# Paybook funding: rounds and investors

> Paybook has raised $11M across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include FJ Labs and Texas Venture Labs. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Paybook*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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

**$11M** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources

**$125K** Grant **$50K** Seed **$300K** Seed **$875K** Venture **$10M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $10M Mar 2023
- **Step-up i:** 11.4×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**$125K** Grant

**$50K** Seed

**$875K** Venture

**$10M** Seed

- **First round:** Grant, $125K
- **Biggest round:** $10M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.3 years

## The rounds

- **Mar 2023** Seed **$10M** *1 new* [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) Source recorded SEC filing: $10.0M sold, first sale Oct 2022
- **Jul 2015** Venture **$875K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $875K sold, first sale Nov 2013
- **Apr 2013** Seed **$300K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $50K sold, first sale Dec 2012
- **Jan 2013** Seed **$50K** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $50K sold, first sale Dec 2012
- **Aug 2012** Grant **$125K** *1 new* [Texas Venture Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brumley-institute-for-graduate-entrepreneurship) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

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

- **Gerardo Trevino** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Monique Wells** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Travis Foxhall*

## 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.

**Grant** 2012 **Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2013 **Venture** 2015 **Seed** 2023 [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Texas Venture Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brumley-institute-for-graduate-entrepreneurship)

## Everyone who backed them

[FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round

[Texas Venture Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brumley-institute-for-graduate-entrepreneurship) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Paybook 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.

[Avalancha Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalancha-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Ausum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ausum-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Paybook

### Who invested in Paybook?

Paybook's investors include FJ Labs and Texas Venture Labs.

### How much has Paybook raised?

Paybook has raised $11M across 5 rounds since 2012.

### When did Paybook last raise?

Paybook's most recent round was a Seed of $10M in Mar 2023.

### What was Paybook's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $10M in Mar 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Paybook first?

Paybook's first round on record, in Aug 2012, was backed by Texas Venture Labs.

### What stage is Paybook at?

Paybook's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2023.

### Where is Paybook based?

Paybook is based in the United States.

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