventures) [Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) [Republic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/republic-2) [Matt Mullenweg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-mullenweg)

## Everyone who backed them

[LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) Accelerator **2** rounds, led 1

[Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round

[Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **1** round

[Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) VC firm **1** round

[Dreamit Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dreamit-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Streamlined Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/streamlined-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Republic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/republic-2) VC firm **1** round

[Matt Mullenweg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-mullenweg) VC firm **1** round

[XFactor Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xfactor-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Imagination Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imagination-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Balloon as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[VitalizeVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vitalize-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[PLG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plg-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Audrey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/audrey-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[DragonX Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragonx-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Gauntlet Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gauntlet-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Balloon

### Who invested in Balloon?

Balloon's investors include LAUNCH, Wavemaker Partners, 500 Global, Right Side Capital Management and Canaan, and 7 more on record.

### How much has Balloon raised?

Balloon has raised $4.1M across 3 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Balloon last raise?

Balloon's most recent round was a Seed of $2.0M in Mar 2022.

### What was Balloon's biggest round?

Balloon's largest round on record is $2.1M (Seed), in Dec 2019, led by Wavemaker Partners.

### Who backed Balloon first?

Balloon's first round on record, in Aug 2014, was backed by Dreamit Ventures.

### What stage is Balloon at?

Balloon's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2022.

### Where is Balloon based?

Balloon is based in the United States.

### Who led Balloon's rounds?

Wavemaker Partners led the Seed in 2019.

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