# Papa funding: rounds and investors

> Papa has raised $10M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Canaan, Y Combinator and Tiger Global Management. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Papa*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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.

Healthcare

Valuation: $1.4B, Mar 2026 Y Combinator: S18

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$10M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Nov 2021
- **Biggest round:** $10M Series A · Oct 2019
- **Investors:** 9 (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.

2020 2021

**$10M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $10M
- **Biggest round:** $10M
- **Between rounds:** 2.1 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2021** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Operator Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-partners) [Seven Seven Six](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seven-six) Source recorded SEC filing: $107M sold, first sale Oct 2021
- **Oct 2019** Series A **$10M** *6 new* [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) [Pivotal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-ventures) Melinda Gates Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $853K sold, first sale Jun 2017

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Alfredo Vaamonde** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Andrew Parker** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Charles Hector** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Byron Ling* *Fatima Husain*

## 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** 2019 **Venture** 2021 [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [Operator Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-partners) [Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) [Seven Seven Six](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seven-six) [Pivotal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-ventures) Melinda Gates

## Everyone who backed them

[Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **1** round

[Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Operator Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/operator-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Sound Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sound-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Seven Seven Six](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seven-seven-six) VC firm **1** round

[Pivotal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-ventures) Accelerator **1** round

Melinda Gates no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Papa 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.

[TCG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg) Private equity Per its own site

[Sugar Free Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sugar-free-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Papa

### Who invested in Papa?

Papa's investors include Canaan, Y Combinator, Tiger Global Management, Initialized Capital and Operator Partners, and 4 more on record.

### How much has Papa raised?

Papa has raised $10M across 2 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Papa last raise?

Papa's most recent round was a Venture in Nov 2021.

### What was Papa's biggest round?

Papa's largest round on record is $10M (Series A), in Oct 2019, led by Canaan.

### Who backed Papa first?

Papa's first round on record, in Oct 2019, was backed by Canaan, Y Combinator and Initialized Capital and 3 others.

### What stage is Papa at?

Papa's latest named round is a Venture, in Nov 2021.

### Where is Papa based?

Papa is based in the United States.

### Who led Papa's rounds?

Canaan led the Series A in 2019.

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