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$799.8m
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A bank offering online banking services with no user no bank fees, and an option to receive direct deposit up to two days early. Chris Britt and Ryan King founded Chime in 2013, and the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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- Ryan King ****@chime.com
- Chris Britt (entrepreneur) *****@chime.com
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$3.8b
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Klarna is a global digital bank and flexible payments provider founded in 2005 by Victor Jacobsson, Sebastian Siemiatkowski and Niklas Adalberth.
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- Victor Jacobsson **********@klarna.com
- Sebastian Siemiatkowski *********.*************@klarna.com
- Niklas Adalberth linkedin
10
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$1.3b
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Brex is a credit card company that issues corporate credit cards with no security deposit.
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- Henrique Dubugras ********@brex.com
- Pedro Franceschi *****@brex.com
9
Funding Rounds
$81.5m
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Kasisto is a company that develops conversational AI for financial institutions.
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- Zor Gorelov ***.*******@kasisto.com
- Sasha Caskey *****.******@kasisto.com
- Ruth Brown ****.*****@kasisto.com
3
Funding Rounds
$93.0m
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Personetics' self-driving finance platform for banks to anticipate a customer's personalized banking needs through artificial intelligence.
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- David Govrin *****.******@personetics.com
- David Sosna *****.*****@personetics.com
9
Funding Rounds
$312.9m
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Prosper is an online peer-to-peer lending marketplace connecting people who want to borrow money with individuals and institutions who want to lend money.
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$1.7b
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Revolut is a London-based Fintech startup and bank offering mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange services.
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- Nikolay Storonsky *******.*********@revolut.com
- Vlad Yatsenko
- Nik Storonsky ***@revolut.com
14
Funding Rounds
$2.5b
Money raised
N26 is a is a mobile banking company headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
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- Valentin Stalf twitter
- Gino Cordt ****.*****@n26.com
- Maximilian Tayenthal **********.*********@n26.com
4
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$126.0m
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Mercury is a company making banking products for startups based in San Francisco and backed by a16z.
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- Immad Akhund *****@mercury.com
- Max Tagher ***@mercury.com
- Jason Zhang *****@mercury.com
4
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$33.2m
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Juno, previously known as OnJuno, is a neobanking platform that offers interest-earning personal checking accounts. The platform allows all transactions to be managed from an iPhone or Android application, and users can be paid in cryptocurrency through direct deposit.
9
Funding Rounds
$363.2m
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Tala is a financial technology company with a mobile application to manage personal loan. Founded in 2011 and has headquarters in Santa Monica, California.
10
Funding Rounds
$1.1b
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Starling is an UK-based mobile-first digital banking startup.
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12
Funding Rounds
$507.3m
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Acorns is an Irvine, California-based micro-investing company allowing users to round up consumer purchases and invest the change.
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12
Funding Rounds
$914.3m
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GoCardless is a payments company that developed global payments network based on the bank to bank payment systems. It participated in the S11 cohort of Y Combinator
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- Matt Robinson (entrepreneur) ****@gocardless.com
- Tom Blomfield linkedin
- Hiroki Takeuchi ******@gocardless.com
2
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$3.2m
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The first free European open banking API that provides regulated connections to major European banks.
6
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$324.5m
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MoneyLion is a mobile banking platform for borrowing, saving, and investing.
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4
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$118.2m
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Railsr, formerly Railsbank, is a London-based open-API banking and compliance platform that gives regulated and un-regulated companies access to global bankings.
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10
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$1.7b
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A financial technology company providing payments solutions that allow businesses to accept, process and disburse payments.
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- Harshil Mathur *******@razorpay.com
- Shashank Kumar ********@razorpay.com
2
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$55.0m
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Strands developed FinTech software that enables banks to offer digital banking using big data, processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and open API.
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- Jon Herlocker ***@tignis.com
- Francisco J Martin ******@bigml.com
- Marc Torrens linkedin
6
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$103.4m
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Tribal Credit is a company in San Francisco.
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- Mohamed Elkasstawi linkedin
- Omar Kamal linkedin
- Duane Good *****@tribal.credit
3
Funding Rounds
$14.0m
Money raised
Lenddo EFL offers loans underwritten by social media data to borrowers without established or robust credit histories.
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7
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$54.3m
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CrossLend is a FinTech company whose mission is to make the private debt space more efficient, transparent, and profitable by providing technology & infrastructure solutions for debt asset transactions.
11
Funding Rounds
$588.7m
Money raised
Branch offers microloans through a free-to-download Android app in emerging markets.
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- Random Bares ******@prevail.io
- Matt Flannery ****@branch.co
- Daniel Jung ******@branch.co
11
Funding Rounds
$2.4b
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Creditas is a Brazilian financial technology firm offering secured consumer loans.
9
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$1.2b
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Varo is a San Francisco-based mobile banking business allowing customers to pay their bills, cover their expenses and build their wealth.
