Visa

Visa is an American multinational financial services company that specializes in electronic payment systems globally. As the largest payment processor in the world, Visa facilitates the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities. In fiscal 2023, the company processed nearly $15 trillion in total volume, operating in over 200 countries and handling transactions in more than 160 currencies. Visa's advanced systems can process over 65,000 transactions per second, underscoring its significant role in the global payments landscape.

Tarek Abdalla

Senior Vice President, CMO - Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

Rubail Birwadker

SVP, Digital Partnerships and Fintech at Visa

Pawel Chrobok

Senior Director, Global Interoperability and Specifications

Chris Clark

Chairman, Asia Pacific

Philip Konopik

Senior Vice President, Regional Managing Director Nordics and Baltics

Tom McKay

Senior Vice President - Global Client Incentives, Strategy and Corporate Development

Colleen Ostrowski

SVP Treasurer and GM of Treasury as a Service

Constantine Panagiotatos

Senior Director, Global Corporate Communications

Chad Pollock

Vice President and General Manager, Visa East Africa

Charles Scharf

President

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Konnect

Corporate Round in 2025
Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.

Moniepoint

Corporate Round in 2025
Moniepoint is a financial technology company that offers a comprehensive digital banking and payment ecosystem tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. The platform provides a range of services, including payment processing, credit access, and business management tools. Moniepoint enables businesses to create accounts and accept payments through various offline and online channels, facilitating efficient financial management. By integrating banking solutions with essential business tools, Moniepoint supports organizations in managing their finances and accessing the resources necessary for growth.

InCorp Chain

Seed Round in 2025
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Featurespace

Acquisition in 2024
Featurespace is a leader in enterprise financial crime prevention, specializing in fraud detection and anti-money laundering solutions. The company has developed innovative technologies, including Adaptive Behavioral Analytics and Automated Deep Behavioral Networks, which are incorporated into its ARIC platform. This real-time machine learning software assesses risk and monitors customer data across more than 180 countries to identify fraudulent activities and suspicious behavior promptly. The ARIC Risk Hub utilizes advanced anomaly detection methods, allowing financial institutions to automatically recognize potential threats and respond to them effectively. Over 30 major global financial institutions, including well-known names such as HSBC and NatWest, leverage Featurespace’s solutions to safeguard their operations and enhance customer satisfaction while minimizing fraud-related costs.

Clip

Venture Round in 2024
Clip is the leading commerce and digital payment platform that is empowering businesses in Mexico to interact and transact with its consumers more effectively through innovative technologies, best-in-class customer service, and the ability to accept all payment methods digitally.

Payman AI, Inc

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Payman gives your AI Agents the ability to have access to capital so that they can pay humans for their expertise in completing specialized tasks they need done.

Rootd

Grant in 2024
Rootd is a mental health resource focused on providing anxiety and panic attack relief through its innovative mobile application. Founded by women, the app features a guided process for immediate and long-term relief, utilizing therapist-approved content and engaging design. It has achieved recognition as the top-ranked mobile app for individuals experiencing panic attacks and anxiety on both Android and iOS platforms. Rootd ensures accessibility by offering its core relief features free of charge, allowing users to seek instant help regardless of their circumstances. Additionally, the app includes paid upgrades for those looking to manage their anxiety and panic attacks over the long term. Key features include a panic button, deep breathing exercises, and guided visualizations, all aimed at helping users regain confidence and improve their daily lives.

Apricotton

Grant in 2024
Apricotton is an e-commerce platform specializing in apparel, particularly focused on providing bras for tweens and teens. The company features an online marketplace that offers a variety of ladies' innerwear designed for comfort and functionality. Apricotton's bras are characterized by their stretching capabilities, soft inner layers, adjustable straps, and breathable, sweat-wicking fabric. This product range aims to cater to the specific needs of young women, allowing them to choose comfortable and stylish innerwear.

PROSA MX

Acquisition in 2023
PROSA has been a strategic factor to promote the development of financial institutions in the payment media market.

Enfuce

Venture Round in 2023
Enfuce is a fintech company that specializes in providing a range of financial services, including payment processing and card-issuing solutions. Operating across Europe with offices in Finland, Germany, Latvia, Sweden, and the UK, Enfuce enables traditional banks, neobanks, and fintechs to enhance their payment experiences. The company's cloud-based platform offers features such as open banking, issuing and acquiring services, and strong customer authentication, making it suitable for both established financial institutions and new entrants in the market. Enfuce has secured €62 million in funding and has received notable recognitions, including participation in the Visa Fintech Fast Track program and the Mastercard Lighthouse Development Programme, as well as the 2019 PayTech Award for Best Payments Solution for Payment Systems in the Cloud.

Finerio

Seed Round in 2023
Finerio is a personal finance platform based in Mexico that offers an automated and free service to help users manage their finances effectively. The platform allows individuals to link their debit and credit accounts from major Mexican banks, enabling them to monitor and track their expenses, view financial information, and analyze their consumption patterns. Finerio's features include custom budgeting tools and data analysis capabilities, which aim to enhance users' financial planning and savings. By leveraging open finance principles, Finerio empowers users to take control of their financial well-being through insightful data-driven insights.

Finerio

Seed Round in 2023
Finerio is a personal finance platform based in Mexico that offers an automated and free service to help users manage their finances effectively. The platform allows individuals to link their debit and credit accounts from major Mexican banks, enabling them to monitor and track their expenses, view financial information, and analyze their consumption patterns. Finerio's features include custom budgeting tools and data analysis capabilities, which aim to enhance users' financial planning and savings. By leveraging open finance principles, Finerio empowers users to take control of their financial well-being through insightful data-driven insights.

