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Phood
Techstars '21Boulder, US · Founded 2018 · 20 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
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Phood, based in Boulder, Colorado, builds payment infrastructure that converts university student meal and campus card balances into a usable digital payment method. This allows students to spend those funds through third-party delivery and ride-hailing services such as Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, and Postmates.
Also known as Phood
Founders & leadership
Phood was founded in 2018 by Jackson Killion and Alex Parmley.
Investors · 4
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$200K disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2020–2022
- Undisclosed amountSeed RoundDec 2020
New Stack Ventures (lead)
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountseed fundingNov 2020Source ↗
▶$200KraisedDec 2022 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Jackson KillionDirector
- Alex ParmleyExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $1.5M
- Amount sold
- $200K
- Minimum investment
- $5K
- Proceeds to insiders
- $200K
- First sale
- Nov 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b, 4a5
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Sep 2026Phood, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, develops payment infrastructure for the university campus card market. Its technology converts student meal-plan and campus card balances into a digital payment method that students can use outside of campus dining facilities.
Through this infrastructure, balances held on student accounts can be applied to purchases with third-party delivery and ride-hailing services, including Uber, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates. The company is led by Jackson Killion and Alex Parmley, who serve as directors, with Parmley also an executive officer.
Business model
Phood operates as a payments intermediary for higher-education campus card and meal-plan funds, enabling those balances to be used as a digital payment method with third-party delivery and ride-hailing platforms.
Compiled by commissioned research from 4 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
▸Research sources · 4
primary sources listed
- Phood | Food Waste Ends Herephood.com · web
4 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Phood do?
- Phood builds payment infrastructure that lets university students spend campus meal-plan balances with third-party delivery and ride services.
- Who founded Phood?
- Phood was founded by Jackson Killion, Alex Parmley in 2018.
- Who are Phood's investors?
- Phood's investors include Techstars, UPC Capital Ventures, New Stack Ventures, Story Ventures.
- How much funding has Phood raised?
- Phood has disclosed $200K raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Phood headquartered?
- Phood is headquartered in Boulder, US.