SFC Capital

SFC Capital, established in 2012 and headquartered in London, is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, UK-based companies. It focuses on sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer, and enterprise. SFC Capital differentiates itself by combining angel networks and seed funds, offering investors exposure to SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses through direct investment or diversified portfolios managed by its expert team.

Ricardo Berruti

Investor Services Manager

Adam Beveridge

Investment Associate

Stephen Page

CEO and Founder

Edward Prior

Head of Investor Services

Joseph Zipfel

Chief Investment Officer

Past deals in Payments

Ryft

Seed Round in 2024
Ryft is a payment platform focused on facilitating seamless transactions for marketplaces and peer-to-peer platforms in the Web 3.0 environment. It offers a comprehensive and user-friendly solution that automates complex, multi-sided payments, allowing marketplace businesses and their merchants to receive next-day payouts for a single flat fee per transaction. The platform emphasizes rapid onboarding and transparent pricing, making it easier for users to accept payments from various sources. By streamlining the payment process, Ryft aims to enhance the efficiency and scalability of digital platforms.

Justtip

Venture Round in 2024
JustTip is a digital tipping platform that facilitates fair, efficient, and contactless tipping for service providers in various sectors, including hospitality, retail, and non-profits. The platform connects customers directly with employees, allowing them to tip instantly and securely, while also streamlining tip distribution and administration for businesses. JustTip's mission is to become the global standard for fair and equitable digital tipping, providing a seamless and scalable payment solution that benefits both service providers and their customers.

Jebra

Seed Round in 2024
Jebra is an automation platform specializing in ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and Reverse ETL processes, designed to facilitate the seamless transfer and transformation of data between various applications and platforms. The company also operates a multimodal payments platform that supports diverse payment methods, simplifying financial transactions for users. By offering a comprehensive payment system, Jebra enables flexible and convenient disbursement options, helping businesses scale and enhance their operational efficiency.

Justtip

Seed Round in 2024
JustTip is a digital tipping platform that facilitates fair, efficient, and contactless tipping for service providers in various sectors, including hospitality, retail, and non-profits. The platform connects customers directly with employees, allowing them to tip instantly and securely, while also streamlining tip distribution and administration for businesses. JustTip's mission is to become the global standard for fair and equitable digital tipping, providing a seamless and scalable payment solution that benefits both service providers and their customers.

Ryft

Seed Round in 2022
Ryft is a payment platform focused on facilitating seamless transactions for marketplaces and peer-to-peer platforms in the Web 3.0 environment. It offers a comprehensive and user-friendly solution that automates complex, multi-sided payments, allowing marketplace businesses and their merchants to receive next-day payouts for a single flat fee per transaction. The platform emphasizes rapid onboarding and transparent pricing, making it easier for users to accept payments from various sources. By streamlining the payment process, Ryft aims to enhance the efficiency and scalability of digital platforms.

Bayfikr

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Bayfikr is a smartphone application that facilitates bill payments for overseas Pakistanis. The app enables users to pay utility bills, educational expenses, hospital fees, and government payments for their families in Pakistan directly and instantly from abroad. By providing a convenient remittance platform, Bayfikr aims to give users greater control over their financial transactions, making it easier for them to support their loved ones back home.

Esther

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Esther offers pre-paid card solutions aimed at facilitating donations and providing financial assistance to individuals in need. The company's FinTech platform serves as a fund distribution system that enables government and nonprofit organizations to efficiently deliver crisis funds. By collaborating with charity partners, Esther ensures the verification of recipients, allowing for direct donations from donors to those facing financial difficulties. This peer-to-peer giving approach empowers users to actively combat local poverty and support their communities effectively.

CardAlpha

Pre Seed Round in 2021
CardAlpha offers an integrated point-of-sale and card payment solution tailored for independent retailers. Its ePOS App allows small business owners to transform their smartphones or tablets into effective electronic cash registers. The app includes features such as a product catalog with item descriptions, pricing, discounts, inventory tracking, and the ability to issue digital receipts. Additionally, it integrates seamlessly with a card reader to facilitate cash sales and process card transactions directly from the device, enhancing daily sales management. Recently, CardAlpha was ranked as the top provider for card acceptance by transaction price on Money.co.uk, highlighting its competitive edge in the payment solutions market.

Coupay

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Coupay is a fintech company that specializes in payment automation software aimed at simplifying bank transfers for small businesses. The company's technology is designed to eliminate banking friction, making it easier for businesses to receive payments. Coupay's software supports various payment types, including invoice payments and regular monthly transactions, catering to the needs of small enterprises. By enhancing the payment process, Coupay helps businesses streamline their operations and drive sales growth.

Loyalize

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Loyalize is a white-label platform that specializes in loyalty programs, payments, and customer engagement. The platform utilizes open banking technology to facilitate real-time payments, which helps retailers reduce transaction fees while enhancing the customer experience. By allowing customers to link payment cards to existing loyalty programs, Loyalize enables seamless tracking and aggregation of loyalty data across connected accounts. This integration allows customers to automatically see the benefits of their loyalty on every transaction, whether online or in-store. Loyalize aims to improve the overall customer journey for retailers and their partners by streamlining the process of earning rewards on purchases.

Ryft

Seed Round in 2020
Ryft is a payment platform focused on facilitating seamless transactions for marketplaces and peer-to-peer platforms in the Web 3.0 environment. It offers a comprehensive and user-friendly solution that automates complex, multi-sided payments, allowing marketplace businesses and their merchants to receive next-day payouts for a single flat fee per transaction. The platform emphasizes rapid onboarding and transparent pricing, making it easier for users to accept payments from various sources. By streamlining the payment process, Ryft aims to enhance the efficiency and scalability of digital platforms.

