# PressPlay funding: rounds and investors

> PressPlay has raised $2.7M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Peak XV and Jason Hirschhorn. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *PressPlay*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.7M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$500K** Seed **$2.2M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Venture Jul 2016
- **Biggest round:** $2.2M Seed · Apr 2015
- **Investors:** 5

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

**$500K** Seed

**$2.2M** Seed

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $500K
- **Biggest round:** $2.2M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2016** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Peak XV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peak-xv) Source recorded SEC filing: $1.0M sold, first sale Mar 2016
- **Apr 2015** Seed **$2.2M** *4 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Jason Hirschhorn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-hirschhorn) Amit Bhatiani Jarett Posner From a historical funding record
- **Aug 2014** Seed **$500K** No investor was named in the report. 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.

**Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2015 **Venture** 2016 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Peak XV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peak-xv) [Jason Hirschhorn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-hirschhorn) Amit Bhatiani Jarett Posner

## The exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) undisclosed Jun 2012

From historical deal records. Wrong? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=pressplay).

## Everyone who backed them

[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Peak XV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peak-xv) VC firm **1** round

[Jason Hirschhorn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jason-hirschhorn) Angel **1** round

Amit Bhatiani no record of our own yet **1** round

Jarett Posner 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=pressplay).

## Quick answers about PressPlay

### Who invested in PressPlay?

PressPlay's investors include Sequoia Capital, Peak XV, Jason Hirschhorn, Amit Bhatiani and Jarett Posner.

### How much has PressPlay raised?

PressPlay has raised $2.7M across 3 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did PressPlay last raise?

PressPlay's most recent round was a Venture in Jul 2016.

### What was PressPlay's biggest round?

PressPlay's largest round on record is $2.2M (Seed), in Apr 2015.

### Who backed PressPlay first?

PressPlay's first round on record, in Apr 2015, was backed by Sequoia Capital, Jason Hirschhorn and Amit Bhatiani and 1 others.

### What stage is PressPlay at?

PressPlay's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2016.

### Where is PressPlay based?

PressPlay is based in India.

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