# Buffer funding: rounds and investors > Buffer has raised $3.9M across 4 rounds since 2011. Investors include Bossa Invest, InterWest Partners and Collaborative Fund. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/buffer (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Buffer* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 26 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. Consumer Apps Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$3.9M** raised across 4 rounds since 2011, from 4 sources **$400K** Seed **$3.5M** Series A - **Latest round:** Venture Jul 2017 - **Biggest round:** $3.5M Series A · Oct 2014 - **Investors:** 26 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. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 **?** Seed **$400K** Seed **$3.5M** Series A **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $3.5M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.7 years [**Buffer** Information technology & services 1 / 13 Their pitch deck **Buffer's pitch deck, 13 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/buffer) ## The rounds - **Jul 2017** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) Source recorded - **Oct 2014** Series A **$3.5M** *2 new* [Marc Bell Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-bell-capital) [Stage One Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stage-one-capital) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.5M sold, first sale Dec 2014 - **Dec 2011** Seed **$400K** *21 new* [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [Gokul Rajaram](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gokul-rajaram) [HubSpot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hubspot-ventures) [Thomas Korte](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomas-korte) [Andy McLoughlin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-mcloughlin) [Maneesh Arora](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maneesh-arora) [Hiten Shah](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hiten-shah) [Peter Bordes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-bordes) [Jay Gould](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jay-gould) [Shan Mehta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shan-mehta) [Jay Baer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jay-baer) [Guy Kawasaki](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guy-kawasaki) [Gordon Paddison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gordon-paddison) [Adii Pienaar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adii-pienaar) [Gady Nemirovsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gady-nemirovsky) [Graham Jenkin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graham-jenkin) [Robert Fanini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robert-fanini) Alberto Benbunan Eric Kim Harvey Brofman Jim LeTourneau Reported by blog.bufferapp.com - **Oct 2011** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [AngelPad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angelpad) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Buffer's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 58 on the team. **Joel Gascoigne** CEO & Co-Founder *Named on its 2014 Form D* - **Carolyn Kopprasch** Chief of Staff - **Hannah Voice** Head of Customer Advocacy Operations - **Jenny Terry** VP of Finance & Operations - **Åsa Nyström** VP of Customer Advocacy - **Abeeb Amoo** Senior Engineer - **Adam Farmer** Senior Escalations Manager - **Adnan Issadeen** Senior Engineer - **Alicja Suska** Senior Product Designer - **Amaan Nathoo** Staff Product Manager - **Amanda Marochko** Staff Product Manager - **Andreas Virkus** Senior Engineer - **Andy Yates** Staff Engineer - **Arek Panek** Senior Engineer - **Brandon Green** Staff Product Manager - **Bruno Paulino** Senior Engineer - **Carlos Muñoz** Senior Engineer - **Daniel Parascandolo** Senior Product Designer - **Darcy Peters** Senior 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. **Seed** 2011 **Seed** 2011 **Series A** 2014 **Venture** 2017 [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) [Marc Bell Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-bell-capital) [AngelPad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angelpad) [Gokul Rajaram](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gokul-rajaram) [HubSpot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hubspot-ventures) [Stage One Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stage-one-capital) [Thomas Korte](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomas-korte) [Andy McLoughlin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-mcloughlin) ## Everyone who backed them [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) VC firm **1** round [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) VC firm **1** round [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm **1** round [Marc Bell Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-bell-capital) Family office **1** round [AngelPad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angelpad) Accelerator **1** round [Gokul Rajaram](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gokul-rajaram) Angel **1** round [HubSpot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hubspot-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Stage One Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stage-one-capital) VC firm **1** round [Thomas Korte](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomas-korte) Angel **1** round [Andy McLoughlin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-mcloughlin) Angel **1** round [Maneesh Arora](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maneesh-arora) Angel **1** round [Hiten Shah](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hiten-shah) Angel **1** round [Peter Bordes](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-bordes) Angel **1** round [Jay Gould](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jay-gould) Angel **1** round [Shan Mehta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shan-mehta) VC firm **1** round [Jay Baer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jay-baer) Angel **1** round [Guy Kawasaki](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guy-kawasaki) Angel **1** round [Gordon Paddison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gordon-paddison) Angel **1** round [Adii Pienaar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adii-pienaar) Angel **1** round [Gady Nemirovsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gady-nemirovsky) Angel **1** round [Graham Jenkin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graham-jenkin) Angel **1** round [Robert Fanini](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robert-fanini) Angel **1** round Alberto Benbunan no record of our own yet **1** round Eric Kim no record of our own yet **1** round Harvey Brofman no record of our own yet **1** round Jim LeTourneau no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=buffer). ## Quick answers about Buffer ### Who invested in Buffer? Buffer's investors include Bossa Invest, InterWest Partners, Collaborative Fund, Marc Bell Capital and AngelPad, and 21 more on record. ### 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. ## Companies like Buffer In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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