4
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$48.0m
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Hearsay Systems (formerly Hearsay Social) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) digital marketing platform for financial services that uses predictive analytics to help financial advisors automate marketing tasks.
14
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$4.1b
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A financial technology company offering a mobile-first platform for payments through a single API and SDK.
4
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$8.6m
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Artificial Intelligence company for real estate site analysis.
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- Azad Ratzki
- Hannibal Baldwin ********@sitezeus.com
10
Funding Rounds
$375.5m
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LendUp is a company building credit products that cater people with low credit or volatile income. It participated in the W12 cohort of Y Combinator.
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- Jacob Rosenberg (co-founder of LendUp)
- Sasha Orloff ****@sendhub.com
6
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$687.3m
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Qonto is a French online payment institution for freelancers and small and medium enterprises.
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- Alexandre Prot *********@qonto.com
- Steve Anavi *****@qonto.com
6
Funding Rounds
$1.8b
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Signature Bank is a New York City-based company founded in 2023.
15
Funding Rounds
$1.2b
Money raised
Zopa is a peer-to-peer lending platform founded in 2005 by Giles Andrews.
8
Funding Rounds
$553.5m
Money raised
Fundbox is a company offering business lines of credit founded in 2013 by Eyal Shinar, Tomer Michaeli and Yuval Ariav.
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- Tomer Michaeli linkedin
- Eyal Shinar ****@blackore.ai
- Yuval Ariav *****.*****@fundbox.com
1
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$1.0m
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Kiva is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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- Premal Shah ******@branch.co
- Matt Flannery ****@branch.co
- Reid Hoffman ****@inflection.ai
2
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$10.5m
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Canadian Securities Exchange is an alternative stock exchange located in Toronto, Canada founded in 2002.
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5
Funding Rounds
$169.6m
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Unit is a San Francisco-based company developing a platform that allows companies to integrate banking services into their businesses.
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$1.6b
Money raised
Monzo is a digital banking platform founded in 2015 by Jason Bates, Tom Blomfield, Jonas Huckestein and Paul Rippon.
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- Jason Bates
- Jonas Huckestein *****.**********@gmail.com
- Paul Rippon
9
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$342.9m
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ProducePay is a new tech-based cash flow solution that provides domestic and foreign fresh produce farmers (growers) who ship to the U.S. with immediate access to distribution and financing. ProducePay's solutions provide the working capital fresh-produce growers? need to complete their harvest and grow. By leveraging our international network, ProducePay connects clients with interested fresh produce buyers and distributors. Interested distributors receive connection to a growing list of international farmers who might otherwise feel limited by current financing options.
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- Ben Dusastre ***@producepay.com
- Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck *****@producepay.com
3
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$16.5m
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The Nigeria-based Lidya uses a tech-based credit algorithm to loan to small businesses without credit histories.
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- Ercin Eksin ******@chicagobooth.edu
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$81.0m
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Developer of an open banking API platform intended to access and interpret data from end-users in an easy and scalable way.
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- Pablo Viguera *****@belvo.com
- Oriol Tintore linkedin
- Uri Tintore ***@belvo.co
12
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$84.9m
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Penta is a digital bank account for startups and SMEs in Germany.
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- Lav Odorovic linkedin
- Aleksandar Orlic ******@craftware.net
- Jessica Holzbach linkedin
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Funding Rounds
$646.6m
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Machine learning platform for data scientists and engineers to help create enterprise AI.
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- Marc BATTY ****.*****@dataiku.com
- Florian Douetteau *******.*********@dataiku.com
- Thomas Cabrol ******.******@dataiku.com
3
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$80.0m
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Lili is a banking company founded by Liran Zelkha.
5
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$107.6m
Money raised
NeoGrowth is an India-based digital lending platform focused on lending to small and medium business.
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- Piyush Khaitan **@neogrowth.in
- Dhruv Khaitan **@neogrowth.in
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$275.6m
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Petal is a credit card company based in New York.
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- David Ehrich *****.******@aspeninstitute.org
- Jason Gross linkedin
- Andrew Endicott
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$94.9m
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Rho is a New York-based digital banking service for entrepreneurs.
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- Alex Wheldon
- Damian Kimmelman ******@batelle.com
- Everett Cook *******@rho.co
5
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$53.2m
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ZestMoney is an Indian fin-tech company that specialises in consumer lending.
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- Lizzie Chapman ******.*******@swiffylabs.com
- Priya Sharma twitter
- Ashish Anantharaman ******.************@swiffylabs.com
4
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$297.2m
Money raised
Neo Financial is a Calgary-based financial technology company founded in 2019.
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- Andrew Chau ******.****@neofinancial.com
- Jeff Adamson ****.*******@neofinancial.com
- Kris Read ****.****@neofinancial.com
4
Funding Rounds
$1.6b
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Slice is a credit card challenger in India helping to pay bills, manage finances, and earn quick rewards.
