# Peter Sanborn

> Peter Sanborn is a Series A investor at PayPal Ventures backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PayPal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paypal-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersanborn1/

Peter Sanborn is a Vice President, head of corporate development at PayPal and managing partner of PayPal Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 50% |
| Payments | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Series B | 3 | 38% |
| Series D | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pagos Solutions | Pagos is building a data “platform” and API-driven micro-services that it says can integrate with any payment stack. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. | $34M | Series A | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| Talos | Talos Trading is an institutional technology infrastructure provider that connects all crypto ecosystem participants to support a full trading lifecycle. Talos Trading is based in New York, NY and was co-founded by Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman in 2018. | $105M | Series B | May 10, 2022 |  |
| TRM Labs | TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence company that helps financial institutions, crypto businesses, and government agencies detect and investigate crypto-related financial crime and fraud. Our products are trusted by leading companies including PayPal, Visa, FTX, Uniswap, Anchorage, and federal agencies such as the FBI and IRS. Every day, we tacklechallenges in data engineering, data science, and threat intelligence to advance our mission to build a safer financial system for billions of people. To accomplish our mission, we have raised over $79M from JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Citi, PayPal, Block, Tiger Global, and Bessemer. Our team is made up of world class experts from the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, US Treasury Department, McKinsey, Coinbase, and top-tier tech companies. TRM is a remote-first workplace, with hubs in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and London. | $60M | Series B | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| Codat | Codat is a London-based technology company that lets banks and fintech plug into their small businesses and the software they use, giving them seamless access to real-time customer data. Codat is building an ecosystem of connected datasets that handle the heavy lifting of integrations, leaving providers free to focus on improving their offeringsfor small businesses.Codat has over 60 clients globally, across various different industries from traditional lenders to invoice financing, insurance to cashflow forecasting. | $46.1M | Series B | Jun 30, 2021 |  |
| TRM Labs | TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence company that helps financial institutions, crypto businesses, and government agencies detect and investigate crypto-related financial crime and fraud. Our products are trusted by leading companies including PayPal, Visa, FTX, Uniswap, Anchorage, and federal agencies such as the FBI and IRS. Every day, we tacklechallenges in data engineering, data science, and threat intelligence to advance our mission to build a safer financial system for billions of people. To accomplish our mission, we have raised over $79M from JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Citi, PayPal, Block, Tiger Global, and Bessemer. Our team is made up of world class experts from the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, US Treasury Department, McKinsey, Coinbase, and top-tier tech companies. TRM is a remote-first workplace, with hubs in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and London. | $14M | Series A | Jun 17, 2021 |  |
| Talos | Talos Trading is an institutional technology infrastructure provider that connects all crypto ecosystem participants to support a full trading lifecycle. Talos Trading is based in New York, NY and was co-founded by Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman in 2018. | $40M | Series A | May 27, 2021 |  |
| Codat | Codat is a London-based technology company that lets banks and fintech plug into their small businesses and the software they use, giving them seamless access to real-time customer data. Codat is building an ecosystem of connected datasets that handle the heavy lifting of integrations, leaving providers free to focus on improving their offeringsfor small businesses.Codat has over 60 clients globally, across various different industries from traditional lenders to invoice financing, insurance to cashflow forecasting. |  |  | Mar 02, 2021 |  |
| Divvy | Divvy software gives users complete control and real-time visibility into company spending while eliminating the hassle of expense reports.Divvy is a secure financial platform for businesses to manage payments and subscriptions, build strategic budgets, and eliminate expense reports. By integrating real-time tracking for every businesstransaction, Divvy provides organizations with instant insight into their spend. With Divvy, you can make informed cash flow decisions, curb losses before they happen, and never have to save a receipt again.The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Lehi, Utah. | $165M | Series D | Jan 05, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-express-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Castle Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castle-island-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Initialized Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initialized-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Autonomous Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autonomous-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About PayPal Ventures

VC Fund · San Jose, United States

PayPal Ventures is PayPal's venture capital arm, investing in PayPal's strategic interest fields for return.Leveraging PayPal Venture's expertise and experience, PayPal – and the companies in which it invests – are helping to bring innovative solutions to market more quickly, scale them faster, and build a global financial systemthat is more transparent, personalized, inclusive, and customer-focused. PayPal Venture's investments reinforce its commitment to leading the financial technology industry and supporting entrepreneurship.

2 contacts available at PayPal Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Sanborn | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-sanborn |
| Peter Thiel | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-thiel |

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## FAQ

### What does Peter Sanborn invest in?

Peter Sanborn invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Payments startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 8 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 Peter Sanborn last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Peter Sanborn closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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