Pie People

Seed Round in 2020
Pie People Ltd is a FinTech startup based in London, United Kingdom, that provides an online payment platform for businesses and consumers. Established in 2018, the company specializes in e-money solutions, enabling the issuance of prepaid and debit cards. Its services encompass program management, mobile payments, and BIN sponsorship, allowing clients to develop and launch their own e-money services efficiently. The platform offers fast, flexible, and secure payment and issuing technology, catering to the evolving needs of the financial technology sector.

SendSpend

Seed Round in 2019
SendSpend Limited is a Fintech company based in London, United Kingdom, with subsidiaries in South Africa and India. Established in 2016, the company focuses on promoting financial inclusion for unbanked individuals through its innovative e-payment system. This system facilitates electronic payments for products and services by connecting users with a network of physical agents and e-commerce payment gateways linked to a smartphone e-wallet. The SendSpend Payment System is a global, multi-currency, peer-to-peer platform that integrates merchants, consumers, and cash in/out services through a series of APIs and payment gateways. The SendSpend mobile application, currently available only on Android, allows users to make payments without the necessity of a bank account, thus eliminating the reliance on cash transactions.

Kashing

Seed Round in 2019
Kashing Limited offers comprehensive payment solutions for merchants, integrating their sales platforms with banking services in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2014 and based in London, the company provides an online payment gateway that allows users to accept card payments online, along with mobile payment applications and physical chip and pin terminals for credit and debit card transactions. Kashing's smart payment technology caters to independent businesses, enabling them to streamline their payment processes and enhance customer service. The company also offers compliant transaction services for call centers, supporting mail order and telephone order transactions. By focusing on flexible payment options, Kashing empowers businesses to adopt effective growth strategies while minimizing the complexities and costs associated with payment processing.

Kashing

Seed Round in 2018
Kashing Limited offers comprehensive payment solutions for merchants, integrating their sales platforms with banking services in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2014 and based in London, the company provides an online payment gateway that allows users to accept card payments online, along with mobile payment applications and physical chip and pin terminals for credit and debit card transactions. Kashing's smart payment technology caters to independent businesses, enabling them to streamline their payment processes and enhance customer service. The company also offers compliant transaction services for call centers, supporting mail order and telephone order transactions. By focusing on flexible payment options, Kashing empowers businesses to adopt effective growth strategies while minimizing the complexities and costs associated with payment processing.

Future Mobile Money

Seed Round in 2017
Mobile money is the fastest growing segment of the digital revolution in financial services – particularly in emerging markets where banking services are not easily accessible. Future Mobile Money is a virtual wallet on your smartphone that allows you to pay for goods and services online without requiring a bank account and relying on a “Uber-like” decentralised network or agents.

Future Mobile Money

Seed Round in 2017
Mobile money is the fastest growing segment of the digital revolution in financial services – particularly in emerging markets where banking services are not easily accessible. Future Mobile Money is a virtual wallet on your smartphone that allows you to pay for goods and services online without requiring a bank account and relying on a “Uber-like” decentralised network or agents.

Kashing

Angel Round in 2017
Kashing Limited offers comprehensive payment solutions for merchants, integrating their sales platforms with banking services in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2014 and based in London, the company provides an online payment gateway that allows users to accept card payments online, along with mobile payment applications and physical chip and pin terminals for credit and debit card transactions. Kashing's smart payment technology caters to independent businesses, enabling them to streamline their payment processes and enhance customer service. The company also offers compliant transaction services for call centers, supporting mail order and telephone order transactions. By focusing on flexible payment options, Kashing empowers businesses to adopt effective growth strategies while minimizing the complexities and costs associated with payment processing.

SendSpend

Seed Round in 2017
SendSpend Limited is a Fintech company based in London, United Kingdom, with subsidiaries in South Africa and India. Established in 2016, the company focuses on promoting financial inclusion for unbanked individuals through its innovative e-payment system. This system facilitates electronic payments for products and services by connecting users with a network of physical agents and e-commerce payment gateways linked to a smartphone e-wallet. The SendSpend Payment System is a global, multi-currency, peer-to-peer platform that integrates merchants, consumers, and cash in/out services through a series of APIs and payment gateways. The SendSpend mobile application, currently available only on Android, allows users to make payments without the necessity of a bank account, thus eliminating the reliance on cash transactions.

Unizest

Seed Round in 2017
UniZest Ltd provides e-banking services tailored for international students in the United Kingdom, facilitating the online opening of the Aspire account. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, the company addresses the common challenge faced by over five million international students who often encounter difficulties when trying to establish a bank account abroad. Launched in 2017, the Aspire account allows students to manage their finances seamlessly, offering features such as the ability to make and receive money transfers, tools for budgeting and money management, and integrated foreign exchange services. By enabling students to set up their accounts before arriving in the UK, UniZest aims to alleviate the stress associated with banking delays, ensuring a smoother transition to studying abroad.

Future Mobile Money

Seed Round in 2017
Mobile money is the fastest growing segment of the digital revolution in financial services – particularly in emerging markets where banking services are not easily accessible. Future Mobile Money is a virtual wallet on your smartphone that allows you to pay for goods and services online without requiring a bank account and relying on a “Uber-like” decentralised network or agents.

Kashing

Seed Round in 2017
Kashing Limited offers comprehensive payment solutions for merchants, integrating their sales platforms with banking services in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2014 and based in London, the company provides an online payment gateway that allows users to accept card payments online, along with mobile payment applications and physical chip and pin terminals for credit and debit card transactions. Kashing's smart payment technology caters to independent businesses, enabling them to streamline their payment processes and enhance customer service. The company also offers compliant transaction services for call centers, supporting mail order and telephone order transactions. By focusing on flexible payment options, Kashing empowers businesses to adopt effective growth strategies while minimizing the complexities and costs associated with payment processing.
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