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4
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$140.3m
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Novo focuses on giving a banking option to startups and small business owners, founded by Michael Rangel and Tyler McIntyre.
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- Tyler McIntyre *****@banknovo.com
- Michael Rangel (entrepreneur) *******@bit.ly
4
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$20.7m
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An API platform powered by a stablecoin cryptocurrency pegged to the US dollar.
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- Angela Angelovska-Wilson
- Shamir Karkal ******.******@silamoney.com
- Alexander Lipton
4
Funding Rounds
$64.0m
Money raised
FairMoney is a Paris-based start-up which offers micro loans in Nigeria through their mobile, Android app.
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6
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$13.4m
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Cignifi is a company providing credit scores and marketing tools to telecommunications and financial companies.
2
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$54.0m
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Juvo is a mobile financial services platform made for people without access to traditional banking services. It was founded in 2014 and has headquarters in San Francisco, California.
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An inventory financing platform. It was founded in 2014 and is located in San Francisco, California.
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- Andrew McCalister twitter
- Sean Watters
- Stefano Bernardi *******@unrulycap.com
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Nayax is a global FinTech company, developing solutions for the unattended machine industry. Nayax's cashless payments, telemetry, management & BI solutions fits to any machine from around the globe. Established in 2005, Nayax has over 250,000 devices installed worldwide, operating in more than 50 countries and 26 currencies and offers local support and ensure that all our customers receive the highest level of service in their local region. Attending the Unattended: Unattended machines, an unattended customer. Nayax's line of innovative products are designed (in-house) to remotely manage the machines and bring you closer to your customer. Nayax offers cashless and telemetry solutions including debit and credit cards, mobile, SMS, prepaid cards and NFC payment options. Point-of-sale options include swipe, contact or contactless card payment methods. Accepting virtually all forms of payment. No need to deal with banks, credit fees, telecom payments and more. Nayax works with leading global payment processors in order to provide the best cashless services at highly competitive rates. Function and benefits: The Nayax management & BI suite allows for online machine management, real time status reports and customized alerts for different machine events such as vend outs, low/high temperature. Advanced analytics tools provide actionable insights including the ability to forecast inventory issues based on historical data and compare products and costs while seeing growth in sales by location. Visit-to-visit reports enable smarter machine management without spending time and money on unnecessary trips. Nayax is constantly developing innovative approaches to surpass industry expectations and create loyalty between consumers and machine operators. Nayax listens to its customers to ensure satisfaction. The development, sales and support processes are customer oriented to contribute to the company's growth strategy.
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$81.5m
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A blockchain platform for exchanging financial information without sharing data. It is located in Marina Del Rey, California and was founded in 2017.
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- Adam Jiwan ****@springlabs.com
- John Sun ****@springlabs.com
- Adam Jiwan ****@springlabs.com
8
Funding Rounds
$37.1m
Money raised
A financial service software company that aids users in preventing or refunding bank fees that users may incurred. It is located in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2016.
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- Fazil Mohamood
- Paul Kesserwani ****@cushion.ai
1
Funding Rounds
$70.0m
Money raised
MoneyTap is a financial technology company.
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- Bala Parthasarathy ****@moneytap.com
- Anuj Kacker ****@moneytap.com
- Kunal Varma linkedin
8
Funding Rounds
$587.0m
Money raised
Upgrade is a neo-bank offering affordable credit to consumers.
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- Visar Nimani *******@upgrade.com
- Renaud Laplanche **********@upgrade.com
- Adelina Grozdanova ***********@upgrade.com
9
Funding Rounds
$351.2m
Money raised
AI-powered platform designed to prevent fraud and financial crime.
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- Nuno Sebastiao ****.*********@feedzai.com
- Pedro Bizarro *****.*******@feedzai.com
- Paulo Marques *****.*******@feedzai.com
3
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$41.9m
Money raised
World\'s leading subscription management platform - ready to integrate with retail banks.
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Funding Rounds
$24.2m
Money raised
WePay is a payment provider company serving online platforms. It participated in the S09 cohort of Y Combinator.
6
Funding Rounds
$115.0m
Money raised
BankBazaar is a Chennai-based company offering comparison and choice of insurance and financial products.
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- Sanjit Agarwal
- Adhil Shetty *****.******@bankbazaar.com
- Arjun Shetty
4
Funding Rounds
$16.5m
Money raised
Multis is a company that has created a cryptocurrency bank for companies. It was founded in 2018 and is located in San Francisco, California.
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6
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$59.9m
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Yonder is a U.S-based company providing social media threat mitigation software.
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7
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$234.2m
Money raised
Lendingkart Technologies is an Ahmedabad-based financial technology company developing tools for alternative data analysis and offering working capital loans for small businesses.
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3
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$90.0m
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Tally Technologies is a San Francisco-based financial services company.