# Sampler funding: rounds and investors > Sampler has raised $5.6M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include BDC Capital, Export Development Canada and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sampler (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Sampler* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. Advertising & Adtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$5.6M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources **$645K** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **$4.0M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $4.0M Jul 2020 - **Step-up i:** 4× - **Investors:** 8 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. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 **$645K** Seed **$1.0M** Seed **$4.0M** Series B - **First round:** Seed, $645K - **Biggest round:** $4.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.8 years ## The rounds - **Jul 2020** Series B **$4.0M** *1 new* *2 returning* [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [Founders Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-s-factory) Source recorded - **Aug 2015** Seed **$1.0M** *2 new* *1 returning* [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mars-investment-accelerator-fund) David B Perkins From a historical funding record - **Dec 2014** Seed **$645K** *5 new* [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mars-investment-accelerator-fund) [Accelerator Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plsg-accelerator-fund) [Ryerson Futures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ryerson-futures) [Startup Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startup-next) 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. **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2015 **Series B** 2020 [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mars-investment-accelerator-fund) [Founders Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-s-factory) [Accelerator Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plsg-accelerator-fund) [Ryerson Futures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ryerson-futures) [Startup Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startup-next) David B Perkins ## Everyone who backed them [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Government **2** rounds [MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mars-investment-accelerator-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Founders Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-s-factory) Accelerator **1** round [Accelerator Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plsg-accelerator-fund) VC firm **1** round [Ryerson Futures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ryerson-futures) VC firm **1** round [Startup Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startup-next) Accelerator **1** round David B Perkins 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=sampler). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Sampler 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. [Freycinet Ventures (Freycinet Investments Ltd.)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freycinet-ventures-freycinet-investments-ltd) Accelerator Per its own site [Ideal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ideal-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Sampler ### Who invested in Sampler? Sampler's investors include BDC Capital, Export Development Canada, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, Founders Factory and Accelerator Fund, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Sampler raised? Sampler has raised $5.6M across 3 rounds since 2014. ### When did Sampler last raise? Sampler's most recent round was a Series B of $4.0M in Jul 2020. ### What was Sampler's biggest round? Its most recent round, $4.0M in Jul 2020, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Sampler first? Sampler's first round on record, in Dec 2014, was backed by Export Development Canada, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund and Accelerator Fund and 2 others. ### What stage is Sampler at? Sampler's latest named round is a Series B, in Jul 2020. ## Companies like Sampler In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**AiderX** $6.8M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/aiderx)[**Boosterz** $25M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/boosterz)[**Umag** Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/umag)[**10%** $2.8M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/10)[**Filmmakers Mart** Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/filmmakers-mart)[**BIGC** $13M · Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/bigc) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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