PayPal Ventures is the global corporate venture arm of PayPal, investing for financial return across areas of strategic relevance including fintech, payments, commerce enablement, AI, blockchain, and cybersecurity. Based in San Jose, California, it has backed more than 80 companies from three funds and provides portfolio companies with access to the broader PayPal ecosystem.
42% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity increased 57% year-over-year (11 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $58.5M (across 90 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
82
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
5
Team
JL
James Loftus
Managing Partner
AB
Amman Bhasin
Partner
RZ
Rachel Zabronsky
Principal
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
99 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | $16.6M | Feb 2026 | |
| Seed | $12M | Jan 2026 | |
| Seed | $4.7M | Jan 2026 | |
| Series B | — | Sep 2025 | |
| Series B | — | Sep 2025 | |
| Series A | $18M | Sep 2025 | |
| Unknown | — | Aug 2025 | |
| Series C | — | May 2025 | |
| AAufinity | Series C | $26M | May 2025 |
| Series A | $11M | May 2025 | |
| Series B | $40M | Apr 2025 | |
| Series B | $55M | Apr 2025 | |
| Series B | $35M | Mar 2025 | |
| Series A | $18.5M | Feb 2025 | |
| Series A | $21M | Jan 2025 | |
| Series B | $35M | Jan 2025 | |
| Series B | $30M | Dec 2024 | |
| Series A | $15M | Sep 2024 | |
| Seed | — | Jul 2024 | |
| Series A | $20M | Jun 2024 | |
| Series C | $47M | Mar 2024 | |
| AAufinity | Series B | — | Jan 2024 |
| Series D | $200M | Oct 2023 | |
| Series A | $25M | Oct 2023 | |
| Series B | $48M | Jun 2023 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator9 shared
Endeavor7 shared
General Catalyst6 shared
Sequoia Capital5 shared
Peak XV Partners5 shared
Ribbit Capital5 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners5 shared
RRE Ventures5 shared
Blockchain Capital4 shared
Wellington Management4 shared
Pivotal Ventures4 shared
Initialized Capital4 shared
General Atlantic4 shared
Citi Ventures4 shared
Salesforce Ventures4 shared
Nyca Partners4 shared
GV4 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners3 shared
Senator Investment Group3 shared
Last updated: 7 September 2026
