# Dream Payments funding: rounds and investors

> Dream Payments has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Real Ventures, Blue Sky Capital and Rouge River Capital.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/dream-payments (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Canada · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Dream Payments*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$16M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$6.0M** Series A **$10M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $10M Mar 2017
- **Step-up i:** 1.7×
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2016 2017

**$6.0M** Series A

**$10M** Series A

- **First round:** Series A, $6.0M
- **Biggest round:** $10M
- **Between rounds:** 23 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2017** Series A **$10M** *2 new* Real airVentures/ Connecticut Innovations Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale Nov 2016
- **Mar 2015** Series A **$6.0M** *3 new* [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [Blue Sky Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-sky-capital) [Rouge River Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rouge-river-capital) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $510K sold, first sale Feb 2015

## Founders and team

From Dream Payments's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Brent Ho-Young** Chief Executive Officer
- **Anant Tailor** Chief Product Officer
- **Jonathan Racine** Director, Cloud Platform Services
- **Nicole Pope** Human Resources Manager

## 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** 2015 **Series A** 2017 [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [Blue Sky Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-sky-capital) [Rouge River Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rouge-river-capital) airVentures/ Connecticut Innovations Real

## Everyone who backed them

[Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) Family office **1** round

[Blue Sky Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-sky-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Rouge River Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rouge-river-capital) VC firm **1** round

airVentures/ Connecticut Innovations no record of our own yet **1** round

Real no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Dream Payments 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.

[Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Rep Matters Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rep-matters-angel-network) VC firm Per its own site

[Celtic House Asia Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/celtic-house-asia-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[GCI Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gci-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Dream Payments

### Who invested in Dream Payments?

Dream Payments's investors include Real Ventures, Blue Sky Capital, Rouge River Capital, airVentures/ Connecticut Innovations and Real.

### How much has Dream Payments raised?

Dream Payments has raised $16M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did Dream Payments last raise?

Dream Payments's most recent round was a Series A of $10M in Mar 2017.

### What was Dream Payments's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $10M in Mar 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Dream Payments first?

Dream Payments's first round on record, in Mar 2015, was backed by Real Ventures, Blue Sky Capital and Rouge River Capital.

### What stage is Dream Payments at?

Dream Payments's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2017.

### Where is Dream Payments based?

Dream Payments is based in Canada.

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