Hard Yaka

Hard Yaka, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 2010 and located in Crystal Bay, Nevada. The firm focuses on making early-stage investments in startups within the exchange space, particularly those that operate in specific market verticals or provide essential services across various exchange sectors, such as messaging and payments. Hard Yaka specializes in buyout and distressed investments, aiming to acquire majority stakes in companies involved in portable identity, payments, marketplaces for digital transformation, and regulatory technology. Through its investment strategy, Hard Yaka seeks to support the growth and development of innovative technologies and businesses.

Jun Hiraga

Partner

Greg Kidd

Co-Founder, Partner

Kevin Leiske

Partner

Katie Sullivan

Partner

Chris Lewis Ph.D

Partner

Past deals in Payments

TransferGo

Series C in 2021
TransferGo Ltd. is a London-based payment service provider, established in 2012, that specializes in international money transfers. The company caters primarily to migrant workers, allowing them to send money to their relatives without incurring high bank fees. Operating under a digital account-to-account model, TransferGo offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional banks and cash bureaus, often ensuring same-day delivery of funds to the designated recipient. As a licensed payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, TransferGo is recognized for its secure financial transactions. The company charges a fixed fee for transfers, along with a currency conversion fee ranging from 0.6% to 1.5% per transaction, making it an attractive option for both personal and commercial money transfers.

TransferGo

Venture Round in 2020
TransferGo Ltd. is a London-based payment service provider, established in 2012, that specializes in international money transfers. The company caters primarily to migrant workers, allowing them to send money to their relatives without incurring high bank fees. Operating under a digital account-to-account model, TransferGo offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional banks and cash bureaus, often ensuring same-day delivery of funds to the designated recipient. As a licensed payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, TransferGo is recognized for its secure financial transactions. The company charges a fixed fee for transfers, along with a currency conversion fee ranging from 0.6% to 1.5% per transaction, making it an attractive option for both personal and commercial money transfers.

Prepaid2Cash

Venture Round in 2019
Prepaid2Cash is a Birmingham, AL based financial technology company that enables the redemption of network branded (Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover) prepaid cards, commonly referred to as open-loop prepaid cards. The Company’s web-based service (www.prepaid2cash.com) allows users to receive payment by direct deposit or mailed check. For more information on Prepaid2Cash, visit http://www.prepaid2cash.com. Additionally, for media inquiries contact info(at)prepaid2cash.com.

TransferGo

Series B in 2019
TransferGo Ltd. is a London-based payment service provider, established in 2012, that specializes in international money transfers. The company caters primarily to migrant workers, allowing them to send money to their relatives without incurring high bank fees. Operating under a digital account-to-account model, TransferGo offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional banks and cash bureaus, often ensuring same-day delivery of funds to the designated recipient. As a licensed payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, TransferGo is recognized for its secure financial transactions. The company charges a fixed fee for transfers, along with a currency conversion fee ranging from 0.6% to 1.5% per transaction, making it an attractive option for both personal and commercial money transfers.

TransferGo

Series B in 2018
TransferGo Ltd. is a London-based payment service provider, established in 2012, that specializes in international money transfers. The company caters primarily to migrant workers, allowing them to send money to their relatives without incurring high bank fees. Operating under a digital account-to-account model, TransferGo offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional banks and cash bureaus, often ensuring same-day delivery of funds to the designated recipient. As a licensed payment institution regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, TransferGo is recognized for its secure financial transactions. The company charges a fixed fee for transfers, along with a currency conversion fee ranging from 0.6% to 1.5% per transaction, making it an attractive option for both personal and commercial money transfers.

