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Who invested in Busbud?
Busbud's investors include Inovia Capital, Real Ventures, White Star Capital, Omers Ventures and Peter Kern, and 12 more on record.
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$1.0MSeed$1.0MSeries A$9.0MSeries A$11MSeries B?Venture
Canada · Venture startup
Who invested in Busbud
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$22Mraised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources
$1.0MSeed$1.0MSeries A$9.0MSeries A$11MSeries B
- Latest round
- VentureNov 2022
- Biggest round
- $11MSeries B · Jan 2018
- Investors
- 17
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, $1.0M May 2013
- Biggest round
- $11M Series B · Jan 2018
- Usual gap between rounds
- 3.6 years the median of 3
The rounds
- Nov 2022VentureAmount undisclosed3 new2 returning
Source recorded
- Jan 2018Series B$11M6 new
- Erik Blachford
Claridge- Philippe Vimard
- Plaza
- Real
- iNovia Capital/ Teralys
Reported by FinSMEs
- Jul 2014Series A$9.0M2 new2 returning
From a historical funding record
- May 2013Seed$1.0M5 new
From a historical funding record
- May 2013Series A$1.0M1 new4 returning
Reported by techcrunch.com
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.
Seed2013Series A2013Series A2014Series B2018Venture2022
Inovia Capital
Real Ventures
White Star Capital
Omers VenturesPeter KernJoe Poulin
FJ Labs
BDC Capital
Revolution
Export Development Canada
Inovia CapitalReal VenturesWhite Star CapitalOmers VenturesPeter KernJoe PoulinFJ LabsBDC CapitalRevolutionExport Development CanadaEveryone who backed them
Peter KernAngel2rounds
Joe PoulinAngel2rounds
Erik BlachfordVC firm1round
iNovia Capital/ Teralysno record of our own yet1round
Philippe Vimardno record of our own yet1round
Plazano record of our own yet1round
Realno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 4 firms list Busbud 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.
Quick answers about Busbud
How much has Busbud raised?
Busbud has raised $22M across 5 rounds since 2013. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Busbud last raise?
Busbud's most recent round was a Venture in Nov 2022.
What was Busbud's biggest round?
Busbud's largest round on record is $11M (Series B), in Jan 2018.
Who backed Busbud first?
Busbud's first round on record, in May 2013, was backed by Inovia Capital, Real Ventures and White Star Capital and 2 others.
What stage is Busbud at?
Busbud's latest named round is a Venture, in Nov 2022.
Where is Busbud based?
Busbud is based in Canada.
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