# Popular Pays funding: rounds and investors > Popular Pays has raised $13M across 6 rounds since 2013. Investors include Great Oaks Venture Capital, Social Starts and Lakewest Venture Partners. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/popular-pays (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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 & Adtech Martech Y Combinator: W15 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$13M** raised across 6 rounds since 2013, from 6 sources **$200K** Seed **$550K** Seed **$2.0M** Seed **$5.2M** Series A **$5.5M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $5.5M Aug 2018 - **Investors:** 15 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. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 **$200K** Seed **$550K** Seed **?** Seed **$2.0M** Seed **$5.2M** Series A **$5.5M** Round - **First round:** Seed, $200K - **Biggest round:** $5.5M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 11 months ## The rounds - **Aug 2018** Round **$5.5M** *1 new* [Beringea](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beringea) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $5.5M sold, first sale Jul 2018 - **Apr 2017** Series A **$5.2M** *2 new* [Hyde Park Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hyde-park-angels) GoAhead/ Pallasite Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $5.2M sold, first sale Mar 2017 - **Jul 2015** Seed **$2.0M** *6 new* *2 returning* [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) [ZenStone Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zenstone-venture-capital) [Alan Matthew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alan-matthew) [Romar Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/romar-capital-partners) Mike Shinoda From a historical funding record - **Apr 2015** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) [Newgen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newgen-venture-partners) [Jayna Cooke](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jayna-cooke) From a historical funding record - **Sept 2014** Seed **$550K** *1 new* *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) From a historical funding record - **Oct 2013** Seed **$200K** *2 new* [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) From a historical funding record SEC 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 Martino** Digital Account Manager - **Carly McCoy** Social Media Manager - **Corbett Drummey** Executive Officer, Director i - **John Schneider** Executive Officer i On the board, as filed i *Clancey Stahr* *John Bonhard* *Peter 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. **Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2015 **Series A** 2017 **Round** 2018 [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Beringea](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beringea) [Hyde Park Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hyde-park-angels) [Newgen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newgen-venture-partners) [ZenStone Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zenstone-venture-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) VC firm **2** rounds [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) VC firm **1** round [Beringea](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beringea) Private equity **1** round [Hyde Park Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hyde-park-angels) Angel network **1** round [Newgen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newgen-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [ZenStone Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zenstone-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round [Alan Matthew](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alan-matthew) Angel **1** round [Jayna Cooke](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jayna-cooke) Angel **1** round [Romar Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/romar-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round GoAhead/ Pallasite no record of our own yet **1** round Mike Shinoda 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=popular-pays). ## 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 Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iccp-sbi-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Pallasite Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pallasite-ventures-inc) VC firm Per its own site [Eddie Lou](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eddie-lou) Angel Per its own site [Catapult](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catapult-vc) VC firm Per its own site [HPA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hpa) VC firm Per 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. ### How much has Popular Pays raised? Popular Pays has raised $13M across 6 rounds since 2013. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Popular Pays last raise? Popular Pays's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $5.5M in Aug 2018. ### What was Popular Pays's biggest round? Its most recent round, $5.5M in Aug 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Popular Pays first? Popular Pays's first round on record, in Oct 2013, was backed by Great Oaks Venture Capital and Lakewest Venture Partners. ### What stage is Popular Pays at? Popular Pays's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Aug 2018. ### Where is Popular Pays based? Popular Pays is based in the United States. ## Companies like Popular Pays In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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