# Jiko funding: rounds and investors > Jiko has raised $7.7M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Upfront Ventures, Y Combinator and 500 Global. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/jiko (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Jiko* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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. Financial Services Fintech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$7.7M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Venture Oct 2025 - **Biggest round:** $7.7M Series A · Oct 2017 - **Investors:** 11 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. 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$7.7M** Series A **?** Venture - **First round:** Series A, $7.7M - **Biggest round:** $7.7M - **Between rounds:** 7.9 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [Upfront Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upfront-ventures) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) Source recorded - **Oct 2017** Series A **$7.7M** *7 new* [Upfront Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upfront-ventures) [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) [Core Innovation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/core-innovation-capital) [500 Fintech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-fintech) [Embark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/embark) Radicle Impact/ Social Capital Story Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $9.4M sold, first sale Jun 2017 ## Founders and team From Jiko's own website: 2 founders, 11 on the team. **Stephane Lintner** CEO, Co-Founder, Jiko Board Member **Alfred Vericel** Founding Partner of Red River West - **Eduardo Vergara** President - **Abhishek Puri** Chief Risk Officer - **Breanne Madigan** Chief Business Officer - **Matthew Mengerink** Chief Technology Officer - **Scott Richland** Chief Investment Officer, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - **Tobi Vincent** Chief Financial Officer - **Xavier Audibert** Chief Product Officer - **Ellie Ardelean** Head of Marketing - **Richard Serpa** VP of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances - **Sarah Giunta** VP of Customer Success - **Paul Beers** BSA Officer Advisers *Steve Shafran* ## 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** 2017 **Venture** 2025 [Upfront Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upfront-ventures) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) [Core Innovation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/core-innovation-capital) [500 Fintech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-fintech) [Embark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/embark) Radicle Impact/ Social Capital ## Everyone who backed them [Upfront Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upfront-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) Government **1** round [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) VC firm **1** round [Nyca Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nyca-partners) VC firm **1** round [Core Innovation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/core-innovation-capital) VC firm **1** round [500 Fintech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-fintech) VC firm **1** round [Embark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/embark) Company **1** round Radicle Impact/ Social Capital no record of our own yet **1** round Story 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=jiko). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list Jiko 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. [Radicle Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radicle-impact-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Embark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/embark-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Story Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/story-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Thirdstream Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thirdstream-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Taurus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taurus-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Jiko ### Who invested in Jiko? Jiko's investors include Upfront Ventures, Y Combinator, 500 Global, Bpifrance and Digital Currency Group, and 6 more on record. ### How much has Jiko raised? Jiko has raised $7.7M across 2 rounds since 2017. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Jiko last raise? Jiko's most recent round was a Venture in Oct 2025. ### What was Jiko's biggest round? Jiko's largest round on record is $7.7M (Series A), in Oct 2017. ### Who backed Jiko first? Jiko's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Upfront Ventures, Digital Currency Group and Core Innovation Capital and 4 others. ### What stage is Jiko at? Jiko's latest named round is a Venture, in Oct 2025. ### Where is Jiko based? Jiko is based in the United States. ## Companies like Jiko In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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