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Who invested in PayJoy?
PayJoy's investors include Union Square Ventures, Greylock, 500 Global, Citibank and Warburg Pincus, and 2 more on record.
20162018202020222024
$8.5MSeries A$20MSeries B$140MDebt
United States · Funded startup
Who invested in PayJoy
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$169Mraised across 3 rounds since 2016, from 3 sources
$8.5MSeries A$20MSeries B$140MDebt
- Latest round
- Debt, $140MDec 2025
- Step-upi
- 7×
- Investors
- 7 (1 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Series A, $8.5M Jul 2016
- Biggest round
- $140M Debt · Dec 2025
- Usual gap between rounds
- 6.5 years the median of 2
The rounds
- Dec 2025Debt$140M3 new2 returning
Source recorded
- May 2019Series B$20M3 new1 returning
Reported by FinSMEs
- Jul 2016
Founders and team
From PayJoy's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 10 on the team.
- Doug RicketCEO
- Nick ZakrasekPresident, Product Development
- John ButtrickCEO
- Bharath RamarathinamCTO
- Bill YialamasChief Financial Officer
- Gib LopezCOO
- Iván CanalesChief Revenue Officer
- Amy PardeeGeneral Counsel
- Arjan SchütteBoard Advisors
- Douglas RicketExecutive Officer, Directori
On the board, as filediJosh McFarlandTodd Schell
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 A2016Series B2019Debt2025
Union Square Ventures
GreylockL
500 Global
Citibank
Warburg Pincus
Core Innovation CapitalEchoVC Partners
Union Square VenturesGreylockL500 GlobalCitibankWarburg PincusCore Innovation CapitalEchoVC PartnersEveryone who backed them
EchoVC PartnersVC firm1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 8 firms list PayJoy 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.
Quick answers about PayJoy
How much has PayJoy raised?
PayJoy has raised $169M across 3 rounds since 2016.
When did PayJoy last raise?
PayJoy's most recent round was a Debt of $140M in Dec 2025.
What was PayJoy's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $140M in Dec 2025, is also its largest on record.
Who backed PayJoy first?
PayJoy's first round on record, in Jul 2016, was backed by Union Square Ventures.
What stage is PayJoy at?
PayJoy's latest named round is a Debt, in Dec 2025.
Where is PayJoy based?
PayJoy is based in the United States.
Who led PayJoy's rounds?
Greylock led the Series B in 2019.
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