# Packback funding: rounds and investors

> Packback has raised $9.2M across 6 rounds since 2013. Investors include Lakewest Venture Partners, Mark Cuban and Seedinvest. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Packback*

6 rounds we have observed, with the 15 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$9.2M** raised across 6 rounds since 2013, from 6 sources

**$1.0M** Seed **$1.5M** Seed **$4.2M** Series A **$2.5M** Round

- **Latest round:** Venture Mar 2024
- **Biggest round:** $4.2M Series A · Jan 2018
- **Investors:** 15 (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.

2015 2017 2019 2021 2023

**?** Venture

**$1.0M** Seed

**$1.5M** Seed

**$4.2M** Series A

**$2.5M** Round

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Venture
- **Biggest round:** $4.2M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 12 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* *1 returning* [Service Provider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/service-provider-capital) [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) [PSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/providence-equity-partners) Also list them on their own site [Gilbert Avenue Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gilbert-avenue-ventures) Source recorded
- **Jan 2019** Round **$2.5M** *1 new* University Ventures/ Hyde Park Angels Lead Reported by Prweb SEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale Jan 2019
- **Jan 2018** Series A **$4.2M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Wintrust Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wintrust-ventures) University Ventures/ Mark Cuban Wildcat Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $4.2M sold, first sale Jan 2018
- **Jun 2015** Seed **$1.5M** *5 new* *3 returning* [Mark Cuban](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-cuban) [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) [Hyde Park Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hyde-park-angels) [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) [Alan Matthew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alan-matthew) [Howard Tullman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/howard-tullman) [Wintrust Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wintrust-ventures) Matthew Saverin From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.5M sold, first sale May 2015
- **Aug 2014** Seed **$1.0M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Mark Cuban](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-cuban) [JumpStart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jumpstart-ventures) [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) [Listen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/listen-ventures) [Howard Tullman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/howard-tullman) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.1M sold, first sale Jul 2014
- **Oct 2013** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [JumpStart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jumpstart-ventures) [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **Michael Shannon** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Corey Ferengul* *James Caras* *Kesav Gandham* *Troy Williams*

## 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.

**Venture** 2013 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2015 **Series A** 2018 **Round** 2019 **Venture** 2024 [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) [Mark Cuban](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-cuban) [Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) [JumpStart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jumpstart-ventures) [Howard Tullman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/howard-tullman) [Wintrust Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wintrust-ventures) University Ventures/ Hyde Park Angels L [Service Provider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/service-provider-capital) [PSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/providence-equity-partners) [Hyde Park Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hyde-park-angels)

## Everyone who backed them

[Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) VC firm **3** rounds

[Mark Cuban](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-cuban) Angel **2** rounds

[Seedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedinvest-2) VC firm **2** rounds

[JumpStart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jumpstart-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Howard Tullman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/howard-tullman) Angel **2** rounds

[Wintrust Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wintrust-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

University Ventures/ Hyde Park Angels no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1

[Service Provider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/service-provider-capital) VC firm **1** round

[PSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/providence-equity-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Hyde Park Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hyde-park-angels) Angel network **1** round

[Alan Matthew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alan-matthew) Angel **1** round

[Listen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/listen-ventures) VC firm **1** round

Matthew Saverin no record of our own yet **1** round

University Ventures/ Mark Cuban no record of our own yet **1** round

Wildcat 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=packback).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Packback 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.

[Escalate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/escalate-capital) Private credit Per its own site

[Buena Vista Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/buena-vista-angels) Angel network Per its own site

[Gilbert Avenue Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gilbert-avenue-ventures) VC firm 2024, per its site

[GreenGage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greengage-capital) Family office Per its own site

[HPA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hpa) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Packback

### Who invested in Packback?

Packback's investors include Lakewest Venture Partners, Mark Cuban, Seedinvest, JumpStart Ventures and Howard Tullman, and 10 more on record.

### How much has Packback raised?

Packback has raised $9.2M across 6 rounds since 2013. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Packback last raise?

Packback's most recent round was a Venture in Mar 2024.

### What was Packback's biggest round?

Packback's largest round on record is $4.2M (Series A), in Jan 2018.

### Who backed Packback first?

Packback's first round on record, in Oct 2013, was backed by JumpStart Ventures and Lakewest Venture Partners.

### What stage is Packback at?

Packback's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2024.

### Where is Packback based?

Packback is based in the United States.

### Who led Packback's rounds?

University Ventures/ Hyde Park Angels led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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