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Raisely

“Can a purpose-driven, tip-supported fundraising platform become the default front-end of a full nonprofit operations suite (Velora)?”

Founded2016
HQSydney, Australia
Latest roundAcquired by Velora (parent of Aplos, Keela)
IndustryVertical SaaS / Nonprofit Fundraising

The story

Raisely began in 2016 as a purpose-driven fundraising platform for charities underserved by expensive nonprofit tech. It became a certified B-Corp and grew to power $1B+ raised across 3,800+ charities. It has since been acquired into Velora, a nonprofit operations suite alongside accounting platform Aplos and CRM Keela — positioning Raisely as the front-of-house fundraising layer within a broader nonprofit stack.

Last 12 months

2026-07

Published AI Principles and expanded AI feature set with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini via Vercel AI Gateway

2026-07

Launched MCP connectors for Claude and Cursor to allow AI-powered campaign building

Product timeline

2016

Founded as a creative studio/platform to build better fundraising software for charities· founding

2023

Announced 'next chapter' — over $400M raised through the platform· milestone

2025

Part of Velora, an integrated nonprofit suite alongside Aplos and Keela· acquisition

2026

Launched AI features and MCP connectors (Claude, Cursor) for campaign building· product

The stack

2 layers disclosed in Raisely’s embedded-finance stack

Payments / PSP

Stripe PayPal

Accounting

in the full report

Accounting gap: minor

6 more providers across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.

Raisely — frequently asked

Who is Raisely's payment processor?

Raisely processes payments through Stripe and PayPal.

Which accounting software does Raisely integrate with?

Raisely integrates with Aplos, Salesforce (via MoveData), Raiser's Edge NXT (via Bridgit), Keela, Zapier and QuickBooks (via Zapier/integrations).

What is Raisely's embedded finance stack?

The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Raisely's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe and PayPal); Accounting (Aplos, Salesforce (via MoveData), Raiser's Edge NXT (via Bridgit), Keela and 2 others).

Where is Raisely headquartered?

Raisely is founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

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