Plan A

Series A in 2023
Plan A is a leading provider of corporate carbon accounting, decarbonization, and ESG reporting software in Europe. The company has developed a comprehensive SaaS platform that integrates advanced technologies with established scientific standards and methodologies. This end-to-end solution allows businesses to manage their entire net-zero journey from a single interface, encompassing data collection, emissions calculation, target setting, decarbonization planning, and non-financial reporting. By offering personalized sustainability action plans and compliance tracking services, Plan A empowers organizations to effectively navigate their sustainability goals and foster responsible business practices.

Pismo

Acquisition in 2023
Pismo is a technology company that offers a comprehensive processing platform for banking, payments, and financial market infrastructure. Its cloud-based solution is designed to positively impact lives globally by providing a range of features such as customer relationship management, billing, acquiring network management, client acquisition, and credit analysis. The company's data centers enable build-to-order services, enhancing customization and personalization options for enterprise, cloud computing, and service provider clients. Pismo's patented architecture and scalable design contribute to a low cost of ownership and rapid speed to market, helping clients optimize their financial offerings effectively.

Tuma

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Tuma is a developer of a mobile payments platform designed specifically for small businesses and informal traders. Its solution allows businesses to accept card payments directly through their smartphones, eliminating the need for additional hardware. This micro merchant platform transforms a smartphone into a payment terminal, facilitating quick and convenient transactions for customers using bank cards, smartphones, and wearable devices. Tuma's approach streamlines the payment process, catering to the needs of businesses that seek efficient and flexible payment options.

Pi-xcels

Non Equity Assistance in 2023
Pi-xcels develops a retail technology platform that incorporates an NFC-enabled point-of-sale (POS) device to facilitate the issuance of interactive e-receipts through a simple contactless tap with a smartphone. This innovative solution allows retailers to link any existing POS system to Pi-xcels' platform, thereby replacing traditional thermal paper receipts, which are harmful to the environment due to their BPA and BPS content. By eliminating paper waste, the company aims to provide offline retailers with cost savings and valuable insights into consumer purchasing behaviors through its shopper data platform. This approach not only enhances the shopping experience for consumers but also supports retailers in adapting to modern data-driven practices.

TerraPay

Corporate Round in 2023
TerraPay is a mobile-first international payment network designed to facilitate seamless transnational money transfers. By interconnecting various financial service providers, including mobile wallet operators, banks, and money transfer services, TerraPay creates a unified platform that supports a wide range of transactions such as interpersonal transfers, e-payments, and government disbursements. The network employs standard open APIs, allowing easy integration with any mobile wallet provider. This enables partners to access a global payment network through a single connection, enhancing service scalability while reducing operational and capital expenditures. As a regulated financial intermediary, TerraPay not only manages core transaction processing but also ensures compliance with regulatory standards, oversees foreign exchange management, and handles fund settlements, thereby providing a comprehensive solution for cross-border mobile payments.

Thunes

Series C in 2023
Thunes, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Singapore, is a global B2B payment infrastructure platform that facilitates seamless cross-border payments for various businesses, including major players in the gig economy and fintech sectors. The platform supports transactions in 80 currencies across 132 countries and allows users to accept 300 different payment methods through a single connection. Thunes offers a range of services such as remittance processing, mass payouts, virtual accounts, and payment collection, utilizing application programming interfaces (APIs) to lower transaction fees and enhance interoperability among payment systems. In April 2022, the company acquired a controlling stake in Tookitaki, a compliance platform that bolsters Thunes' capabilities in anti-money laundering and fraud prevention. The company operates regional offices in major cities including London, Paris, and Dubai, and is backed by various investors, including Visa and Bessemer Venture Partners.

Tarabut

Series A in 2023
Tarabut Gateway is the first and largest regulated Open Banking platform in the MENA region, facilitating connections between banks and FinTechs through a universal application programming interface (API). By enabling seamless data flow, Tarabut Gateway promotes collaboration and innovation within the financial sector, resulting in improved products and services for consumers. The platform supports the development and distribution of personalized financial solutions, contributing to a more integrated and agile financial services ecosystem in the region.

Car IQ

Series B in 2023
Car IQ Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in a cloud-based vehicle management platform and payment gateway tailored for auto dealer groups, car sharing services, and autonomous drivers. Founded in 2016, the company has developed an automotive-grade payment solution that allows vehicles to initiate payments directly to merchants without the need for credit cards. By leveraging telematics and vehicle data, Car IQ's platform provides detailed insights into fleet operations, enabling clients to monitor transactions and prevent fraud effectively. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing technologies, consolidates all transactions into a single ledger, and facilitates management of spending, customer service, and inventory.

Moov

Series B in 2023
Moov is rebuilding banking infrastructure for a cloud-native world without any legacy technology dependencies. Moov’s banking-as-a-service platform takes a developer-first approach of being open-source, portable to cloud providers or on-premises, modular for customization, and decoupled from any single bank program. Their protocols offer the first de facto standard for embedded payment infrastructure offered publicly.

Sileon Tech

Corporate Round in 2022
Sileon is a financial technology startup. The company provides a high-capacity, API-based BNPL SaaS platform that supports your business, regardless of the market.

