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Early-stage embedded finance · updated 2026-10-06

25 early-stage embedded finance companies worth watching

Young companies that raised a pre-seed, seed or Series A round recently, across every part of the embedded finance stack. Ranked by total raised.

#CompanyStageRaisedEmbeds
1Tapcheck
Embedded earned wage access infrastructure · USA · founded 2019
Series A
2025
$245M
Money movementBanking / BaaSCard issuingLending+2
2CredibleX
Embedded working capital financing for SMEs · United Arab Emirates · founded 2023
Series A
2026
$170M
Lending
3Flow48
Revenue-based and invoice financing for SMEs · United Arab Emirates · founded 2022
Series A
2025
$149M
Lending
4Transsnet Financial
Mobile-first neobank for emerging markets · Nigeria · founded 2019
Series A
2024
$140M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSCard issuingCard network+1
5OpenFX
Stablecoin cross-border FX infrastructure · United States · founded 2024
Series A
2026
$117M
Money movementBanking / BaaSLedgerFX & payouts
6Cloover
AI energy management with embedded solar financing · Germany · founded 2022
Series A
2024
$114M
Lending
7Dualentry
AI-native general ledger and accounting · NY · founded 2024
Series A
2025
$100M
PayrollOpen bankingUnified APIsAccounting+1
8Kast
Stablecoin-native neobank and financial OS · Comoros (operational HQ; also registered in Seychelles and Cayman Islands) · founded 2023
Series A
2026
$90M
Money movementCard networkSponsor bankCrypto+2
9Finmid
Embedded lending infrastructure for SMBs · Germany · founded 2021
Series A
2024
$60M
Money movementCard issuingLending
10Alaan
AI-native spend management and business banking · United Arab Emirates · founded 2021
Series A
2025
$55.1M
Money movementBanking / BaaSCard issuingCard network+2
11Conduit
Stablecoin-orchestrated cross-border payments · Inc.); also entities in Canada and Brazil · founded 2021
Series A
2025
$53M
Money movementBanking / BaaSKYCInvesting
12Payrails
Modular payments and financial infrastructure OS · Germany · founded 2022
Series A
2025
$52.8M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSCard issuingCard network+1
13Ziina
Financial services platform for SMBs · United Arab Emirates · founded 2020
Series A
2024
$52.6M
Payments / PSPCard networkOpen bankingAccounting
14Tilled
PayFac-as-a-Service for software vendors · USA · founded 2018
Series A
2024
$50.2M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSOpen bankingSponsor bank
15Nala Moneys
Cross-border payments into Africa · Toronto) · founded 2021
Series A
2024
$50M
Banking / BaaS
16Chargeflow
Chargeback automation and management · United States (Delaware incorporated; sales team in New York) · founded 2021
Series A
2025
$49M
Payments / PSP
17Kadmos
Cross-border payroll for maritime workers · London) · founded 2021
Series A
2024
$48.5M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSCard issuingFX & payouts
18Catena Labs
Bank infrastructure for AI agents · United States · founded 2022
Series A
2026
$48M
Money movementLendingFX & payoutsCrypto+1
19Velocity
Enterprise stablecoin treasury and settlement · UK · founded 2025
Series A
2026
$48M
Money movementKYCSponsor bankCrypto
20Light Inc
Agentic ERP and multi-entity accounting · UK) · founded 2022
Series A
2025
$42.9M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSCard issuingCard network+7
21Highbeam
AI-powered financial OS for ecommerce brands · USA · founded 2020
Series A
2025
$40M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSCard issuingLending+3
22Bastion
Regulated stablecoin issuance and custody · USA · founded 2023
Series A
2025
$39.6M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSLedgerCrypto+1
23Sequence
Agentic AI finance orchestration platform · USA · founded 2021
Series A
2025
$39M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSSponsor bankAccounting
24FlapKap
Revenue-based financing for e-commerce · Cairo) · founded 2021
Series A
2024
$38.8M
Lending
25Anchor
Autonomous billing and collections platform · United States · founded 2021
Series A
2025
$35M
Payments / PSPBanking / BaaSSponsor bank

Top 25 of 111 that qualify, by total raised. Qualifying means founded in 2018 or later, a pre-seed, seed or Series A round in 2024or later, at most $250M raised, and at least one financial product embedded in the stack. Funding is as reported in each company’s dossier; descriptions are written from the dossier. Click a company for what it embeds and who powers it.

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