# Bitwage funding: rounds and investors > Bitwage has raised $2.3M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Plug and Play, Draper Associates and Saeed Amidi. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/bitwage (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Bitwage* 3 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. Enterprise Software Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$2.3M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources **$750K** Seed **$1.5M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $1.5M Oct 2021 - **Step-up i:** 2× - **Investors:** 7 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. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 **?** Seed **$750K** Seed **$1.5M** Seed - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $1.5M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.8 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2021** Seed **$1.5M** *2 returning* [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) Source recorded - **Nov 2015** Seed **$750K** *6 new* [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Saeed Amidi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saeed-amidi) [Cloud Money Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cloud-money-ventures) [Orange Silicon Valley](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-silicon-valley) BankToTheFuture Bitcoin Capital From a historical funding record SEC filing: $5 sold, first sale Feb 2016 - **Dec 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Bitwage's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 4 on the team. **Jonathan Chester** CEO, Co-founder *Named on its 2016 Form D* **John Lindsay** CTO, Co-founder *Named on its 2016 Form D* - **Frank Rodriguez** COO - **Ramiro Raposo** VP of Growth - **Roy Lindsay** VP Engineering - **Sonia Chester** VP of Product ## 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** 2014 **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2021 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Saeed Amidi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saeed-amidi) [Cloud Money Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cloud-money-ventures) [Orange Silicon Valley](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-silicon-valley) BankToTheFuture Bitcoin Capital ## Everyone who backed them [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **2** rounds [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) VC firm **2** rounds [Saeed Amidi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saeed-amidi) Angel **1** round [Cloud Money Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cloud-money-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Orange Silicon Valley](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-silicon-valley) VC firm **1** round BankToTheFuture no record of our own yet **1** round Bitcoin Capital 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=bitwage). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Bitwage 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. [Overton Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/overton-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Visary Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visary-capital) VC firm 2025, per its site ## Quick answers about Bitwage ### Who invested in Bitwage? Bitwage's investors include Plug and Play, Draper Associates, Saeed Amidi, Cloud Money Ventures and Orange Silicon Valley, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Bitwage raised? Bitwage has raised $2.3M across 3 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Bitwage last raise? Bitwage's most recent round was a Seed of $1.5M in Oct 2021. ### What was Bitwage's biggest round? Its most recent round, $1.5M in Oct 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Bitwage first? Bitwage's first round on record, in Dec 2014, was backed by Plug and Play. ### What stage is Bitwage at? Bitwage's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2021. ### Where is Bitwage based? Bitwage is based in the United States. ## Companies like Bitwage In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**AuxoAI** $21M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/auxoai)[**Qualitate** $32M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/qualitate)[**RapidCanvas** $53M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapidcanvas)[**Labelbox** $224M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/labelbox)[**Albert** $57M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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