# Bustle funding: rounds and investors > Bustle has raised $39M across 4 rounds since 2013. Investors include Social Capital, Warner Media and 500 Global. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/bustle (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Bustle* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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. Media Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$39M** raised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources **$6.5M** Series A **$5.0M** Series B **$16M** Series C **$12M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $12M Mar 2017 - **Biggest round:** $16M Series C · Dec 2014 - **Investors:** 9 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. 2014 2015 2016 2017 **$6.5M** Series A **$5.0M** Series B **$16M** Series C **$12M** Series D - **First round:** Series A, $6.5M - **Biggest round:** $16M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 11 months ## The rounds - **Mar 2017** Series D **$12M** *2 new* *2 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) GGV Capital/ TimeWarner Saban Reported by FinSMEs - **Dec 2014** Series C **$16M** *1 new* *4 returning* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [Rothenberg Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rothenberg-ventures) [Warner Media](https://millionrounds.com/fund/warner-media) From a historical funding record - **Jul 2014** Series B **$5.0M** *3 returning* [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [The Social+Capital Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-social-capital-partnership) [Warner Media](https://millionrounds.com/fund/warner-media) From a historical funding record - **Aug 2013** Series A **$6.5M** *6 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [The Social+Capital Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-social-capital-partnership) [Rothenberg Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rothenberg-ventures) [Warner Media](https://millionrounds.com/fund/warner-media) Reported by businessinsider.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. **Series A** 2013 **Series B** 2014 **Series C** 2014 **Series D** 2017 [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [Warner Media](https://millionrounds.com/fund/warner-media) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [The Social+Capital Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-social-capital-partnership) [Rothenberg Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rothenberg-ventures) [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) GGV Capital/ TimeWarner Saban ## Everyone who backed them [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) VC firm **4** rounds [Warner Media](https://millionrounds.com/fund/warner-media) VC firm **3** rounds [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **2** rounds [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **2** rounds [The Social+Capital Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-social-capital-partnership) VC firm **2** rounds [Rothenberg Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rothenberg-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) Corporate VC **1** round GGV Capital/ TimeWarner no record of our own yet **1** round Saban 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=bustle). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Bustle as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Avenir](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avenir) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Bustle ### Who invested in Bustle? Bustle's investors include Social Capital, Warner Media, 500 Global, General Catalyst and The Social+Capital Partnership, and 4 more on record. ### How much has Bustle raised? Bustle has raised $39M across 4 rounds since 2013. ### When did Bustle last raise? Bustle's most recent round was a Series D of $12M in Mar 2017. ### What was Bustle's biggest round? Bustle's largest round on record is $16M (Series C), in Dec 2014. ### Who backed Bustle first? Bustle's first round on record, in Aug 2013, was backed by 500 Global, Google Ventures and Social Capital and 3 others. ### What stage is Bustle at? Bustle's latest named round is a Series D, in Mar 2017. ### Where is Bustle based? Bustle is based in the United States. ## Companies like Bustle In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Indent** $7.2M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/indent)[**Overtime** $33M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/overtime)[**ParentConnect** $420K · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/parentconnect)[**CreatorFi** $85M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/creatorfi)[**TMRW Sports** $83M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tmrw-sports) ## 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