# Banza funding: rounds and investors > Banza has raised $21M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Enlightened Hospitality Investments and Prelude Growth Partners. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/banza (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$21M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources **$1.3M** Seed **$20M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $20M Nov 2019 - **Step-up i:** 15.4× - **Investors:** 2 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 2017 2018 2019 **$1.3M** Seed **$20M** Round - **First round:** Seed, $1.3M - **Biggest round:** $20M - **Between rounds:** 4 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2019** Round **$20M** *2 new* [Enlightened Hospitality Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enlightened-hospitality-investments) [Prelude Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prelude-growth-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $18M sold, first sale Oct 2019 - **Nov 2015** Seed **$1.3M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Brian Rudolph** Manager, CEO i - **Scott Rudolph** Manager, CFO i ## 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** 2015 **Round** 2019 [Enlightened Hospitality Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enlightened-hospitality-investments) [Prelude Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prelude-growth-partners) ## Everyone who backed them [Enlightened Hospitality Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enlightened-hospitality-investments) Corporate VC **1** round [Prelude Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prelude-growth-partners) Private equity **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=banza). ## 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. [Rosecliff Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rosecliff) VC firm Per its own site [Beechwood Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beechwood-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Invest Michigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-michigan) VC firm Per its own site [ID Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/id-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Banza ### Who invested in Banza? Banza's investors include Enlightened Hospitality Investments and Prelude Growth Partners. ### How much has Banza raised? Banza has raised $21M across 2 rounds since 2015. ### When did Banza last raise? Banza's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $20M in Nov 2019. ### What was Banza's biggest round? Its most recent round, $20M in Nov 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Banza first? Banza's first round on record, in Nov 2019, was backed by Enlightened Hospitality Investments and Prelude Growth Partners. ### What stage is Banza at? Banza's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Nov 2019. ### Where is Banza based? Banza is based in the United States. ## Companies like Banza In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Pepper** $94M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pepper)[**GrubMarket** $177M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/grubmarket)[**Next Century Spirits** $9.6M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/next-century-spirits)[**Avenue Biosciences** $7.4M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/avenue-biosciences)[**Ripple Foods** $112M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods)[**BlueNalu** $28M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluenalu) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app