M2P Fintech

Series C in 2022
M2P Fintech provides a robust API infrastructure designed to support banking, payments, and lending services for businesses. The company specializes in digital payment processing, offering a unified API that enables seamless integration and supports various payment methods, including cards and wallets. M2P Fintech also focuses on compliance with regulatory standards, facilitating customer onboarding and compliance checks. By delivering essential tools and information, the company's technology enhances operational efficiency for businesses and financial institutions, ultimately improving customer experiences in a fast-evolving digital economy.

Sardine

Series B in 2022
Sardine is a financial technology company that specializes in providing a risk and fraud infrastructure tailored for the online economy. It has developed a device intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence and advanced risk engine software. This platform enhances fraud detection while minimizing sign-up friction by analyzing multiple real-time data points, including device information, browser details, and behavioral biometrics. By integrating this technology, Sardine enables businesses to establish a robust risk and fraud management framework, ultimately reducing costs within the fintech ecosystem.

African Women Impact Fund

Grant in 2022
African Women Impact Fund (AWIF) is an initiative of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and its partners (UN Women,

Global Processing Services

Venture Round in 2022
Global Processing Services is a provider of a platform that processes payments and manages credit, debit, or prepaid card transactions. The platform enables enable the payments industry to deliver innovations through a combination of proprietary technology. It's offering, the GPS Apex is an issuer processing platform that enables integration with clients, issuers, Program Managers, card manufacturers, and other service providers. GPS Apex helps transactions to be processed securely and reliably while enabling some of the innovations in the payments sector. Craig Dewar and Tony Kerr established GPS in Douglas, Isle of Man in 2007.

Bloom

Seed Round in 2022
Bloom is a financial technology company that operates a digital banking platform aimed at providing regulated banking services to consumers. Its application allows users to open bank accounts online, access fee-free bank accounts in both Sudanese and US dollars, and obtain free USD Mastercards. The platform facilitates free transfers within Sudan and offers complimentary international remittance services from various countries. By focusing on innovative and inclusive financial products, Bloom seeks to enhance the financial well-being of its customers.

Bloom

Seed Round in 2022
Bloom is a financial technology company that operates a digital banking platform aimed at providing regulated banking services to consumers. Its application allows users to open bank accounts online, access fee-free bank accounts in both Sudanese and US dollars, and obtain free USD Mastercards. The platform facilitates free transfers within Sudan and offers complimentary international remittance services from various countries. By focusing on innovative and inclusive financial products, Bloom seeks to enhance the financial well-being of its customers.

Karty

Pre Seed Round in 2022
KARTY is a Fin-tech platform based in Msheireb, it allows customers to spend, save and manage all of their finances from one-app. It has raised $ 1.2 million in a pre-seed round from Visa, Qatar Development Bank (QDB), Qatar Foundation & Qatar based angel investors. KARTY aims to revolutionize the daily financial experiences for it’s customers by leveraging cutting-edge technology and transaction data. KARTY is working closely with strategic partner "Visa" to deliver full digital payment solutions for both consumer and business expenses.

ecolytiq

Venture Round in 2022
Ecolytiq operates a climate action infrastructure platform that assists banks and financial institutions in promoting sustainability and green finance. The company's product suite enhances traditional banking services by integrating transaction-based carbon footprint analysis, personalized climate insights, and access to environmental projects. This approach encourages consumers to engage in more sustainable behaviors, thereby generating positive environmental impacts for both banks and their customers. Ecolytiq collaborates with prominent financial institutions worldwide, positioning itself as a key player in the sustainability sector. By focusing on the complete value chain, ecolytiq enables businesses to provide environmental footprinting, personalized impact offsetting, and investment opportunities aligned with environmental, social, and governance criteria.

Sileon Tech

Corporate Round in 2022
Sileon is a financial technology startup. The company provides a high-capacity, API-based BNPL SaaS platform that supports your business, regardless of the market.

Pink Moon

Grant in 2022
Pink Moon promotes a harmonious well-being by integrating ancient wisdom derived from eastern healing practices with modern daily rituals to help you cultivate joy and bloom into your fullest potential. We harness the transformative effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) by infusing Reiki, astrology, crystals, and aromatherapy with accessible tangible products to allow you to access the healing benefits of ancient wisdom on-the-go.

Cart.com

Venture Round in 2022
Cart.com is a leading provider of comprehensive commerce and logistics solutions that enable B2C and B2B companies to operate seamlessly across various channels. The company supports over 6,000 customers, including well-known consumer brands and complex B2B organizations, by offering a unified platform for business planning, merchant financing, order fulfillment, and marketing services. With a workforce of more than 1,000 employees, including AI and data scientists, and a network of 14 warehouses nationwide, Cart.com is well-positioned to assist middle market and enterprise-level companies in scaling their online operations and enhancing revenue.

Brankas

Series B in 2022
Brankas is a fintech company that provides financial software and solutions. The company providing large-scaling payment, transaction, and cash management systems for e-commerce, SMEs, Fortune 100, 500, and ASEAN 50 companies. it uses its APIs and systems to essentially slot new services into their platform. Brankas operates a platform that gives banks and financial companies the tech to roll out digital products and embrace online services. The company helps its users to manage their accounts and payments directly with APIs and user dashboards to automate payment processing with enterprise-grade security. Brankas was founded in August 2016 and is based in Dki Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Plurall

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Plurall is developing an AI-driven financial application aimed at the over 8 million entrepreneurs in Colombia who have been excluded from traditional banking services. Recognized as the most entrepreneurial country globally, Colombia has a significant portion of its workforce engaged in self-employment. Plurall aims to enhance financial inclusion by offering micro and commercial lending products, mobile payment solutions, and other essential financial services tailored to the needs of small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs). By leveraging technology and data science, Plurall provides critical access to working capital, mobile banking, and B2B buy now, pay later (BNPL) options, initially focusing on the Colombian market before expanding throughout Latin America. The company collaborates with reputable investors and partners, including Fasanara and Visa, to fulfill its mission of supporting underserved entrepreneurs.

