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]
History
Busbud was founded in 2011 by Louis-Philippe Maurice, Michael Gradek, and Frederic Thouin after Maurice identified a lack of centralized digital booking options while traveling in South America. The company was established in Montreal, Canada.[3]
In May 2013, Busbud completed a seed round financing of $1.2 million US dollar.[4] 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[5] and acquired Betterez, a reservation and ticketing management platform for ground transportation operators.[6]
In March 2024, the company acquired Buson, a bus booking marketplace in Brazil. This was noted as their largest M&A transaction at the time.[7] In May of the same year, Busbud acquired the South African software provider Ratality.
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References
- Revolution co-leads investment in Busbud, an online portal to purchase bus tickets Washington Post^
- Busbud Opens Platform to Asia with Launch of Routes Connecting 600 Cities Techvibes, 2017-07-19, retrieved 2018-02-09^
- About us Busbud, retrieved 2026-03-11^
- Busbud, The Kayak For Intercity Bus Travel, Raises $1M Round Led By iNovia Capital And Real Ventures TechCrunch, AOL, 29 May 2013^
- Busbud expands in Latin America with fresh funding, acquisition www.phocuswire.com, retrieved 2025-05-13^
- Justin Dawes. Bus Ticket Marketplace Busbud Makes 2nd Acquisition of 2022 Skift, 2022-11-09, retrieved 2025-05-13^
- TravelPress Staff. Busbud acquires Brazilian bus booking marketplace TravelPress, 2024-03-19, retrieved 2026-03-12^