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Payments Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the payments sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,647 recently funded payments companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,647
Total Funding
$1.5B
Avg Funding
$59.6M
Global Reach
10
countries

Top Cities for Payments

Singapore
South San Francisco
Blumenau
San Francisco
São Paulo
New York

Recently Funded Companies

Export
Singapore, Singapore

Coda leads in commerce solutions and out-of-app monetization, partnering with over 300 publishers in over 60 markets.

$690.0M raised
Apr 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

South San Francisco, United States

Stripe enables businesses to accept payments, manage billing, and embed financial services into digital platforms.

Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Blumenau, Brazil

ECSA provides a solution to convert reals to digital assets and perform carry trade operations on the blockchain.

$3.0M raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Yep! is a financial application with payments, remittance, and banking features.

$1.5M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

São Paulo, Brazil

Flash focuses on food vouchers in Brazil creating an all in one instrument leveraging a MasterCard, a daily used App and an HR platform

$100.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Glean unlocks the powerful data detailed in vendor invoices/receipts to surface relevant spend insights and drive spend accountability

$7.8M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Orlando, United States

Stax is an all-in-one subscription-based payment technology for growing businesses & SaaS platforms.

$245.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Kolleno is a financial operations platform that brings together receivables, payables, payments and reconciliation - all in one place.

$5.2M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Enter gets doctors paid MORE than anyone from insurance and patients.

$5.7M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

Latam Crypto-as-a-Service

$3.6M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Altro helps you build credit with everyday payments and subscriptions. Download the free Altro App and make every payment count.

$4.0M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Madrid, Spain

B2B marketplace for the Restaurants industry.

$214K raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Montréal, Canada

Revaly's Payment Performance Management platform helps businesses maximize approvals, reduce involuntary churn, and protect earned revenue.

Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

Yuno is a global payment orchestration platform built to simplify and optimize the way companies manage and scale their online payments

$25.0M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ual‡ is a fintech company that provides a digital banking application that allows users to manage their finances.

$195.0M raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ualá is a fintech company that provides a digital banking application that allows users to manage their finances.

$195.0M raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

Tpaga is a fintech company that develops and operates a transactional app for financial services.

Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Chippit provides community-driven payment and checkout solutions that integrate social finance features into modern payment systems.

$79K raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chicago, United States

ChangEd is a mobile app that helps pay down student loans by using spare change from everyday purchases to make additional payments.

Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Saint Albans, United Kingdom

Little Birdie is an app that helps consumers manage subscriptions and recurring payments.

$243K raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Zenus Bank provides global financial institutions, corporate entities, and individual clients with international payment infrastructure.

Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Houston, United States

Tanaflow is the technology company that builds the economic infrastructure to unburden healthcare.

$350K raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lausanne, Switzerland

TwentyPay offers a feature-rich mobile payment app with integrated secure billing, transaction gateway, and QR code scanner to restaurants.

$764K raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Invoicing, bill pay, and cash flow management for small businesses.

$6.1M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dover, United States

WanderWallet lets travelers and expats pay like locals across Latin America using local QR payments funded with USD or EUR.

$530K raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Showing 651 to 675 of 1,647 companies

About the Payments Startup Ecosystem

The payments sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Payments

Payments companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The payments sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Payments Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,647 payments companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$59.6M
Total Funding Tracked
$1.5B
Countries Represented
10

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Payments

1.San Francisco
4 companies$11.3M
2.Bogotá
3 companies$28.6M
3.New York
2 companies$13.9M
4.Buenos Aires
2 companies$390.0M
5.Singapore
1 companies$690.0M

Related Industries

Companies in the payments sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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