# Buster funding: rounds and investors > Buster has raised $4.6M across 4 rounds since 2013. Investors include Y Combinator, Kickstart and Eight Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/buster (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Buster* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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. Big Data & Analytics Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.6M** raised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources **$255K** Debt **$2.7M** Venture **$1.1M** Round **$500K** Pre-seed - **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Apr 2024 - **Biggest round:** $2.7M Venture · Mar 2015 - **Investors:** 5 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 2023 **$255K** Debt **$2.7M** Venture **$1.1M** Round **$500K** Pre-seed - **First round:** Debt, $255K - **Biggest round:** $2.7M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 20 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2024** Pre-seed **$500K** *3 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) [Eight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-capital) Source recorded - **Nov 2016** Round **$1.1M** *1 new* [Brand New Matter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bnm-capital-management) Reported by FinSMEs - **Mar 2015** Venture **$2.7M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record - **Sept 2013** Debt **$255K** *1 new* [Red Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-sea-ventures) From a historical funding record ## 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. **Debt** 2013 **Venture** 2015 **Round** 2016 **Pre-seed** 2024 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) [Eight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-capital) [Red Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-sea-ventures) [Brand New Matter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bnm-capital-management) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart) VC firm **1** round [Eight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-capital) Fund of funds **1** round [Red Sea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-sea-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Brand New Matter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bnm-capital-management) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=buster). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Buster 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. [NVO Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvo-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Takara Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/takara-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Buster ### Who invested in Buster? Buster's investors include Y Combinator, Kickstart, Eight Capital, Red Sea Ventures and Brand New Matter. ### How much has Buster raised? Buster has raised $4.6M across 4 rounds since 2013. ### When did Buster last raise? Buster's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Apr 2024. ### What was Buster's biggest round? Buster's largest round on record is $2.7M (Venture), in Mar 2015. ### Who backed Buster first? Buster's first round on record, in Sept 2013, was backed by Red Sea Ventures. ### What stage is Buster at? Buster's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Apr 2024. ### Where is Buster based? Buster is based in the United States. ## Companies like Buster In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**STRIVE** $1.3B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/strive)[**Xona** $512M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xona)[**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**DrizzleX** $9.1M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/drizzlex)[**Prism Data** $25M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/prism-data) ## 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