# Payzer funding: rounds and investors > Payzer has raised $38M across 5 rounds since 2015. Investors include Grotech Ventures, Route 66 Ventures and Alumni Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/payzer (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Payzer* 5 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. Fintech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$38M** raised across 5 rounds since 2015, from 5 sources **$1.5M** Round **$4.3M** Series B **$9.2M** Series C **$23M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $23M Jun 2021 - **Step-up i:** 2.5× - **Investors:** 9 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. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 **?** Series A **$1.5M** Round **$4.3M** Series B **$9.2M** Series C **$23M** Series D - **First round:** Series A - **Biggest round:** $23M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.2 years ## The rounds - **Jun 2021** Series D **$23M** *1 new* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) Source recorded SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Jun 2021 - **Nov 2018** Series C **$9.2M** *4 new* *2 returning* [Grotech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grotech-ventures) [Route 66 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures) [Idea Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idea-fund) [Ferguson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ferguson-ventures) [MetaBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metabank) [Corporate Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corporate-venture-capital) Reported by Wraltechwire - **Sept 2016** Series B **$4.3M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Grotech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grotech-ventures) [Route 66 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures) [IDEA Fund Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idea-fund-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $4.3M sold, first sale Sept 2016 - **Jun 2016** Round **$1.5M** *1 new* [Square 1 Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/square-1-bank) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $4.3M sold, first sale Sept 2016 - **Apr 2015** Series A **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Grotech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grotech-ventures) [Route 66 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures) From a historical funding record ## 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** 2015 **Round** 2016 **Series B** 2016 **Series C** 2018 **Series D** 2021 [Grotech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grotech-ventures) [Route 66 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Square 1 Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/square-1-bank) [IDEA Fund Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idea-fund-partners) [Idea Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idea-fund) [Ferguson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ferguson-ventures) [MetaBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metabank) [Corporate Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corporate-venture-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Grotech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grotech-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [Route 66 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/route-66-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Square 1 Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/square-1-bank) Investment firm **1** round [IDEA Fund Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idea-fund-partners) VC firm **1** round [Idea Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idea-fund) Company **1** round [Ferguson Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ferguson-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [MetaBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metabank) Growth equity **1** round [Corporate Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corporate-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=payzer). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Payzer 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. [Elevate Innovation Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate-innovation-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Charlotte Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlotte-fund) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Payzer ### Who invested in Payzer? Payzer's investors include Grotech Ventures, Route 66 Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Square 1 Bank and IDEA Fund Partners, and 4 more on record. ### How much has Payzer raised? Payzer has raised $38M across 5 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Payzer last raise? Payzer's most recent round was a Series D of $23M in Jun 2021. ### What was Payzer's biggest round? Its most recent round, $23M in Jun 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Payzer first? Payzer's first round on record, in Apr 2015, was backed by Grotech Ventures and Route 66 Ventures. ### What stage is Payzer at? Payzer's latest named round is a Series D, in Jun 2021. ### Where is Payzer based? Payzer is based in the United States. ## Companies like Payzer In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Kalshi** $2.7B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalshi)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Coast** $77M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/coast)[**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**CapitalOS** $52M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/capitalos)[**Gradient** $24M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradient) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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