Who invested in Popular Pays

6 rounds we have observed, with the 15 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.

Advertising & AdtechMartech

Y Combinator: W15

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$13Mraised across 6 rounds since 2013, from 6 sources

$200KSeed$550KSeed$2.0MSeed$5.2MSeries A$5.5MRound

Latest round: Round, $5.5MAug 2018
Investors: 15

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20142015201620172018

$200KSeed$550KSeed?Seed$2.0MSeed$5.2MSeries A$5.5MRound

First round: Seed, $200K
Biggest round: $5.5M
Usual gap between rounds: 11 months

The rounds

Aug 2018
Round$5.5M1 new
- Beringea
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $5.5M sold, first sale Jul 2018
Apr 2017
Series A$5.2M2 new
- Hyde Park Angels
- GoAhead/ Pallasite
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $5.2M sold, first sale Mar 2017
Jul 2015
Seed$2.0M6 new2 returning
From a historical funding record
Apr 2015
SeedAmount undisclosed3 new
From a historical funding record
Sept 2014
Seed$550K1 new1 returning
- Y Combinator
- Great Oaks Venture Capital
From a historical funding record
Oct 2013
Seed$200K2 new
- Great Oaks Venture Capital
- Lakewest Venture Partners
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $65K sold, first sale Oct 2013

Founders and team

From Popular Pays's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

Alli MartinoDigital Account Manager
Carly McCoySocial Media Manager
Corbett DrummeyExecutive Officer, Directori
John SchneiderExecutive Officeri

On the board, as filediClancey StahrJohn BonhardPeter Dolan

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.

Seed2013Seed2014Seed2015Seed2015Series A2017Round2018

Great Oaks Venture Capital

Social Starts

Lakewest Venture Partners

Y Combinator

Bessemer Venture Partners

Soma Capital

Beringea

Hyde Park Angels

Newgen Venture Partners

ZenStone Venture Capital

Everyone who backed them

Great Oaks Venture CapitalVC firm2rounds

Social StartsVC firm2rounds

Lakewest Venture PartnersVC firm2rounds

Y CombinatorAccelerator1round

Bessemer Venture PartnersVC firm1round

Soma CapitalVC firm1round

BeringeaPrivate equity1round

Hyde Park AngelsAngel network1round

Newgen Venture PartnersVC firm1round

ZenStone Venture CapitalVC firm1round

Alan MatthewAngel1round

Jayna CookeAngel1round

Romar Capital PartnersVC firm1round

GoAhead/ Pallasiteno record of our own yet1round

Mike Shinodano record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Popular Pays 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.

ICCP Venture PartnersVC firmPer its own site

Pallasite VenturesVC firmPer its own site

Eddie LouAngelPer its own site

CatapultVC firmPer its own site

HPAVC firmPer its own site

Quick answers about Popular Pays

Who invested in Popular Pays?

Popular Pays's investors include Great Oaks Venture Capital, Social Starts, Lakewest Venture Partners, Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partners, and 10 more on record.