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The Pay It Forward Companies
Investor · Las Vegas, NV, United States · North America
The Pay It Forward Companies (PIF) is a group of investment and operating firms spanning venture capital, private equity, digital assets, and advisory services. Its advisory arm provides back-office and strategic services such as outsourced CFO, bookkeeping, tax, entity management, and technology consulting to founders and portfolio companies.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsfinancial servicesenterprise aidigital assetsaerospace and defenselife sciencesclimate and energy
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Or find every investor that fitsThe Pay It Forward Companies lists 19 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (31%), AI & Machine Learning (21%) and Space & Defense (10%). 60% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Tribe Capital, Evolution VC Partners and Electric Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name The Pay It Forward Companies, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not The Pay It Forward Companies' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 19. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 50% |
| Growth | 50% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 1 |
| '26 | 2 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 51th | 20 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 63th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 55th | 31% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 31% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 21% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 10% | 3% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 7% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 3% | 15% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Tribe Capital | 7 |
| Evolution VC Partners | 5 |
| Electric Capital | 3 |
| 137 Ventures | 2 |
| Astir Ventures | 2 |
| Duro Ventures | 2 |
| HOF Capital | 2 |
| Light Street Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers19100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare The Pay It Forward Companies head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with The Pay It Forward Companies| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2026 | Series B | |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Debt Led |
Round details for The Pay It Forward Companies
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in The Pay It Forward Companies' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
19 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampaire develops and flies hybrid-electric aircraft | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| BlackBuck is a digital trucking platform | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Chipper Cash provides financial services including payments, investing, and money transfers | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| D360 is a digital bank that provides personal and business banking services, including accounts, cards, and international transfers, in compliance with Islamic law | FintechFintech | Jun 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Frax is building the world's most scalable stablecoin infrastructure for the next generation of finance. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hadrian manufactures precision parts and operates factories for production and inspection | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hone Health provides telehealth clinic services, including treatments and supplements for various health issues | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Kepler Communications provides a resilient optical infrastructure for real-time data delivery, on-orbit compute, and hosted payload missions | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Kraken provides a platform for buying, selling, and trading various financial assets, including cryptocurrencies and stocks. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Lombard provides bitcoin yield, assets, and infrastructure for DeFi products and institutional integrations | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and sells electric vehicles, including the Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity models. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Nov 2025Debt | Funding round | |
| PXP provides a global payment platform for enterprise, including payment acceptance, orchestration, and optimization across various channels. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
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| Resugar produces and sells sugar alternatives with fewer calories and plant-based ingredients. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Shiprocket provides shipping and logistics services for e-commerce businesses | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Terzo provides a platform for enterprise contract intelligence and spend analytics using AI | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| UltraSafe AI provides AI inference and intelligence solutions for enterprises | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Zeno Power develops nuclear batteries to generate reliable and clean energy for space and seabed applications | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- pif.co
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 19
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