# PopID funding: rounds and investors

> PopID has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Wavemaker, Wavemaker Partners and Commerce Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *PopID*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

Cybersecurity

Raised 11 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Dec 2025
- **Biggest round:** $5.0M Series A · Apr 2019
- **Investors:** 4 (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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$5.0M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $5.0M
- **Biggest round:** $5.0M
- **Between rounds:** 6.6 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [Commerce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commerce-ventures) Source recorded
- **Apr 2019** Series A **$5.0M** *2 new* Wavemaker Lead [Cali Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cali-group) Reported by Newswire

## Founders and team

From PopID's own website: 7 on the team.

- **Prasad Srinivasa** Vice President - Asia Pacific
- **John Miller** CEO
- **Kourosh Gohar** President of PopPay SMB
- **Ashish Gupta** CTO
- **Sean Olson** CFO
- **Evan Grant** VP and General Counsel
- **Tony Lomelino** Head of Operations

## 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** 2019 **Venture** 2025 Wavemaker L [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [Commerce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commerce-ventures) [Cali Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cali-group)

## Everyone who backed them

Wavemaker no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1

[Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) VC firm **1** round

[Commerce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commerce-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Cali Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cali-group) Corporate VC **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list PopID 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.

[Cultivate Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cultivate-next) Corporate VC Per its own site

[J Heart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-heart-ventures-2) VC firm Per its own site

[Nextwave X Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nextwave-x-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about PopID

### Who invested in PopID?

PopID's investors include Wavemaker, Wavemaker Partners, Commerce Ventures and Cali Group.

### How much has PopID raised?

PopID has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did PopID last raise?

PopID's most recent round was a Venture in Dec 2025.

### What was PopID's biggest round?

PopID's largest round on record is $5.0M (Series A), in Apr 2019, led by Wavemaker.

### Who backed PopID first?

PopID's first round on record, in Apr 2019, was backed by Wavemaker and Cali Group.

### What stage is PopID at?

PopID's latest named round is a Venture, in Dec 2025.

### Where is PopID based?

PopID is based in the United States.

### Who led PopID's rounds?

Wavemaker led the Series A in 2019.

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