Who invested in USound

8 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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.

B2CConsumer ServicesEntertainmentHardware & Electronics

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$56Mraised across 8 rounds since 2013, from 8 sources

$50KSeed$39KGrant$200KRound$13MRound$630KRound$20MRound$11MRound$11MVenture

Latest round: Venture, $11MAug 2023
Biggest round: $20MRound · Nov 2018
Investors: 7

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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.

20152017201920212023

$50KSeed$39KGrant$200KRound$13MRound$630KRound$20MRound$11MRound$11MVenture

First round: Seed, $50K
Biggest round: $20M
Usual gap between rounds: 10 months

The rounds

Aug 2023
Venture$11M3 new
Source recorded
May 2019
Round$11M1 returning
- eQventure
Reported by Superfounders
Nov 2018
Round$20M1 new
- eQventure/ Hermann Hauser
Reported by EU-Startups
Dec 2017
Round$630K1 new1 returning
- Wayra
- MassChallenge
Source recorded
Jan 2017
Round$13M1 new
- eQventure
Reported by FinSMEs
Oct 2014
Round$200K1 returning
- Wayra
From a historical funding record
Feb 2014
Grant$39K1 returning
- Wayra
From a historical funding record
Nov 2013
Seed$50K1 new
- Wayra
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From USound's own website: 2 founders, 5 on the team.

Herbert GartnerCEO & Co-founder

Ferruccio BottoniCTO & Co-founder

Andrea RusconiCFO & Chairman
Greg GalvinBoard Member
Hermann HauserBoard Member
Ignazio Rusconi ClericiBoard Member
Longzhong YangBoard Member

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.

Seed2013Grant2014Round2014Round2017Round2017Round2018Round2019Venture2023

Wayra

eQventure

MassChallenge

European Investment Bank

EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEsHorizon 2020eQventure/ Hermann Hauser

Everyone who backed them

WayraCorporate VC4rounds

eQventureAngel network2rounds

MassChallengeAccelerator1round

European Investment BankGovernment1round

EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEsGovernment1round

Horizon 2020VC firm1round

eQventure/ Hermann Hauserno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists USound 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.