# Taster funding: rounds and investors > Taster has raised $8.1M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Battery Ventures, LocalGlobe and Heartcore Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/taster (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Crowdfunding startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Taster* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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. E-commerce Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$8.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$8.0M** Series A **$56K** Crowdfunding - **Latest round:** Crowdfunding, $56K Mar 2023 - **Biggest round:** $8.0M Series A · Jun 2019 - **Investors:** 6 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. 2020 2021 2022 2023 **$8.0M** Series A **$56K** Crowdfunding - **First round:** Series A, $8.0M - **Biggest round:** $8.0M - **Between rounds:** 3.7 years [**Taster** Food & beverages 1 / 13 Their pitch deck **Taster's pitch deck, 13 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/taster) ## The rounds - **Mar 2023** Crowdfunding **$56K** *2 new* *3 returning* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [Founders Future](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-future) [Heartcore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartcore-capital) Source recorded - **Jun 2019** Series A **$8.0M** *4 new* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [Heartcore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartcore-capital) Marc Ménas Reported by FinSMEs ## Funding filed with regulators Taster filed 2 raises, $272K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Dec 2023 **$110K** UK share allotment - May 2023 **$162K** UK share allotment ## 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** 2019 **Crowdfunding** 2023 [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) [Heartcore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartcore-capital) [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Founders Future](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-future) Marc Ménas ## Everyone who backed them [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [LocalGlobe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/localglobe) VC firm **2** rounds [Heartcore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heartcore-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Founders Future](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-future) Accelerator **1** round Marc Ménas 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=taster). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Taster 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. [Rakuten Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rakuten-capital) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about Taster ### Who invested in Taster? Taster's investors include Battery Ventures, LocalGlobe, Heartcore Capital, Octopus Ventures and Founders Future, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Taster raised? Taster has raised $8.1M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did Taster last raise? Taster's most recent round was a Crowdfunding of $56K in Mar 2023. ### What was Taster's biggest round? Taster's largest round on record is $8.0M (Series A), in Jun 2019. ### Who backed Taster first? Taster's first round on record, in Jun 2019, was backed by Battery Ventures, LocalGlobe and Heartcore Capital and 1 others. ### What stage is Taster at? Taster's latest named round is a Crowdfunding, in Mar 2023. ### Where is Taster based? Taster is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Taster In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Opply** $23M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/opply)[**Blackwall** $162M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackwall)[**Stasher** $8.3M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/stasher)[**Made With Intent** $9.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/made-with-intent)[**Velocity** $105M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/velocity)[**Healf** Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/healf) ## 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