# Genuine Taste funding: rounds and investors

> Genuine Taste has raised $69K across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Y Combinator, Antler and Big Idea Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/genuine-taste (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Canada · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Genuine Taste*

One round we have observed, with the 4 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$69K** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $69K Dec 2024
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Dec 2024** Pre-seed **$69K** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) [Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) [Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Genuine Taste's own website: 2 founders.

**Emily Farrar** Co-founder & CEO

**Pooya Mamaghani** Co-founder & CTO

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) VC firm **1** round

[Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Genuine Taste 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.

[StartLife](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startlife) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about Genuine Taste

### Who invested in Genuine Taste?

Genuine Taste's investors include Y Combinator, Antler, Big Idea Ventures and Cycle Momentum.

### How much has Genuine Taste raised?

Genuine Taste has raised $69K across 1 round since 2024.

### When did Genuine Taste last raise?

Genuine Taste's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $69K in Dec 2024.

### What was Genuine Taste's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $69K in Dec 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Genuine Taste first?

Genuine Taste's first round on record, in Dec 2024, was backed by Y Combinator, Antler and Big Idea Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is Genuine Taste at?

Genuine Taste's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Dec 2024.

### Where is Genuine Taste based?

Genuine Taste is based in Canada.

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