# Happy Pay funding: rounds and investors > Happy Pay has raised $6.8M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Partech Ventures, Gaingels and Launch Africa. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/happy-pay (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) South Africa · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Happy Pay* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. Advertising & Adtech Financial Services Fintech Raised 7 months ago Follow Happy Pay and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fhappy-pay) Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026 **$6.8M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 3 sources **$1.8M** Pre-seed **$5.0M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $5.0M Mar 2026 - **Led by:** Partech Ventures - **Step-up i:** 2.8× - **Investors:** 8 (1 led) 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. 2025 2026 **$1.8M** Pre-seed **$5.0M** Seed - **First round:** Pre-seed, $1.8M - **Biggest round:** $5.0M - **Between rounds:** 19 months ## The rounds - **Mar 2026** Seed **$5.0M** *6 new* [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) Lead [4Di Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/4di-capital) [E4EAfrica](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e4e-africa) [Equitable Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equitable-ventures) [Futuregrowth Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/futuregrowth-asset-management) [Felix Strategic Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felix-strategic-investments) Reported by Disrupt Africa and 1 other - **Sept 2024** Pre-seed **$1.8M** *2 new* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Launch Africa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-africa-ventures) Source recorded ## 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. **Pre-seed** 2024 **Seed** 2026 [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) L [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Launch Africa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-africa-ventures) [4Di Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/4di-capital) [E4EAfrica](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e4e-africa) [Equitable Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equitable-ventures) [Futuregrowth Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/futuregrowth-asset-management) [Felix Strategic Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felix-strategic-investments) ## Everyone who backed them [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Launch Africa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-africa-ventures) VC firm **1** round [4Di Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/4di-capital) VC firm **1** round [E4EAfrica](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e4e-africa) VC firm **1** round [Equitable Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equitable-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Futuregrowth Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/futuregrowth-asset-management) VC firm **1** round [Felix Strategic Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felix-strategic-investments) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=happy-pay). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Happy Pay 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. [DotExe Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dotexe-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about Happy Pay ### Who invested in Happy Pay? Happy Pay's investors include Partech Ventures, Gaingels, Launch Africa, 4Di Capital and E4EAfrica, and 3 more on record. Partech Ventures led its latest round. ### How much has Happy Pay raised? Happy Pay has raised $6.8M across 2 rounds since 2024. ### When did Happy Pay last raise? Happy Pay's most recent round was a Seed of $5.0M in Mar 2026, led by Partech Ventures. ### What was Happy Pay's biggest round? Its most recent round, $5.0M in Mar 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Happy Pay first? Happy Pay's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by Gaingels and Launch Africa. ### What stage is Happy Pay at? Happy Pay's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2026. ### Where is Happy Pay based? Happy Pay is based in South Africa. ### Who led Happy Pay's rounds? Partech Ventures led the Seed in 2026. ## Companies like Happy Pay In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Kuunda** $13M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuunda)[**LittleFish** $9.5M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/littlefish)[**Orca Fraud** $2.4M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/orca-fraud)[**Talk360** $9.8M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/talk360)[**Lula** $85M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/lula)[**Lulalend** $28M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/lulalend) ## 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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