Belvo

Series A in 2021
Belvo is an open finance API platform based in Mexico City, founded in 2019. The platform allows users to connect their financial accounts to applications, facilitating access to and interpretation of financial data from end-users. By enabling businesses to understand user behavior and manage financial transactions, Belvo supports financial innovators in creating efficient solutions and generating new revenue streams. The platform is designed to provide a scalable way for developers to integrate financial information, enhancing the overall user experience in the financial services sector.

Crowded

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Crowded is a digital banking platform that simplifies financial management for membership groups, particularly nonprofits at both chapter and national levels. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for online officer transitions, group expense management, payment collection, and donation handling. By integrating these functions into a single platform, Crowded eliminates the need for users to transfer funds between multiple services, enhancing the safety of financial transactions. This streamlined approach allows group leaders to maintain greater control over their finances, enabling them to focus more on their organization's mission rather than financial administration.

Basiq

Corporate Round in 2021
Basiq is an aggregation platform that specializes in acquiring financial data through secure access to customer-consented information from financial institutions via APIs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in South Wales, Australia, Basiq offers a range of financial solutions, including personal financial management software, account verification services, credit scoring, credit risk assessment, and wealth management. By facilitating these services, Basiq enables its clients to enhance decision-making and improve customer engagement.

OnlinePajak

Series C in 2021
OnlinePajak is a web-based platform that simplifies corporate tax management and administration. The service aims to enhance tax collection and alleviate the burdens associated with corporate taxation through a streamlined process that includes preparing, paying, and filing taxes online. By integrating various tax-related functions into a single application, OnlinePajak enables businesses to efficiently manage their tax obligations, perform calculations, process payments, and submit reports. This comprehensive approach not only facilitates compliance with tax regulations but also aims to improve overall performance and productivity for users.

Jumo

Venture Round in 2021
Jumo is a fintech company that specializes in providing banking technology aimed at enhancing financial access in emerging markets, particularly in Africa and Asia. The company partners with banks to deliver loans, savings, and various financial services to traditionally underserved customers. By utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning, Jumo develops credit scores and financial products tailored to individual needs. Their platform also employs behavioral data from mobile usage to establish financial identities for small and medium enterprises, allowing customers to engage with financial services in a cost-effective and responsible manner. Jumo offers essential reporting, analytics, and insights to its partners, facilitating improved service delivery and financial choices for their clients.

Deserve

Corporate Round in 2021
Deserve, Inc. is a financial services company based in Menlo Park, California, that specializes in providing credit cards and other financial products tailored for international students in the United States. Founded in 2012 and originally known as Tremus, Inc., the company leverages machine learning and alternative data to assess creditworthiness, allowing individuals without a traditional credit history to access fair credit products. Deserve utilizes various predictive attributes, such as education and future employability, to evaluate a student's ability to repay. Additionally, the company operates a mobile-first, cloud-native platform, enabling partnerships with financial institutions, fintechs, lenders, and merchant co-brands to enhance the customer experience.

Currencycloud

Acquisition in 2021
Currencycloud is a global payments platform that simplifies cross-border transactions and foreign exchange automation for businesses. It provides developers with API building blocks to create tailored payment solutions, allowing companies to integrate payment infrastructure into their products and services seamlessly. The platform offers automated end-to-end processes for sending and receiving payments, as well as services for currency collection and conversion. By handling the complexities and regulatory requirements associated with international payments, Currencycloud enables clients to adopt digital wallets and embed financial services into their operations, regardless of their industry.

Nium

Series D in 2021
Nium is a payments services company that specializes in cross-border payment solutions. The company provides banks, payment vendors, and businesses with comprehensive payment and card issuance services through its integrated platform, network, and APIs. Nium's offerings include virtual wallets for holding funds, traditional bank transfers for sending and receiving payments, and currency conversion with competitive rates and transparent fees. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including travel, marketplaces, financial institutions, and payroll, enabling businesses to streamline their international payment processes while ensuring secure transactions.

Tink

Acquisition in 2021
Tink is a cloud-based open banking platform that provides the infrastructure and value-adding data products that are enabling the future of financial services. Tink offers products such as account aggregation, payment initiation, data enrichment, and personal finance management that can be used to develop standalone services or be integrated into existing banking applications. Its partners include ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas Fortis, Nordea, Klarna, and SEB. Tink was founded in 2012 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

TAG

Pre Seed Round in 2021
TAG is a mobile application that allows users to access an e-money account through a debit card. They provide a money transfer feature that helps to transfer money to any bank or wallet. They specialize in digital wallets and payment services.

LoginID

Corporate Round in 2021
LoginID Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in secure biometrics software. Founded in 2018, LoginID focuses on enhancing security for websites, applications, and eCommerce platforms by integrating biometric authentication features. The company aims to lead the market in user identity protection, offering individuals secure control over their personal information through a decentralized network that complies with privacy regulations. LoginID addresses privacy and compliance challenges using three main pillars: Strong Customer Authentication, Data Privacy, and Tokenization of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). It provides a variety of APIs and SDKs that allow enterprises to implement FIDO-certified authentication quickly and cost-effectively, ensuring compliance with regulations such as PSD2 and GDPR while simplifying the integration of strong authentication solutions.

