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PayPal Ventures

San Jose, CA · Invests in US; Europe; LATAM; Asia · Website

SeedSeries ASeries BE-commerce & MarketplacesB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsCybersecurityFintechFintech & PaymentsEnterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureSecurity & Cybersecurity

Thesis

Accelerate financial services and commerce innovation by investing in companies that bring transformative solutions to market faster. We leverage PayPal's deep payments expertise, global brand, and 426+ million user network to help portfolio companies scale rapidly.

Likely not a fit for

We avoid pure hardware plays, gambling/casino businesses, and companies with weak founding teams or unclear path to PayPal network integration.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~1 month
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Advisor
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$850M
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

7 contacts on file

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Ian Moya

PartnerPartner · Primary contact

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i•••@pa•••.vc

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Josh Aycock

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Ian Cox

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Ashish Aggarwal

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Amman Bhasin

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Lisha Bell

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Alexandros Bottenbruch

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Portfolio

Plaid

Plaid is a financial technology company that enables businesses to build innovative fintech solutions by providing access to consumer financial data. Their platform supports a variety of services including payments, fraud detection, personal finance insights, and credit underwriting, facilitating seamless connections between users and their financial institutions.

AspireFintech Payments

Aspire is an all-in-one finance software for businesses, offering integrated solutions for managing finances, payments, and expenses. It serves over 15,000 startups and SMBs, helping them save time and money.

CodatFintech Payments

Codat helps banks and fintechs build deeper connections with their business customers by providing products that make it easy to access, synchronize, and interpret data from business customers’ financial software for specific use cases.

AcornsFintech Payments

Acorns is an easy investing app that helps users save and grow their money through micro-investing, automated investment accounts, and financial wellness tools.

EllevestFintech Payments

Ellevest provides wealth management and financial planning services specifically designed to meet the unique financial needs of women, high net worth individuals, families, and institutions.

FreshbooksFintech Payments

FreshBooks is accounting software designed specifically for small business owners and accountants, serving customers in over 160 countries. It simplifies invoicing, payments, and bookkeeping, allowing business owners to focus on their core activities while providing collaborative tools for accountants and bookkeepers to enhance their services.

ForageFintech Payments

Forage is a mission-driven payments company enabling SNAP EBT for merchants and grocery savings for shoppers.

FinaryFintech Payments

Finary is a wealth management app that allows users to track all their assets, get real-time performance reports, optimize their wealth, and invest in cryptocurrencies.

KlearlyFintech Payments

Klearly is an integrated payment solution tailored for the Horeca industry, simplifying payment processes for businesses by seamlessly integrating with existing POS systems.

NeonMedia Entertainment

Neon is a film production and distribution company founded in 2017, known for distributing independent films and winning multiple awards, including two Best Picture Oscars.

FinanzguruFintech Payments

Finanzguru is a financial management app that helps users manage their finances by connecting all their accounts in one place, automatically categorizing transactions, providing an overview of monthly fixed costs, and allowing users to cancel unnecessary contracts with ease.

Finmo

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PayPal Ventures Research Investment Thesis PayPal Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of PayPal Holdings Inc., one of the world's most established and trusted digital payments platforms. The fund invests for financial return in promising startups across areas of high strategic relevance to PayPal's business while supporting innovation in fintech, payments, and commerce enablement. PayPal

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