# Joust funding: rounds and investors

> Joust has raised $6.2M across 4 rounds since 2013. Investors include PTB Ventures, Techstars and Accion Venture Lab. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Joust*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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

**$6.2M** raised across 4 rounds since 2013, from 4 sources

**$1.7M** Seed **$735K** Venture **$1.2M** Venture **$2.6M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $2.6M Aug 2019
- **Led by:** PTB Ventures
- **Step-up i:** 2.2×
- **Investors:** 4 (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.

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

**$1.7M** Seed

**$735K** Venture

**$1.2M** Venture

**$2.6M** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $1.7M
- **Biggest round:** $2.6M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 8 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2019** Seed **$2.6M** *4 new* [PTB Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ptb-ventures) Lead [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Accion Venture Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accion-venture-lab) [Financial Venture Studio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/financial-venture-studio) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $5.0M sold, first sale Jul 2018
- **Jul 2014** Venture **$1.2M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.2M sold, first sale Jun 2014
- **Nov 2013** Venture **$735K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by marketbrief.com SEC filing: $735K sold, first sale Oct 2013
- **Jul 2013** Seed **$1.7M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $735K sold, first sale Oct 2013

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **John Christiano** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Tim Gray** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Amos Schwartzfarb*

## 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** 2013 **Venture** 2013 **Venture** 2014 **Seed** 2019 [PTB Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ptb-ventures) L [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Accion Venture Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accion-venture-lab) [Financial Venture Studio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/financial-venture-studio)

## Everyone who backed them

[PTB Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ptb-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round

[Accion Venture Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accion-venture-lab) VC firm **1** round

[Financial Venture Studio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/financial-venture-studio) Accelerator **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=joust).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Joust 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.

[ATX Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atx-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Joust

### Who invested in Joust?

Joust's investors include PTB Ventures, Techstars, Accion Venture Lab and Financial Venture Studio. PTB Ventures led its latest round.

### How much has Joust raised?

Joust has raised $6.2M across 4 rounds since 2013.

### When did Joust last raise?

Joust's most recent round was a Seed of $2.6M in Aug 2019, led by PTB Ventures.

### What was Joust's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.6M in Aug 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Joust first?

Joust's first round on record, in Aug 2019, was backed by PTB Ventures, Techstars and Accion Venture Lab and 1 others.

### What stage is Joust at?

Joust's latest named round is a Seed, in Aug 2019.

### Where is Joust based?

Joust is based in the United States.

### Who led Joust's rounds?

PTB Ventures led the Seed in 2019.

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