Remitly

Corporate Round in 2021
Remitly Global, Inc. is a digital remittance company that facilitates international money transfers through its global network, primarily serving customers in Africa, Asia, Central Europe, and South America. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with additional offices in London, Manila, and Nicaragua, Remitly offers an online service and mobile application that allows users in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to send money to family and friends abroad. The company aims to disrupt the traditional money transfer industry, which is valued at $588 billion annually, by utilizing advanced technology to simplify the process and reduce associated costs. As a licensed money transmitter operating in 49 states and Washington, D.C., Remitly generates revenue through transaction fees and foreign exchange spreads, providing a reliable and cost-effective solution for immigrants seeking to send money internationally.

NOW Money

Venture Round in 2021
NOW Money is a financial technology company that leverages mobile banking to provide accounts and remittance services for the unbanked population in the Middle East, specifically targeting low-income migrant workers in the Gulf region. By offering a payment application, NOW Money facilitates access to essential financial services, enabling users to perform international money transfers and currency conversions at reduced costs. The company aims to include those who are typically excluded from the financial system, thereby promoting financial inclusion and offering significant savings on remittance transactions.

Greenwood

Series A in 2021
Greenwood is a financial technology firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, that operates a digital banking platform aimed at serving Black and Latinx individuals and business owners. Founded in 2020, Greenwood offers a range of financial services, including savings and spending accounts, mobile deposits, peer-to-peer transfers, and early payroll access. The platform emphasizes community reinvestment and provides access to a global network of automated teller machines. With a commitment to innovative banking solutions, Greenwood also features a distinctively designed black metal debit card for its customers.

Klarna

Venture Round in 2021
Klarna Inc. is an e-commerce payment solutions platform that facilitates cashless transactions for both merchants and shoppers. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with additional offices in New York City, Klarna operates as a subsidiary of Klarna Bank AB. The company provides a range of payment options, including direct payments, pay-after-delivery choices, and installment plans, enabling customers to select their preferred payment method. Known for its "buy now, pay later" model, Klarna offers interest-free financing for retail purchases, enhancing the shopping experience. Additionally, the Klarna app provides users with flexible payment options and cashback rewards, while the platform supports in-store, mobile, and online payments, along with services for deliveries and returns.

Minna Technologies

Series B in 2021
Minna Technologies specializes in subscription management services that connect banks and fintech companies with subscription businesses. The company offers applications that help consumers manage their subscriptions by identifying active services and providing options to switch to more affordable alternatives or cancel them altogether. These applications also facilitate the comparison and switching of energy, mobile, and broadband services. Through its solutions, Minna Technologies aims to simplify the process of managing monthly payments for subscriptions and memberships, ensuring a reliable and secure user experience.

YellowPepper

Acquisition in 2020
YellowPepper is Latin America’s pioneer in mobile banking and payment solutions. Founded in 2004, the growing company provides services in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and soon Brazil employing the best and brightest in the tech space with more than 60 team members throughout its regional footprint. YellowPepper brings innovative payment solutions to dynamic countries across the hemisphere. The company is backed by Visa and is also the recipient of the IFC (World Bank) first equity investment for a Latin America mobile financial company, merging unmatched market knowledge with the latest in payments technology. For more information, please visit www.yellowpepper.com.

Global Processing Services

Corporate Round in 2020
Global Processing Services is a provider of a platform that processes payments and manages credit, debit, or prepaid card transactions. The platform enables enable the payments industry to deliver innovations through a combination of proprietary technology. It's offering, the GPS Apex is an issuer processing platform that enables integration with clients, issuers, Program Managers, card manufacturers, and other service providers. GPS Apex helps transactions to be processed securely and reliably while enabling some of the innovations in the payments sector. Craig Dewar and Tony Kerr established GPS in Douglas, Isle of Man in 2007.

MagicCube

Corporate Round in 2020
MagicCube is a developer of a security platform that focuses on protecting digital transactions against various threats, including on-device, cloud, and network attacks. Its technology, based on a software TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), allows for the secure management and deployment of IoT and mobile solutions on a large scale. Unlike traditional hardware-based security tools, MagicCube's platform offers a comparable level of protection without the associated complexities and costs, making it easier for businesses to safeguard their operations. This innovative approach helps to prevent significant security issues such as cloning, lifting, spoofing, and tampering, thereby enhancing the overall security posture of its clients.

Volante Technologies

Venture Round in 2020
Volante Technologies, Inc. is a global financial technology company that specializes in developing solutions for payments and financial messaging automation. Established in 2001 and headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company offers a range of services including VolPay, which fosters payments innovation and digital transformation, and Volante Designer, designed to simplify financial messaging and data integration. Volante's solutions encompass payments modernization—covering real-time, instant, domestic, and cross-border payments—as well as Payments as a Service for cloud-based payment processing and financial messaging services, such as message translation and orchestration. With a diverse client base that includes over 85 financial institutions and corporates across 26 countries, Volante aims to enhance business agility in the digital payments landscape by addressing complex challenges and enabling rapid adaptation to new opportunities. The company’s commitment to innovation is reflected in its extensive library of international and domestic message standards, which facilitates quicker project completion while minimizing disruption to core systems.

MagicCube

Series B in 2020
MagicCube is a developer of a security platform that focuses on protecting digital transactions against various threats, including on-device, cloud, and network attacks. Its technology, based on a software TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), allows for the secure management and deployment of IoT and mobile solutions on a large scale. Unlike traditional hardware-based security tools, MagicCube's platform offers a comparable level of protection without the associated complexities and costs, making it easier for businesses to safeguard their operations. This innovative approach helps to prevent significant security issues such as cloning, lifting, spoofing, and tampering, thereby enhancing the overall security posture of its clients.

