# Payaca funding: rounds and investors

> Payaca has raised $1.2M across 2 rounds since 2021. Investors include Blackfinch Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Payaca*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor 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

**$1.2M** raised across 2 rounds since 2021, from 2 sources

**$565K** Round **$613K** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $613K Aug 2022
- **Investors:** 1

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.

2022

**$565K** Round

**$613K** Seed

- **First round:** Round, $565K
- **Biggest round:** $613K
- **Between rounds:** 14 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2022** Seed **$613K** *1 new* [Blackfinch Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackfinch-ventures) Source recorded
- **Jun 2021** Round **$565K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet

## Funding filed with regulators

Payaca filed 2 raises, $565K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Mar 2023 **Amount not stated** UK share allotment
- Jun 2021 **$565K** UK share allotment

## Founders and team

From Payaca's own website: 1 founder, 6 on the team.

**Matt Franklin** CEO & Founder

- **Matt Bessey** CTO
- **Tim Morgan** CFO
- **Jamie Duncan** Head of Customer Operations
- **Georgia Eves** Senior Customer Success Manager
- **Martha Hearn** Senior Software Engineer
- **Owen Evans** Senior Software Engineer

## Everyone who backed them

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Payaca 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.

[1818 Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1818-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Payaca

### Who invested in Payaca?

Payaca's investors include Blackfinch Ventures.

### How much has Payaca raised?

Payaca has raised $1.2M across 2 rounds since 2021.

### When did Payaca last raise?

Payaca's most recent round was a Seed of $613K in Aug 2022.

### What was Payaca's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $613K in Aug 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Payaca first?

Payaca's first round on record, in Aug 2022, was backed by Blackfinch Ventures.

### What stage is Payaca at?

Payaca's latest named round is a Seed, in Aug 2022.

### Where is Payaca based?

Payaca is based in the United Kingdom.

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