United States · Who invested in Buffer?
Buffer's investors include Bossa Invest, InterWest Partners, Collaborative Fund, Marc Bell Capital and AngelPad, and 21 more on record.
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United States · Venture startup
Who invested in Buffer
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$3.9Mraised across 4 rounds since 2011, from 4 sources
$400KSeed$3.5MSeries A
- Latest round
- VentureJul 2017
- Biggest round
- $3.5MSeries A · Oct 2014
- Investors
- 26
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed Oct 2011
- Biggest round
- $3.5M Series A · Oct 2014
- Usual gap between rounds
- 2.7 years the median of 3
BufferInformation technology & services1 / 13Their pitch deckBuffer's pitch deck, 13 slidesEach slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.→The rounds
- Jul 2017
- Oct 2014Series A$3.5M2 new
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $3.5M sold, first sale Dec 2014
- Dec 2011Seed$400K21 new
InterWest Partners- Gokul Rajaram
HubSpot Ventures- Thomas Korte
Andy McLoughlin- Maneesh Arora
- Hiten Shah
- Peter Bordes
- Jay Gould
- Shan Mehta
- Jay Baer
- Guy Kawasaki
- Gordon Paddison
- Adii Pienaar
- Gady Nemirovsky
- Graham Jenkin
- Robert Fanini
- Alberto Benbunan
- Eric Kim
- Harvey Brofman
- Jim LeTourneau
Reported by blog.bufferapp.com
- Oct 2011
Founders and team
From Buffer's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 58 on the team.
Joel GascoigneCEO & Co-FounderNamed on its 2014 Form D
- Carolyn KoppraschChief of Staff
- Hannah VoiceHead of Customer Advocacy Operations
- Jenny TerryVP of Finance & Operations
- Åsa NyströmVP of Customer Advocacy
- Abeeb AmooSenior Engineer
- Adam FarmerSenior Escalations Manager
- Adnan IssadeenSenior Engineer
- Alicja SuskaSenior Product Designer
- Amaan NathooStaff Product Manager
- Amanda MarochkoStaff Product Manager
- Andreas VirkusSenior Engineer
- Andy YatesStaff Engineer
- Arek PanekSenior Engineer
- Brandon GreenStaff Product Manager
- Bruno PaulinoSenior Engineer
- Carlos MuñozSenior Engineer
- Daniel ParascandoloSenior Product Designer
- Darcy PetersSenior Customer Advocacy Manager
And 40 more on the team.
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.
Seed2011Seed2011Series A2014Venture2017
Bossa InvestInterWest Partners
Collaborative Fund
Marc Bell Capital
AngelPadGokul RajaramHubSpot Ventures
Stage One CapitalThomas KorteAndy McLoughlin
Bossa InvestInterWest PartnersCollaborative FundMarc Bell CapitalAngelPadGokul RajaramHubSpot VenturesStage One CapitalThomas KorteAndy McLoughlinEveryone who backed them
Gokul RajaramAngel1round
Thomas KorteAngel1round
Maneesh AroraAngel1round
Hiten ShahAngel1round
Peter BordesAngel1round
Jay GouldAngel1round
Shan MehtaVC firm1round
Jay BaerAngel1round
Guy KawasakiAngel1round
Gordon PaddisonAngel1round
Adii PienaarAngel1round
Gady NemirovskyAngel1round
Graham JenkinAngel1round
Robert FaniniAngel1round
Alberto Benbunanno record of our own yet1round
Eric Kimno record of our own yet1round
Harvey Brofmanno record of our own yet1round
Jim LeTourneauno record of our own yet1round
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Quick answers about Buffer
How much has Buffer raised?
Buffer has raised $3.9M across 4 rounds since 2011. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Buffer last raise?
Buffer's most recent round was a Venture in Jul 2017.
What was Buffer's biggest round?
Buffer's largest round on record is $3.5M (Series A), in Oct 2014.
Who backed Buffer first?
Buffer's first round on record, in Oct 2011, was backed by AngelPad.
What stage is Buffer at?
Buffer's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2017.
Where is Buffer based?
Buffer is based in the United States.
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