Nium

Series C in 2020
Nium is a payments services company that specializes in cross-border payment solutions. The company provides banks, payment vendors, and businesses with comprehensive payment and card issuance services through its integrated platform, network, and APIs. Nium's offerings include virtual wallets for holding funds, traditional bank transfers for sending and receiving payments, and currency conversion with competitive rates and transparent fees. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including travel, marketplaces, financial institutions, and payroll, enabling businesses to streamline their international payment processes while ensuring secure transactions.

Railsr

Series A in 2020
Railsr is a financial services company that focuses on enhancing digital transactions for banks and corporate clients. The company offers a platform that simplifies the onboarding process and provides various services, including the creation of digital ledgers, linking these ledgers to bank accounts, and facilitating the sending, receiving, and converting of money. Additionally, Railsr enables the issuance of cards and management of credit through its API, ensuring that financial transactions are conducted efficiently and in compliance with regulations. By making financial services more accessible, Railsr aims to improve the global finance experience for its users.

Neat

Series A in 2020
Built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs As entrepreneurs our businesses are always in motion: starting from an idea, to making a first sale, to expanding globally. We need a financial experience that evolves with us – an experience that’s still stable and secure, but adaptive too. Banks were built for a different era of business, not for the new economy – where borders are disappearing and it’s easier than ever to start a global business. Neat believes in making international business a reality for entrepreneurs around the world. Today, Neat is a modern alternative to a bank, designed to support you wherever you go. Tomorrow, we’re a platform for doing business: building a dynamic and frictionless economy.

Gojek

Series F in 2020
Gojek is an app that providing a variety of services from payments, food delivery, transportation, and logistics. The app is used for food ordering, commuting, digital payments, shopping, hyper-local delivery, getting a massage, and other services. It aims to create a positive socio-economic impact on customers, driver-partners, business, and MSMEs. Gojek is backed by investors including Google, Facebook, PayPal, Sequoia Capital, and Tencent Holdings. The company was founded in 2009 in Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia by Kevin Aluwi, Nadiem Makarim, and Michaelangelo Moran.

ChargeAfter

Corporate Round in 2020
ChargeAfter Ltd operates a consumer financing platform that connects merchants with a network of global lenders to provide personalized and responsible financing options at the point of sale. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel, with additional offices in California and New York, the company offers a data-driven decisioning engine that facilitates real-time financing offers tailored to various consumer credit types. This approach enables approvals for nearly all customer applications, enhancing the shopping experience for consumers while allowing retailers to implement the platform quickly both online and in-store. ChargeAfter’s platform features detailed transaction reporting and white-label options, enabling merchants to seamlessly integrate multiple financing products into their sales processes. By streamlining credit distribution, ChargeAfter helps merchants boost conversion rates, increase average order values, and foster customer loyalty.

Currencycloud

Series E in 2020
Currencycloud is a global payments platform that simplifies cross-border transactions and foreign exchange automation for businesses. It provides developers with API building blocks to create tailored payment solutions, allowing companies to integrate payment infrastructure into their products and services seamlessly. The platform offers automated end-to-end processes for sending and receiving payments, as well as services for currency collection and conversion. By handling the complexities and regulatory requirements associated with international payments, Currencycloud enables clients to adopt digital wallets and embed financial services into their operations, regardless of their industry.

Flutterwave

Series B in 2020
Flutterwave Inc. is a payments solutions provider that enables businesses globally to process transactions seamlessly. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a range of services including Flutterwave Checkout for collecting payments via web and mobile platforms, and Flutterwave API for creating and managing virtual cards, which can be customized with spending limits. Its invoicing feature allows businesses to generate professional invoices, track payments, and manage transactions efficiently. Additionally, Flutterwave provides payment links that facilitate payment collection from customers worldwide. Serving various sectors such as gaming, events, transportation, and hospitality, Flutterwave aims to simplify the payment infrastructure for merchants and payment service providers by offering a comprehensive digital financial platform.

NovoPayment

Funding Round in 2019
NovoPayment Inc. operates a cloud-based banking platform that provides a range of financial and transactional services, including mass payout and cash-in capabilities. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, the company also has offices in Mexico City, Bogota, Lima, and Quito. NovoPayment specializes in banking as a service, leveraging application programming interfaces (APIs) to offer White-Label Platform-as-a-Service, open banking solutions, and custom offerings. Its services are designed for banks, financial institutions, merchants, and other financial service providers, enabling them to enhance their existing systems and create new revenue streams. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Visa Inc. to further its mission of accelerating financial innovation globally.

Interswitch

Corporate Round in 2019
Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that has been operational since 2002. It specializes in transaction switching and electronic payments processing, building and managing payment infrastructure across the continent. Interswitch facilitates the electronic circulation of money and the exchange of value between individuals and organizations, ensuring timely and consistent transactions. By providing innovative payment products and transactional services, the company aims to help banks, institutions, and governments reduce costs, enhance operational efficiency, and drive sustainable revenue growth.

