# YayPay funding: rounds and investors > YayPay has raised $14M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Gaingels, QED Investors and Techstars. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/yaypay (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *YayPay* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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. Fintech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$14M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$5.3M** Round **$8.4M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $8.4M Dec 2018 - **Step-up i:** 1.6× - **Investors:** 11 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. 2018 **$5.3M** Round **$8.4M** Round - **First round:** Round, $5.3M - **Biggest round:** $8.4M - **Between rounds:** 15 months [**YayPay** Fintech 1 / 13 Their pitch deck **YayPay's pitch deck, 13 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/yaypay) ## The rounds - **Dec 2018** Round **$8.4M** *4 new* *2 returning* [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [QED Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qed-investors) [Fifth Third Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifth-third-capital) [Runway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runway) 500 Fintech Fund Information Venture Partners/ Birchmere Reported by FinSMEs - **Sept 2017** Round **$5.3M** *7 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [QED Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qed-investors) [Birchmere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/birchmere-ventures) [Zelkova Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zelkova-ventures) [Aspect Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspect-ventures) Fifth Third Capital/ 500 Fintech Reported by FinSMEs ## 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. **Round** 2017 **Round** 2018 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [QED Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qed-investors) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Birchmere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/birchmere-ventures) [Zelkova Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zelkova-ventures) [Aspect Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspect-ventures) [Fifth Third Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifth-third-capital) [Runway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runway) 500 Fintech Fund Fifth Third Capital/ 500 Fintech ## Everyone who backed them [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **2** rounds [QED Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qed-investors) VC firm **2** rounds [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round [Birchmere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/birchmere-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Zelkova Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zelkova-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Aspect Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aspect-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Fifth Third Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fifth-third-capital) Corporate VC **1** round [Runway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runway) Family office **1** round 500 Fintech Fund no record of our own yet **1** round Fifth Third Capital/ 500 Fintech no record of our own yet **1** round Information Venture Partners/ Birchmere 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=yaypay). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists YayPay 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. [Runway Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runway-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about YayPay ### Who invested in YayPay? YayPay's investors include Gaingels, QED Investors, Techstars, Birchmere Ventures and Zelkova Ventures, and 6 more on record. ### How much has YayPay raised? YayPay has raised $14M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did YayPay last raise? YayPay's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $8.4M in Dec 2018. ### What was YayPay's biggest round? Its most recent round, $8.4M in Dec 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed YayPay first? YayPay's first round on record, in Sept 2017, was backed by Techstars, Gaingels and QED Investors and 4 others. ### What stage is YayPay at? YayPay's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Dec 2018. ### Where is YayPay based? YayPay is based in the United States. ## Companies like YayPay In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Kalshi** $2.7B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalshi)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Coast** $77M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/coast)[**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**CapitalOS** $52M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/capitalos)[**Gradient** $24M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradient) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app