# Valify funding: rounds and investors

> Valify has raised $2.0M across 1 round since 2016. Investors include First Cressey Ventures and Step 5 Capital. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Valify*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.0M** raised across 1 round since 2016, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Series A, $2.0M Jun 2016
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jun 2016** Series A **$2.0M** First Cressey Ventures Step 5 Capital Reported by Businesswire SEC filing: $2.1M sold, first sale May 2016

## Founders and team

From Valify's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 10 on the team.

- **Les Popiolek** Chief Executive Officer
- **Lee Creviston** Chief Operations Officer
- **Sharad Karkera** Chief Technology Officer
- **Ben Bailey** Director of Benchmarking
- **Brandi Wight** Director of Client Success
- **Nash Deel** Director of Business Intelligence
- **Rick Mattock** Director of Product Management
- **Shara Smith** Director of Marketing
- **Chris Heckler** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Matt Clark** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Chris Drake* *Christopher Booker* *Chuck Lyles*

Advisers *Andy Motz*

## Everyone who backed them

First Cressey Ventures no record of our own yet **1** round

Step 5 Capital no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Valify as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Meridian Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/meridian-street-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Valify

### Who invested in Valify?

Valify's investors include First Cressey Ventures and Step 5 Capital.

### How much has Valify raised?

Valify has raised $2.0M across 1 round since 2016.

### When did Valify last raise?

Valify's most recent round was a Series A of $2.0M in Jun 2016.

### What was Valify's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.0M in Jun 2016, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Valify first?

Valify's first round on record, in Jun 2016, was backed by First Cressey Ventures and Step 5 Capital.

### What stage is Valify at?

Valify's latest named round is a Series A, in Jun 2016.

### Where is Valify based?

Valify is based in the United States.

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