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PayPal Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)

VC
San Jose, CaliforniaWebsite

PayPal Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Jose, California investing in Other, Fintech, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
6 companies on record
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Fintech, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
San Jose, California
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-08

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

PayPal Ventures invests strategically in payments and commerce infrastructure. It is relevant for products improving card spend control, merchant authorization, and payment rails.

How PayPal Ventures invests

PayPal Ventures is a vc firm based in San Jose, California. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

PayPal Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

PayPal Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including Stable, Xflow, EFEX.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

ST

Stable

Blockchain / crypto / payments·Latest funding round; stage not specified

Stablecoin-focused Layer 1 blockchain and payment infrastructure

XF

Xflow

Fintech / payments·Series A

Cross-border payments / operating system for India

EF

EFEX

Fintech / treasury / payments·Seed

AI-powered global treasury and cross-border payments platform

AU

aufinity Group

Fintech / payments-related·Series C

Not described in the result snippet

TR

TrueX

Crypto / trading·Series A

Crypto trading platform

PL

Pliant

Fintech·Series B

Not described in the result snippet

How to pitch PayPal Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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