# PayMate funding: rounds and investors

> PayMate has raised $34M across 2 rounds since 2008. Investors include Visa, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Mayfield Fund. Every round with its source.

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

India · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *PayMate*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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

**$34M** raised across 2 rounds since 2008, from 2 sources

**$9.0M** Series B **$25M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $25M Jul 2019
- **Led by:** Visa
- **Step-up i:** 2.8×
- **Investors:** 8 (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.

2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

**$9.0M** Series B

**$25M** Series D

- **First round:** Series B, $9.0M
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Between rounds:** 11.3 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2019** Series D **$25M** *5 new* [Visa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visa) Lead [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) [Brand Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brand-capital) [Mayfair 101](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfair-101) Times Group Reported by Ibsintelligence
- **May 2008** Series B **$9.0M** *3 new* [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Sherpalo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sherpalo-ventures-llc) Reported by paynet-recruitment.com

## Founders and team

From PayMate's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Swapnil Shah** CEO
- **Logistic Plus** Managing Director
- **Mr. Partha Sarathi** IBM Key Account Manager
- **Suchit Sehgal** Managing Director
- **Chavi Jafa** Team

## 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 B** 2008 **Series D** 2019 [Visa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visa) L [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Sherpalo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sherpalo-ventures-llc) [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) [Brand Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brand-capital) [Mayfair 101](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfair-101) Times Group

## Everyone who backed them

[Visa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visa) Corporate VC **1** round, led 1

[Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) VC firm **1** round

[Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) VC firm **1** round

[Sherpalo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sherpalo-ventures-llc) Angel network **1** round

[Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) Investment firm **1** round

[Brand Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brand-capital) Corporate VC **1** round

[Mayfair 101](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfair-101) Growth equity **1** round

Times Group no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about PayMate

### Who invested in PayMate?

PayMate's investors include Visa, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mayfield Fund, Sherpalo Ventures and Recruit Strategic Partners, and 3 more on record. Visa led its latest round.

### How much has PayMate raised?

PayMate has raised $34M across 2 rounds since 2008.

### When did PayMate last raise?

PayMate's most recent round was a Series D of $25M in Jul 2019, led by Visa.

### What was PayMate's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $25M in Jul 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed PayMate first?

PayMate's first round on record, in May 2008, was backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mayfield Fund and Sherpalo Ventures.

### What stage is PayMate at?

PayMate's latest named round is a Series D, in Jul 2019.

### Where is PayMate based?

PayMate is based in India.

### Who led PayMate's rounds?

Visa led the Series D in 2019.

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