How to Complete the Series A Funding Heist in GTA Online

Series A Funding quick facts

How much Series A Funding pays

The Series A Funding payout is a total take that the crew splits by cuts. There's a standard rate, and a higher rate when the host has not yet completed the finale in the current weekly period.

The higher column is a 1.5x bonus. In Rockstar's words, rewards increase "for all players if the host has not yet completed the associated Finale in the current weekly period." Once the host has completed it, later finales they host that week pay less.

If you want every heist's payout side by side, the heist payouts comparison lists Series A Funding with the rest of the Original Heists.

Why older guides show lower numbers

The Criminal Enterprises update in July 2022 raised the finale by 75%. Before it, Series A Funding paid GTA$ 202,000 on Easy, GTA$ 404,000 on Normal and GTA$ 505,000 on Hard, and the setup cost was GTA$ 40,400 instead of GTA$ 25,000. Title Update 1.73 (14 July 2026) cut payouts on many heists, but not on the Original Heists: it added the weekly bonus above and increased setup-mission pay instead.

Nothing to lose on the way

The product isn't carried as cash, so damage doesn't shrink the take. That's the big difference from The Pacific Standard Job, where taking damage costs you part of the take.

Setup pay and cuts

Setups pay the crew only. The host gets no setup cash and earns only from the finale, on top of paying the setup cost up front. That's why hosts usually give themselves a bigger share of the finale than each crew member gets.

How to start Series A Funding

The Original Heists run in a fixed strand that starts with The Fleeca Job, then The Prison Break and The Humane Labs Raid. Once you've finished The Humane Labs Raid, you get a call when the next heist is ready, and the host launches Series A Funding from the planning room in their apartment. Trevor turns up there for the briefing.

What the host needs:

• Rank 12 or above.

• A high-end apartment with a heist planning room. The High-End Apartments page lists them.

• GTA$ 25,000 for the setup cost, paid up front.

The crew is exactly four players, for every setup and for the finale. There's no solo, two-player or three-player version.

Series A Funding setups

Trevor, with Ron and Chef, needs product for a big drug sale, and the five setups are you collecting it. Coke, Trash Truck and Bikers come first, in any order. Weed unlocks once all three are done, then Steal Meth, then the finale.

Coke

The crew splits into two teams of two: one in a boat (a Tropic) and one in a helicopter (a Frogger). Hit the frat boy dealers on their yacht off Del Perro, collect the coke packages on board and get back to land. Lose the cops, then deliver the coke to Trevor's warehouse.

Trash Truck

Steal a Trashmaster. Two players ride in the cab and two ride on the back, grabbing trash bags full of pills at four stops while the Vagos attack. There's a time limit, so don't hang around. One stop is at a gas station: keep explosions away from it. Then deliver the truck.

Bikers

This one is stealth. Grab silenced weapons from Trevor's trailer if you need them, then take a Dinghy to the Lost MC camp at Stab City. Take the bikers out quietly: being spotted, or alerting them, fails the setup. Once the camp is clear, take the Lost's vans and deliver them while the Lost chase you.

Weed

At the Ballas' sawmill near Paleto Bay, two players take lookout spots and snipe while the other two go in on the ground. The ground pair takes the two Benson trucks, and the lookouts take the Technical (a pickup with a gun mounted in the bed) and escort the trucks back.

Steal Meth

At the O'Neil brothers' farm, fight off the meth dealers, hook a truck up to the tanker and deliver it to Chef at Trevor's meth lab. If the tanker blows up, the setup fails, so keep explosives well away from it.

The Series A Funding finale

The finale has two phases.

Phase 1: defend the warehouse

The gangs you robbed find out and attack Trevor's warehouse in East Vinewood. Split up to cover both ends of the warehouse, hold your positions and take out the attackers while protecting Trevor and the vans.

Phase 2: deliver the product

Two players drive the two Mule vans to the buyer at El Gordo Lighthouse. The other two escort them, either in the Technical (one drives, one mans the gun in the bed) or in their own armed vehicle, and fight off the gangs chasing the convoy, helicopters included.

The game's fail conditions include:

• Trevor dies

• A Mule is destroyed

• The Technical is destroyed

• A player leaves

Story-wise, the deal goes wrong for Trevor at the end, because the buyer is an undercover DOA agent. That's only the story: the crew still gets paid.

Series A Funding Elite Challenges

Clear all three in the same run of the finale:

• Finish in under 6:30

• Kill 75 enemies

• Nobody gets wasted

The reward is GTA$ 100,000, paid on top of your cut rather than added to the pot you split.

What Series A Funding unlocks

Finishing the finale puts two of its vehicles on sale at trade price, both at Warstock Cache & Carry:

You also earn the "Product Placement" award, and the strand moves on to the last Original Heist, The Pacific Standard Job.

Series A Funding FAQ

What is the Series A Funding heist?

It's the fourth Original Heist in GTA Online, added in the Heists update in March 2015. Trevor, with Ron and Chef, needs product for a big drug sale, so the crew steals drugs from four gangs and a meth tanker across five setups, then moves it all to the buyer in the finale.

Is Trevor in GTA Online?

Yes. Trevor Philips runs Series A Funding: he briefs the crew at the host's apartment, and the finale has you protecting him while the gangs attack his warehouse.

How do you start Series A Funding?

Finish The Humane Labs Raid, wait for the call that the next heist is ready, and launch it from the planning room in a high-end apartment. The host needs rank 12 or above and GTA$ 25,000 for the setup cost.

What heist is after The Humane Labs Raid?

Series A Funding. Finishing The Humane Labs Raid unlocks it.

What heist is after Series A Funding?

The Pacific Standard Job, the last of the Original Heists.

Can you do Series A Funding solo or with two players?

No. Every setup and the finale need exactly four players.

How much does Series A Funding pay?

GTA$ 353,500 on Easy, GTA$ 707,000 on Normal and GTA$ 883,750 on Hard, split by cuts. If the host has not yet completed the finale in the current weekly period, rewards increase for all players: GTA$ 530,250, GTA$ 1,060,500 and GTA$ 1,325,625. Once the host has completed it, later finales they host that week pay less.

What are the Series A Funding Elite Challenges?

Finish in under 6:30, kill 75 enemies and have nobody get wasted, all in one run. The reward is GTA$ 100,000 on top of your cut.