# Jonathan Palmer

> Jonathan Palmer is a seed investor at Scopely (London) backing PaaS and FinTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Scopely](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scopely)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-palmer-46ba6434/?ppe=1
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jonjamespalmer

Jonathan Palmer is a seed investor at Scopely in London focused on PaaS and FinTech. Jonathan Palmer is the VP Data Platform at Scopely .

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PaaS | 1 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Payverse | Payverse is a payments processor that focuses on enabling global commerce through emerging technologies. Leveraging its UnionPay International direct connection, Payverse enables global commerce and payment acceptance for billions of UnionPay cards for U.S. merchants, including debit, credit, and prepaid cards.Payverse also designed and built acomprehensive payments platform that supports every aspect of the customer lifecycle, specializing in global e-commerce payment acceptance (not limited to UnionPay International). Our end-to-end lifecycle management solution spans the sales process, onboarding, risk management, transaction processing, funding, statements, and reporting. All of this with the power of choice for our customers. The Payverse platform is scalable--from a turnkey API-friendly solution to a white-label, full-scale operations solution, we've thought of everything our clients need across several channels including UnionPay International members, payment processors, direct merchants, ISV/tech partners, ISO agents, and wholesale ISOs.Payverse is currently working on solutions to implement other technologies into the current product and service offerings including B2B payments, remittance, BNPL, and cryptocurrency processing. | $3M | Seed | Jul 06, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpha Ascent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-ascent-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Artemis Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-artemis-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Scopely

VC Fund · Culver City, United States

Scopely is an interactive entertainment and video game company, home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Stumble Guys”, and “Yahtzee With Buddies,” among others.Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience.Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami™ that supports one of the diversified portfolios in the mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia-Pacific, including Bangalore and Shanghai, among others; EMEA, including Barcelona and Dublin, among others; and North America, including Boulder, Colorado, and Culver City, California, among others, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

5 contacts available at Scopely.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ankur Bulsara | Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankur-bulsura |
| Jonathan Palmer | Senior Director Business Intelligence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-palmer-2 |
| Tim O'Brien | Chief Revenue Officer & Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-obrien-3 |
| Aaron Loeb | Chief Business Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-loeb |
| Benjamin Webley | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-webley |

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## FAQ

### What does Jonathan Palmer invest in?

Jonathan Palmer invests primarily in PaaS, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jonathan Palmer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jonathan Palmer closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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