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Payments Startups

Updated August 2026

Companies in the payments sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,623 recently funded payments companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,623
Total Funding
$474.8M
Avg Funding
$19.0M
Global Reach
12
countries

Top Cities for Payments

Foster City
London
Toronto
Tokyo
Mexico City
Vinhedo

Recently Funded Companies

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Foster City, United States

Tipalti is a global payables automation platform that provides a cloud solution to scale and automate global payables operations.

$200.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Form3 is a cloud native payments-as-a-service platform that designs, builds, and manages payment technology.

Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Vyne Technologies is the specialist account-to-account payments platform.

$15.5M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

Payfi is a Property Management Marketplace that eliminates misrepresentation, ensuring landlords approve only verified tenants

$120K raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Redefining how the world interacts with value.

Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

TakeMe is a fintech company offering multi-payment gateway for smartphones, and inbound customer services to assist foreign tourists.

$1.8M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mexico City, Mexico

Atrato is a buy now pay later company for omnichannel merchants in Mexico.

Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vinhedo, Brazil

Everlog is a software company that applies AI and big data to tender freight, track deliveries and audit freight payments.

$289K raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Headquarters helps Web3 companies automate their treasury ops and reporting.

$5.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Cherry is a payment solutions company that offers fast and easy payment plans for medical practices.

$44.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Orderbird is a cloud provider of iPad and Android POS systems for the hospitality industry and the SMB market.

Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

EzPag offers flexible payment options and a simple and accessible buying process.

$10.0M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Carmel, United States

IPSIPay Express is a fully Integrated Suite Of Payments Products

$500K raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vancouver, Canada

Lynk is a payment and card issuance solution platform that helps companies reduce processing fees and increase customer loyalty.

$3.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vilnius, Lithuania

Kernolab helps companies embedd financial features into their products: accounts, payments, cards, loans and more.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Ripio is a bitcoin and digital payments company that provides electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America.

$50.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

AtoB is a technology company building payments infrastructure for the transportation industry.

Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Helsinki, Finland

The Circular Commerce Platform

$3.8M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Atlanta, United States

BitRail is a fintech and service provider that helps companies launch and manage safe, branded, regulated, digital currencies and wallets.

$300K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Cheyenne, United States

HustlePay combines multiple payment sources into one checkout, optimizing payment choices and managing funds efficiently.

$1.3M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Perth, Australia

RealtyAssist Australia aids in improving cash flow of real estate businesses.

$966K raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Litecoin is a P2P digital currency for online payments.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

RappiPay is a financial service that provides near-field communication-based prepaid cards and wallets for consumers.

$113.5M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hamburg, Germany

Naga AG Group is a German-based fintech company founded in 2015 and publicly listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

$22.7M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Beaverton, United States

Steamchain Corp is a fin-tech software company

Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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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 1,623 payments companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$19.0M
Total Funding Tracked
$474.8M
Countries Represented
12

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Payments

1.London
3 companies$15.5M
2.San Francisco
3 companies$94.0M
3.Singapore
2 companies$6.0M
4.Foster City
1 companies$200.0M
5.Toronto
1 companies$120K

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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