Who invested in Banza

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

Foodtech

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$21Mraised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

$1.3MSeed$20MRound

Latest round: Round, $20MNov 2019
Step-upi: 15.4×
Investors: 2

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The funding story

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

2016201720182019

$1.3MSeed$20MRound

First round: Seed, $1.3M
Biggest round: $20M
Between rounds: 4 years

The rounds

Nov 2019
Round$20M2 new
- Enlightened Hospitality Investments
- Prelude Growth Partners
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $18M sold, first sale Oct 2019
Nov 2015
Seed$1.3M
No investor was named in the report.
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Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Brian RudolphManager, CEOi
Scott RudolphManager, CFOi

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.

Seed2015Round2019

Enlightened Hospitality Investments

Prelude Growth Partners

Everyone who backed them

Enlightened Hospitality InvestmentsCorporate VC1round

Prelude Growth PartnersPrivate equity1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Banza 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.