Busbud

Busbud is a travel website specializing in intercity bus tickets as well as travel by trains, shuttles, ferries and carpooling.^[1] As of 2017 Busbud covered services in North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Africa, Oceania and Asia.^[2]

Busbud

Type of site	Travel and accommodation services
Founded	2011
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Key people	LP Maurice (CEO)
Industry	Travel
Employees	60+ (2019)
URL	www.busbud.com

History

In May 2013, Busbud completed a seed round financing of $1.2 million US dollar.^[3] In 2014 Busbud acquired another round of funding of US$9 million, co-led by OMERS Ventures and Revolution Ventures.^{[4][better source needed]} In January 2018 Busbud announced a US$11 Million Series B round of funding.^[5] In September 2020 Busbud announced a $15 million Canadian dollar Series C round of funding.^[6] In February 2022 Busbud announced an US$11 million funding round.

Still in 2022 Busbud merged with Recorrido, an intercity bus marketplace based in Santiago^[7] and acquired Betterez, a reservation and ticketing management platform for ground transportation operators.^[8] In 2023 Busbud acquired South Africa–based Ratality, a revenue management software provider for ground travel operators.^[9] In 2024 Busbud acquisired Buson.^[10]