PayMate

Series D in 2019
PayMate is a leader in B2B payments for Enterprise and SME across supply chains. The PayMate platform provides a comprehensive digital workflow tied to payments which enable greater control and transparency along with better cash flows and an end to end reconciliation for a superior experience for Enterprise and SME in closed-loop supply chains. PayMate works with leading Visa commercial card-issuing banks to facilitate credit for both payables and receivables across supply chains moving traditional cash, cheque and EFT to card streams with several built-in risk-mitigating benefits for banks and extended days payables for buyers. Platform features include Procure to Pay automation, credit evaluation, discount marketplace along with APIs for integration into existing accounts/ERP for minimal friction-based deployment. It is cloud-based and accessible across all form factors. PayMate has a presence in South Asia (India) and UAE and is actively expanding across CEMEA.

Anchorage Digital

Series B in 2019
Anchorage Digital is a regulated cryptocurrency platform that offers integrated financial services and infrastructure solutions tailored for institutions. Established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company operates as the only federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, with an additional office in Singapore that maintains similar security and service standards. Anchorage Digital specializes in secure custody, regulatory compliance, and a variety of cryptocurrency-related services, including trading, staking, and governance. The platform emphasizes modern security engineering to ensure the safety of digital assets while facilitating streamlined participation in blockchain technology for businesses and institutions. With a valuation exceeding $3 billion, Anchorage Digital has attracted investments from prominent firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, and Visa, among others. The company also supports a remote-friendly work environment, with additional offices located in New York, Porto, and Sioux Falls.

Verifi

Acquisition in 2019
Verifi, Inc. is a provider of global electronic payment and risk management solutions tailored for card-not-present merchants. The company offers a Software-as-a-Service platform that includes a customizable payment gateway, enabling real-time and batch processing of various payment types, such as credit cards and eChecks. Verifi's services encompass a suite of fraud prevention tools and risk management strategies, including transaction filters, payer authentication, and chargeback representment. The platform enhances transaction security and optimizes business operations while ensuring compliance with industry standards. Additionally, Verifi provides managed services designed to resolve disputes and mitigate risks associated with transaction processing. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Verifi operates as a subsidiary of Visa Inc. and maintains strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings.

Rambus

Acquisition in 2019
Rambus Inc. is a semiconductor solutions provider that specializes in designing, developing, and licensing chip interface technologies and architectures for digital electronics. The company's product portfolio includes high-speed memory interface chips, such as Fully Synchronous DRAM and Dual Edge Clocking, which enhance data transfer efficiency and precision. Rambus also offers various technologies like Variable Burst Length, FlexPhase, and Channel Equalization to improve signal integrity and system performance. Its architectures and chip interfaces, including the XDR and XDR2 Memory Architectures, are utilized in a wide range of applications, from personal computers and gaming consoles to consumer electronics. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, Rambus generates most of its revenue from markets in the United States and Asia, focusing on providing innovative solutions for computing, gaming, and graphics industries.

Bell ID

Acquisition in 2019
Bell ID develops chip lifecycle management software that provides mobile payments software for issuing and managing credentials on smartphones, smart cards, and connected devices. Bell ID was founded in 1993 and it is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The company was acquired by Rambus on January 25, 2016.

Youspital

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Youspital is a developer of a digital healthcare platform that enables patients to schedule medical exams in advance. The platform streamlines and automates various processes, including customer acquisition, booking, onboarding, and payment. By enhancing these operations, Youspital allows both patients and hospitals to improve efficiency and reduce treatment costs, ultimately contributing to better healthcare delivery.

Fawaterak

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Fawaterak provides a comprehensive online invoicing platform designed to assist freelancers, micro, and small businesses in managing their payment processes efficiently. The company offers a variety of services that enable merchants to accept credit and debit card payments securely, track sales and inventory in real-time, and manage customer relationships through loyalty programs. Additionally, Fawaterak facilitates access to funding and financial services, ensuring compliance with tax and eInvoice regulations. Their solutions include payment terminals, point of sale systems, online checkout options, and mobile app administration, all aimed at streamlining operations and supporting business growth. By simplifying invoicing and payment collection, Fawaterak empowers merchants of all sizes to enhance their operational efficiency and focus on their core business activities.

El Zatona

Pre Seed Round in 2019
El Zatona is a cloud-based retail management system that assists merchants in managing their businesses and enhancing profitability. The platform offers a range of features, including stock management, sales tracking, and purchase monitoring, all designed to automate and streamline retail operations. With its emphasis on integrating offline and online sales channels, El Zatona facilitates efficient and synchronized stock management. Additionally, the company provides ongoing technical support to ensure that clients can effectively leverage its tools to improve overall business efficiency and gain valuable insights into their operations.

Netsahem

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Netsahem operates a digital fundraising platform that facilitates electronic donations to non-profit organizations. By offering a variety of innovative e-payment methods, Netsahem enables NGOs, particularly those that operate offline, to expand their reach and increase fundraising efforts. The platform is designed to support charitable initiatives across the Egypt region, helping organizations raise essential funds to assist those in need.

Neqabty

Seed Round in 2019
Neqabty operates a mobile application that connects organizations with their members, primarily in the healthcare sector. The platform facilitates various services, including the payment of medical costs, prescriptions, and renewals. Additionally, it enables users to book events and trips, streamlining access to essential medical applications and services. By digitalizing interactions within the healthcare landscape, Neqabty aims to enhance the overall experience for both organizations and their members.

Minna Technologies

Series A in 2019
Minna Technologies specializes in subscription management services that connect banks and fintech companies with subscription businesses. The company offers applications that help consumers manage their subscriptions by identifying active services and providing options to switch to more affordable alternatives or cancel them altogether. These applications also facilitate the comparison and switching of energy, mobile, and broadband services. Through its solutions, Minna Technologies aims to simplify the process of managing monthly payments for subscriptions and memberships, ensuring a reliable and secure user experience.

