Who invested in Sezzle

3 rounds we have observed, with the one investor 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.

E-commerceFintech

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$331Mraised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources

$100MRound$5.6MIPO$225MDebt

Latest round: Debt, $225MMay 2024
Step-upi: 40.2×
Investors: 1

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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.

201920202021202220232024

$100MRound$5.6MIPO$225MDebt

First round: Round, $100M
Biggest round: $225M
Usual gap between rounds: 5.1 years

The rounds

May 2024
Debt$225M
No investor was named in the report.
Source recorded
Apr 2019
IPO$5.6M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by TechSEC filing: $5.7M sold, first sale Mar 2019
Nov 2018
Round$100M1 new
- Bastion Capital
Reported by FinSMEs

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

Charlie G YouakimExecutive Officer, Directori
Jamie D KirkpatrickExecutive Officeri
Karen G Hartje MillerExecutive Officeri
Paul G ParadisExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediKathleen M Pierce-GilmoreMichael M CutterPaul D PurcellPaul M Lahiff

Everyone who backed them

Bastion CapitalFamily office1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Sezzle 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.