# Staple funding: rounds and investors

> Staple has raised $11M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include 500 Global, Entrepreneur First and Wavemaker Partners. Every round with its source.

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

Japan · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Staple*

2 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.

Travel & Hospitality

Raised 5 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$11M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$4.0M** Seed **$6.8M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $6.8M Jun 2026
- **Step-up i:** 1.7×
- **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.

2025 2026

**$4.0M** Seed

**$6.8M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $4.0M
- **Biggest round:** $6.8M
- **Between rounds:** 2.3 years

## The rounds

- **Jun 2026** Seed **$6.8M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded
- **Mar 2024** Seed **$4.0M** *5 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [Tenity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenity) [Expert Dojo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expert-dojo) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Staple's own website: 2 founders.

**Ben Stein** CEO and Co-founder

**Dr Josh Kettlewell** CTO and Co-founder

## 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** 2024 **Seed** 2026 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [Tenity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenity) [Expert Dojo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expert-dojo)

## Everyone who backed them

[500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round

[Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) Accelerator **1** round

[Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) VC firm **1** round

[Tenity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tenity) Accelerator **1** round

[Expert Dojo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expert-dojo) Accelerator **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Staple 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.

[she1K](https://millionrounds.com/fund/she1k) VC firm Per its own site

[Orvel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orvel-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Staple

### Who invested in Staple?

Staple's investors include 500 Global, Entrepreneur First, Wavemaker Partners, Tenity and Expert Dojo.

### How much has Staple raised?

Staple has raised $11M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Staple last raise?

Staple's most recent round was a Seed of $6.8M in Jun 2026.

### What was Staple's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $6.8M in Jun 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Staple first?

Staple's first round on record, in Mar 2024, was backed by 500 Global, Entrepreneur First and Wavemaker Partners and 2 others.

### What stage is Staple at?

Staple's latest named round is a Seed, in Jun 2026.

### Where is Staple based?

Staple is based in Japan.

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