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Payments Startups

Updated July 2026

Companies in the payments sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,641 recently funded payments companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,641
Total Funding
$901.9M
Avg Funding
$36.1M
Global Reach
12
countries

Top Cities for Payments

Amsterdam
Pinheiros
London
Warsaw
Mexico City
São Paulo

Recently Funded Companies

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands

PayEye offers a biometric mobile payment solution based on iris biometrics.

$4.2M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Pinheiros, Brazil

Hash allows B2B companies to provide financial, payments, and banking solutions to their merchant partners.

$40.0M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

ChAI is a commodity price prediction platform that uses artificial intelligence and satellite imagery to manage forecast commodity prices.

Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Warsaw, Poland

Straal is an everything-payments one-stop-shop for online and omnichannel merchants.

$2.0M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Mexico City, Mexico

Nelo increases the buying power for consumers in LatAm. Backed by Two Sigma Ventures, Homebrew, Susa Ventures, and more.

$100.0M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Ordo offers open banking payments services for secure, real-time transactions.

$11.2M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

São Paulo, Brazil

Pismo is a technology company providing an all-in-one processing platform for banking, payments, and financial markets infrastructure.

$108.0M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Tempo develops blockchain infrastructure for payment processing and stablecoin transactions.

$500.0M raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

São Paulo, Brazil

Jeitto is a digital credit app. Less questions and more trust.

$6.8M raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Diesta is a developer of payment software for insurance premium processing, modernizing the flow of funds in the insurance industry.

$3.7M raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Hyperlayer focuses on payments technology, offering a protocol to transform wallets and loyalty programs.

$40.2M raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Kent, United Kingdom

PayAngel enables cross-border payments to individuals and verified merchants/institutions, reducing leakage and simplifying reconciliation

$120K raised
Oct 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Cali, Colombia

TuCash is a market research application that offers cashbacks solutions for shoppers to generate customer data for retail brands.

$750K raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

zulu is a cross-border payments company

$5.0M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

zulu is a cross-boarder payments company

$5.0M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

MELD is a non-custodial DeFi protocol for web3 finance with integrated fiat banking.

$29.6M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Monterrey, Mexico

Yuhu provides financial benefits to employees that help improve financial well-being and happiness in the workplace.

$3.0M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Scottsdale, United States

Zuza is a Business Management and POS system software for businesses.

$1.1M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Mill Valley, United States

Basis Theory provides a programmable vault and API platform for tokenizing, routing, and securing sensitive data throughout its lifecycle.

$33.0M raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Calculum is a data-as-a-service company that uses analytics and AI system to support the optimization of financial supply chains.

$1.4M raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Buenos Aires, Argentina

A community-driven social marketplace powered by AI to change the way people find out new gastronomic proposals.

$350K raised
Oct 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tauranga, New Zealand

GoGenerosity is a payment platform that provides prepaid services to support local charities.

$915K raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Flash helps brands create the mobile shopping for their customers in both the digital and the physicalworld.

$580K raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

WED is a software company that provides target user acquisition, data analysis, custom reports, and credit card payment services.

Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Tunic Pay is a startup that solves APP fraud with recipient verification and payment conditionality.

$5.0M raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ 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 1,641 payments companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$36.1M
Total Funding Tracked
$901.9M
Countries Represented
12

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Payments

1.London
5 companies$60.1M
2.São Paulo
2 companies$114.8M
3.Bogotá
2 companies$10.0M
4.Amsterdam
1 companies$4.2M
5.Pinheiros
1 companies$40.0M

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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