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Kanmon

Provider
Lending

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 9 companies across 1 category.

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CategoriesLending
Rank#19 of 254 in Lending
Buyers9 companies
HeadquartersSan Mateo, CA (with San Francisco presence)
Founded2021
FoundersMengxi Lu, Rohit Sharma
Raised$9.2M

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Founders & story · from Kanmon’s own dossier

Founded in 2021 by ex-consumer-lending operators, Kanmon set out to be the full-stack lending infrastructure for vertical SaaS, marketplaces, and financial institutions serving SMBs. Rather than a pure API-only orchestrator, Kanmon holds its own state lending licenses, deploys its own balance sheet, and handles servicing and collections — positioning itself against orchestration-only competitors like Parafin and Kanmon-adjacent players by taking on credit risk directly and paying partners a revenue share.

Latest round: Seed, 2022
Recent developments
  • 2025-08Updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service (effective August 5, 2025) — disclosed Astra as payment automation provider. source ↗
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Who uses Kanmon
9 companies disclose Kanmon in their stack
NorthOneMoeGoMonitePingPongSPS CommerceTikTok Creator CardNuveiCleoTikTok Shop
Buyer mix · 9 of 9 classified
Fintech / Cross-border payments · 1Fintech / SMB banking · 1Infrastructure / Embedded Finance · 1Infrastructure / Payments · 1Marketplace / Social commerce · 1Marketplace / Two-sided · 1Vertical SaaS / Pet Care · 1Vertical SaaS / Supply Chain & EDI · 1
US · 7EU · 1Canada · 1
What the disclosures say
NorthOne
“North One Lending is powered by Kanmon.”
MoeGo
“MoeGo Capital 2.0 is powered by Kanmon.”
Monite
“docs.monite.com/accounts-receivable/invoice-financing: 'Monite has partnered with Kanmon to offer embedded invoice financing'; API endpoints return Kanmon SDK connect tokens. monite.com/payments markets BNPL on bill pay.”
PingPong
“PRNewswire 2024-06-12: 'partnering with Kanmon, an embedded lending solution provider' for US embedded lending.”
SPS Commerce
“Kanmon publicly lists SPS Commerce as a customer on kanmon.com (TIER 1 known-customer listing).”
TikTok Creator Card
“TikTok Shop University seller help page explicitly lists Parafin for Flex Loans and Term Loans, and Storfund for Daily Advance. deBanked (Oct 2024) confirms Parafin, Storfund, and Kanmon are all financing partners under TikTok Shop Capital.”
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What Kanmon runs on · from its own dossier
The third-party providers Kanmon itself discloses, layer by layer — the vendor as a buyer. Distinct from the companies above that disclose Kanmon.
PSP
Astra
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Alternatives to Kanmon

Other Lending providers in the index, by the number of companies that disclose them. A count of public disclosures, not a ranking of the products.

Affirm65 buyers →Klarna55 buyers →YouLend45 buyers →Mambu36 buyers →Stripe Capital33 buyers →Wisetack27 buyers →Liberis21 buyers →Afterpay16 buyers →
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Ranked #19 of 254 in Lending — Embedded Finance Index 2026
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Kanmon — frequently asked

Which companies use Kanmon?

9 companies are linked to Kanmon in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, through their own public disclosures or Kanmon's published customer list, including NorthOne, MoeGo, Monite, PingPong, SPS Commerce, TikTok Creator Card, Nuvei, Cleo and TikTok Shop.

What does Kanmon do?

Kanmon is an embedded-finance provider in Lending. It ranks #19 of 254 Lending providers by linked companies.

What are the alternatives to Kanmon?

The most-named Lending alternatives to Kanmon are Affirm (65 buyers), Klarna (55 buyers), YouLend (45 buyers), Mambu (36 buyers), Stripe Capital (33 buyers) and Wisetack (27 buyers).

Who founded Kanmon?

Kanmon was founded by Mengxi Lu and Rohit Sharma and is founded in 2021, headquartered in San Mateo, CA (with San Francisco presence).

How much funding has Kanmon raised?

Kanmon has raised $9.2M in total.

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