Who invested in Busuu

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.

Software

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$11Mraised across 4 rounds since 2010, from 4 sources

$4.7MSeries A$6.7MSeries B

Latest round: Series B, $6.7MJul 2015
Step-upi: 1.4×
Investors: 5

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

201020112012201320142015

?Seed?Seed$4.7MSeries A$6.7MSeries B

First round: Seed
Biggest round: $6.7M
Usual gap between rounds: 18 months

The rounds

Jul 2015
Series B$6.7M1 new
- McGraw-Hill Education
From a historical funding record
Oct 2012
Series A$4.7M2 new
- PROfounders Capital
- Brent Hoberman
Reported by techcrunch.com
Apr 2011
SeedAmount undisclosed1 new
- Martin Varsavsky
Reported by eu.techcrunch.com
Mar 2010
SeedAmount undisclosed1 new
- Hansi Hansmann
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.

Seed2010Seed2011Series A2012Series B2015

PROfounders CapitalHansi HansmannMartin VarsavskyBrent Hoberman

McGraw-Hill Education

Everyone who backed them

PROfounders CapitalVC firm1round

Hansi HansmannVC firm1round

Martin VarsavskyAngel1round

Brent HobermanVC firm1round

McGraw-Hill EducationCorporate VC1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Busuu 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.