# Busbud funding: rounds and investors > Busbud has raised $22M across 5 rounds since 2013. Investors include Inovia Capital, Real Ventures and White Star Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/busbud (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Canada · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Busbud* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 17 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 Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$22M** raised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources **$1.0M** Seed **$1.0M** Series A **$9.0M** Series A **$11M** Series B - **Latest round:** Venture Nov 2022 - **Biggest round:** $11M Series B · Jan 2018 - **Investors:** 17 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. 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 **$1.0M** Seed **$1.0M** Series A **$9.0M** Series A **$11M** Series B **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $1.0M - **Biggest round:** $11M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.6 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *2 returning* [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) Source recorded - **Jan 2018** Series B **$11M** *6 new* [Erik Blachford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/erik-blachford) [Claridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claridge) Philippe Vimard Plaza Real iNovia Capital/ Teralys Reported by FinSMEs - **Jul 2014** Series A **$9.0M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) From a historical funding record - **May 2013** Seed **$1.0M** *5 new* [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [White Star Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/white-star-capital) [Peter Kern](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-kern) [Joe Poulin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-poulin) From a historical funding record - **May 2013** Series A **$1.0M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) [White Star Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/white-star-capital) [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures) [Peter Kern](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-kern) [Joe Poulin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-poulin) 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. **Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2018 **Venture** 2022 [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [White Star Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/white-star-capital) [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) [Peter Kern](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-kern) [Joe Poulin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-poulin) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) ## Everyone who backed them [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) VC firm **4** rounds [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) Family office **2** rounds [White Star Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/white-star-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Peter Kern](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-kern) Angel **2** rounds [Joe Poulin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-poulin) Angel **2** rounds [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round [Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) VC firm **1** round [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Government **1** round [Erik Blachford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/erik-blachford) VC firm **1** round [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Claridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claridge) Private equity **1** round iNovia Capital/ Teralys no record of our own yet **1** round Philippe Vimard no record of our own yet **1** round Plaza no record of our own yet **1** round Real 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=busbud). ## 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. [Plaza Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plaza-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canadian-business-growth-fund-cbgf) VC firm Per its own site [K3 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k3-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Rep Matters Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rep-matters-angel-network) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Busbud ### 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. ### 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. ## Companies like Busbud In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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