# Sezzle funding: rounds and investors

> Sezzle has raised $331M across 3 rounds since 2018. Investors include Bastion Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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# 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$331M** raised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources

**$100M** Round **$5.6M** IPO **$225M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $225M May 2024
- **Step-up i:** 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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

**$100M** Round

**$5.6M** IPO

**$225M** Debt

- **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 Tech SEC filing: $5.7M sold, first sale Mar 2019
- **Nov 2018** Round **$100M** *1 new* [Bastion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bastion-capital) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

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

- **Charlie G Youakim** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Jamie D Kirkpatrick** Executive Officer i
- **Karen G Hartje Miller** Executive Officer i
- **Paul G Paradis** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Kathleen M Pierce-Gilmore* *Michael M Cutter* *Paul D Purcell* *Paul M Lahiff*

## Everyone who backed them

[Bastion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bastion-capital) Family office **1** round

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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.

[Imprint Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imprint-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[LeadX Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leadx-capital-partners) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Sezzle

### Who invested in Sezzle?

Sezzle's investors include Bastion Capital.

### How much has Sezzle raised?

Sezzle has raised $331M across 3 rounds since 2018.

### When did Sezzle last raise?

Sezzle's most recent round was a Debt of $225M in May 2024.

### What was Sezzle's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $225M in May 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Sezzle first?

Sezzle's first round on record, in Nov 2018, was backed by Bastion Capital.

### What stage is Sezzle at?

Sezzle's latest named round is a Debt, in May 2024.

### Where is Sezzle based?

Sezzle is based in the United States.

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