Shieldpay

Seed Round in 2017
ShieldPay Limited is a FinTech company based in Shoreditch, United Kingdom, founded in 2016. It operates an online escrow platform and payments engine that facilitates secure peer-to-peer transactions between consumers and businesses. The platform allows any classified site to function as a transactional marketplace, offering users a reliable method for conducting transactions. ShieldPay is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, and its mission is to eliminate fraud in peer-to-peer payments, ensuring that users can transact with confidence. The platform features a digital escrow facility that incurs no setup costs, protecting both payers and payees by verifying their identities and holding funds securely in the ShieldPay Vault until both parties agree to release them. This approach addresses shortcomings in traditional payment systems, providing a safer alternative for buying and selling goods and services. The company comprises a team of technologists, designers, marketers, and compliance experts dedicated to enhancing the security of the payments ecosystem.

DailyPay

Seed Round in 2015
DailyPay is a financial wellness platform that enables employees to access their earned wages on demand, allowing them to control when they get paid. Founded in 2015 by Jason Lee and Robert Law, the company partners with organizations across various sectors to enhance employee engagement, recruitment, and retention. DailyPay's digital wallet system facilitates the transfer of funds directly to bank accounts, providing users with the flexibility to manage their finances more effectively. By offering this service, DailyPay not only supports individual financial security but also helps partner companies improve their overall profitability.

Verse

Seed Round in 2015
Verse is the payments technology platform that takes the friction out of storing, spending and sharing money. The mobile app allows you to share payments easily, instantly and with no hidden fees and also allows you to choose whether your transactions are private or public so that you can have fun while keeping track of your financial activities. Verse is available for both Android and iOS-based phones and transactions are completed in less than two business days. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

DigitalPay

Seed Round in 2015
DigitalPay, a cloud-based service company, specializes in enhancing the speed, security, and convenience of digital payments for customers and vendors. By connecting Global 2000 companies and governments to alternative payment networks, DigitalPay offers integrations, business rule logic, and payment accessories that facilitate seamless transactions. The company also features an eOD payment service designed to replace traditional payment methods such as credit card prepayments, cash on delivery, checks, and money orders for shipments. Founded in 2011, DigitalPay is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office located in Washington, D.C.

Knox Payments

Venture Round in 2014
Knox Payments Inc. operates an online payment processing platform that facilitates ACH payments, allowing customers to pay merchants directly from their bank accounts. Founded in 2013 and based in Richmond, Virginia, the company offers a service called Connexus, which enables users to complete transactions using their existing online banking credentials, simplifying the checkout process without the need for creating new user accounts. This focus on speed and ease of use distinguishes Knox Payments from its competitors, positioning it as a convenient tool for fast online transactions.

Pay By Group

Venture Round in 2014
Pay By Group's white-label checkout solution is the fastest way for any merchant to integrate group-payment and installment capabilities into their online checkout. Our clients span travel, e-commerce, and healthcare and love the fact we increase conversions by 27% or more for this highly lucrative business segment.

Wyre

Seed Round in 2014
Wyre is a developer of a blockchain-based payment platform designed to change the future of how international payments are done. The company's platform provides real-time payouts, same-day transfers, and direct-to-bank transfers, enabling businesses to move money across borders from country-to-country at a competitive foreign exchange rate. Wyre's business owners can easily create an account and send money to any person or business without worrying about high foreign exchange rates, hidden fees, complicated payout timing, and high payment fees. It also provides onramps and off-ramps, foreign exchange, and crypto liquidity to users of various crypto projects including decentralized exchanges. Wyre was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Balanced

Venture Round in 2013
Balanced is the first payment system designed for marketplaces from the ground up. We provide a feature-rich, fully integrated api that allows marketplaces to charge cards, escrow funds, deposit next day via ACH direct, and collect their own marketplace fees.

Ribbon

Venture Round in 2013
Ribbon Payments, Inc. operates a platform that allows users to sell and purchase products by sharing a unique showcase link. The company supports various types of products from physical and digital goods to services, such as T-shirts, mp3s, and tutoring products. It process debit and credit cards for payments. Ribbon Payments, Inc. was formerly known as Kout Inc. and changed its name to Ribbon Payments, Inc. in November 2012. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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