LISNR

Venture Round in 2019
LISNR, Inc. specializes in ultrasonic communication technology that enables data transmission over audio. The company's key offerings include LISNR Point for close-range, LISNR Zone for mid-range, and LISNR Radius for long-range ultrasonic data transfer between devices. Additionally, it provides the Acceptance Device, which facilitates data transmission. These solutions are utilized primarily in retail and mobility sectors, enhancing the customer experience by enabling secure and seamless transactions. Founded in 2012 and based in Oakland, California, with an office in Cincinnati, Ohio, LISNR has established strategic partnerships with notable companies such as Cisco, AEG, Intel, and Visa. Its technology is currently employed by various global brands, including Jaguar Land Rover and Ticketmaster, to create frictionless interactions for consumers.

Bankable

Corporate Round in 2019
Bankable is a company that specializes in creating innovative payment solutions tailored for corporates, banks, and retailers. It provides a modular banking platform that enables businesses to offer a range of financial services, including e-wallets, mobile wallets, remittance services, peer-to-peer money transfers, and prepaid card programs. These solutions are delivered as white-label self-service platforms or through APIs, allowing financial institutions and fintech companies to develop and implement customized banking systems efficiently. By focusing on flexibility and scalability, Bankable empowers its clients to enhance their payment offerings and improve customer experiences in the financial sector.

Branch International

Series C in 2019
Branch delivers world-class financial services to the mobile generation. With offices in San Francisco, Lagos, Mexico City, Mumbai and Nairobi, Branch is a for-profit socially conscious company that uses the power of data science to reduce the cost of delivering financial services in emerging markets. We believe that everyone, everywhere deserves fair financial access. The rapid spread of smartphones presents an opportunity for the world's emerging middle class to access banking options and achieve financial flexibility. Branch's mission-driven team is led by founder and former CEO of Kiva.org. The company presents a rich opportunity for our team members to drive meaningful growth in rapidly evolving and changing markets. Most recently, Branch announced its Series C and has garnered more than $100M in funding with investments from leading Silicon Valley firms.

Earthport

Acquisition in 2018
Earthport plc is a global financial services company providing a cross border payments service in over 50 countries and territories worldwide.

Plaid

Series C in 2018
Plaid Inc. is a technology platform that facilitates the connection between consumers' bank accounts and various financial applications. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company aims to democratize financial services by providing developers with tools and infrastructure to create innovative financial products. Plaid's offerings include a suite of APIs that allow access to detailed transaction histories, real-time account balances, and user identity verification, among other functionalities. These tools enable financial institutions and developers, ranging from startups to large corporations, to build secure and user-friendly applications for personal finance, consumer payments, lending, and more. By streamlining the integration with traditional banking systems, Plaid enhances the ability of consumers and businesses to manage their financial activities efficiently.

BillDesk

Corporate Round in 2018
BillDesk is a company that specializes in electronic payment and collection services, designed to simplify and enhance the payment process for consumers and businesses alike. It offers an integrated technology platform with unified APIs, allowing users to manage their payments efficiently while minimizing the challenges associated with traditional bill payment methods. By facilitating enterprise-wide electronic payments and related reconciliation and settlement operations, BillDesk enables customers to utilize various payment methods across multiple delivery channels, ensuring a seamless online payment experience.

Dock

Corporate Round in 2018
Dock is a provider of modern financial technology infrastructure in Latin America. Dock unlocks business value, innovation, and scalability for its customers by integrating card issuing and core banking services on one comprehensive platform. Dock’s modular solutions enable mission-critical processes that accelerate a company’s ability to bring new digital payments and banking services to market. The end result is a wider array of innovative products, greater consumer access to financial services, and improved customer experiences. Dock’s cloud-based platform reduces the operational and regulatory burden on clients while offering other valuable tools through its partner ecosystem.

Growsel

Grant in 2018
Growsel is an award-winning nonprofit agricultural crowdfunding organization that connects underserved Base of the Pyramid smallholder farmers with lenders around the world to alleviate poverty. A nonprofit agricultural technology organisation connecting under financed smallholder farmers with lenders through crowdfunding to alleviate poverty Founded in 2017, Growsel has vigorously pursued its mission of "changing lives and creating opportunities" for financially excluded smallholder farmers who cannot reconcile their economic realities with the enormous potentials in their local communities, thereby helping them upscale their subsistence agriculture, a feat which saw it win the 2018 Visa Everywhere Initiative Award for Financial Inclusion and The Problem There are estimated 500 million smallholder farming households globally, (representing 2 billion people) relying to various degrees on subsistence agricultural production for their livelihoods. This group represents the largest proportion of the world's poor living on less than $2 a day. The solution An agricultural crowdfunding platform that connects underserved Base of the Pyramid smallholder farmers in developing economies with lenders around the world to alleviate poverty. Mission Statement Passionately using technology and peer-to-peer micro-lending towards changing lives and creating opportunities for financially excluded and underserved Base of the Pyramid smallholder farmers across developing world. Our Vision Alleviate poverty with small seeds, big impact Our Our Mission Changing lives, creating opportunities Global Award & Recognition Sub-Saharan African Financial Inclusion Award by Visa Everywhere Initiative Farmers Life Changer Award by Joint Farmers Community Initiative NetSuite Social Impact Software Donation for Growing Social Enterprises by Oracle Lend as little as $20 to to alleviate poverty today. Visit www.growsel.org to learn more Remember its alway small seeds, big impact!
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