# PlateIQ funding: rounds and investors > PlateIQ has raised $4.5M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include Y Combinator, Eileses Capital/ Initialized and Initialized Capital. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/plateiq (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *PlateIQ* 3 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. B2B Fintech Y Combinator: S15 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.5M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources **$500K** Seed **$4.0M** Round - **Latest round:** Venture Nov 2021 - **Biggest round:** $4.0M Round · Mar 2017 - **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. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 **$500K** Seed **$4.0M** Round **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $500K - **Biggest round:** $4.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.6 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2021** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) Source recorded - **Mar 2017** Round **$4.0M** *4 new* Eileses Capital/ Initialized Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Tamares](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tamares) Restaurant Group Reported by TechCrunch - **Aug 2015** Seed **$500K** *2 new* Cameron Walters Michael Ducker From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From PlateIQ's own website: 7 on the team. - **Shawn Lane** Chief Executive Officer - **Dan Kim** Chief Financial Officer - **Don Dittmar** Chief Product Officer - **Josh Betz** Chief Sales Officer - **Melissa Johnson** Chief Payments Officer - **Mike Waldron** Chief Marketing Officer - **Kara Dion** VP of Customer Success ## 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. **Seed** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Venture** 2021 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Eileses Capital/ Initialized L [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) [Tamares](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tamares) Cameron Walters Michael Ducker Restaurant Group ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds Eileses Capital/ Initialized no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1 [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) VC firm **1** round [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) Private equity **1** round [Tamares](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tamares) Private equity **1** round Cameron Walters no record of our own yet **1** round Michael Ducker no record of our own yet **1** round Restaurant Group no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=plateiq). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists PlateIQ 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. [Gala Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gala-capital-partners) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about PlateIQ ### Who invested in PlateIQ? PlateIQ's investors include Y Combinator, Eileses Capital/ Initialized, Initialized Capital, FTV Capital and Tamares, and 3 more on record. ### How much has PlateIQ raised? PlateIQ has raised $4.5M across 3 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did PlateIQ last raise? PlateIQ's most recent round was a Venture in Nov 2021. ### What was PlateIQ's biggest round? PlateIQ's largest round on record is $4.0M (Undisclosed round), in Mar 2017, led by Eileses Capital/ Initialized. ### Who backed PlateIQ first? PlateIQ's first round on record, in Aug 2015, was backed by Cameron Walters and Michael Ducker. ### What stage is PlateIQ at? PlateIQ's latest named round is a Venture, in Nov 2021. ### Where is PlateIQ based? PlateIQ is based in the United States. ### Who led PlateIQ's rounds? Eileses Capital/ Initialized led the Undisclosed round in 2017. ## Companies like PlateIQ In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Kalshi** $2.7B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalshi)[**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)[**MURAL** $67M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mural) ## 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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