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Crypto payment startups: 24 rounds since July, Tether in 4

By NAUT Research · · 8 min read

$489.2M Crypto payment startups disclosed by 21 of 24 rounds NAUT tracks, 1 July to 12 November 2026. Logos: Felix Pago, Jeeves, PhotonPay, Velocity, HIFI, Latitude, Noah, dtcpay, Mural, Atum, Limited, Diameter Pay, Pact Labs, AIsa, Infini, Bloquo.

NAUT tracks 24 funding rounds for 22 crypto payment startups announced between 1 July and 12 November 2026, and the 21 rounds that disclosed an amount total $489.2M, including a $113M credit line for Felix Pago. Tether backed 4 of the 24 rounds and led 2 of them, more than any other backer on NAUT's record for these crypto payment startups.

Data as of 12 November 2026, from NAUT's funding records. The scope is rounds tagged Payment on NAUT whose company's own NAUT description names a payments, remittance, banking, card or money-movement product. NAUT's data pull found 37 Payment-tagged deals in the window. 8 came out at the data pull: 3 M&A deals, 2 deals with no NAUT company page, 2 rounds at an exchange whose description names no payments product, and 1 PIPE financing line. 5 more came out here, each for its own reason: Yellow Card, whose NAUT description reads cryptocurrency exchange; Anyflo, Augustus and AXON Finance, whose NAUT descriptions are empty, so nothing here can call them payments companies; and Nara, whose description names credit and FX settlement as an asset class. Peso stays in because NAUT tags it Payment and Neobank, but its NAUT description names a dollar account and no crypto product, so read it as a payments company, not a crypto one. 12 of the 24 rounds were checked against press coverage on 12 November 2026. 10 of those 12 matched NAUT's amount. For Limited and dtcpay the press reports a different figure from NAUT's record, so treat those 2 amounts as under review. The other 12 rounds show NAUT's record without a press check. Backers and leads below are NAUT's record of each round: 19 of the 24 rounds have at least 1 backer on it.

Which crypto payment startups raised, and who led each round?

This is the answer to which crypto payment startups raised money in the window: NAUT's crypto payments funding record, ranked by date, newest first. Leads are NAUT's record, and 10 of the 24 rounds have 1.

Date Company Round Raised Led by
31 Oct Seed $3.7M None on record
29 Oct Series C $40M
21 Oct Pre-seed Not disclosed None on record
20 Oct Series A $15M
15 Oct Strategic Not disclosed None on record
13 Oct Seed Not disclosed None on record
7 Oct Seed extension $16M None on record
29 Sep Series C $110M
28 Sep Seed extension $11.5M and 3 more
24 Sep Series A $37M
22 Sep Seed $6M None on record
22 Sep Seed $13.5M
18 Sep Series A extension $15M None on record
15 Sep Series A extension $10M None on record
9 Sep Series A $35M
3 Sep Series A $10M ,
1 Sep Debt $113M None on record
25 Aug Incubation $0.5M None on record
25 Aug Incubation $0.5M None on record
25 Aug Incubation $0.5M None on record
25 Aug Incubation $0.5M None on record
14 Jul Series A $7M
14 Jul Series A $38M ,
3 Jul Seed $6.5M None on record

September was the busiest month with 10 rounds, then October with 7, August with 4 and July with 3, so 17 of the 24 rounds were announced in September or October 2026. 12 of the 24 rounds were at seed stage or earlier, counting 2 seed extensions and 4 incubation rounds.

Who runs these crypto payment startups, and who backed them?

Titles are the ones on each person's NAUT page. Backers are NAUT's record of the round.

Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

How much did each crypto payment startup raise?

Disclosed per round, the 21 of 24 with an amount
  1. Felix Pago$113M
  2. Jeeves$110M
  3. PhotonPay$40M
  4. Velocity, Series A$38M
  5. HIFI$37M
  6. Latitude$35M
  7. Noah$16M
  8. dtcpay$15M
  9. Mural$15M
  10. Atum$13.5M
  11. Limited$11.5M
  12. Velocity, extension$10M
  13. Diameter Pay$10M
  14. Pact Labs$7M
  15. AIsa$6.5M
  16. Infini$6M
  17. Bloquo$3.7M
  18. Surgepay$0.5M
  19. Facto$0.5M
  20. D0$0.5M
  21. Nxos$0.5M

Felix Pago and Jeeves account for $223M of the $489.2M disclosed, and the median round is $11.5M. Peso, EFY Finance and the AIsa strategic round did not disclose an amount.

What this tells a BD team

  • 13 of the 21 disclosed rounds were $10M or more. That puts a fresh budget at Jeeves, PhotonPay, Velocity, HIFI, Latitude and 7 more teams with a named round on NAUT.
  • 7 of the 22 companies are listed outside the US on NAUT. PhotonPay and Infini are in Hong Kong, dtcpay in Singapore, Noah and Velocity in the UK, EFY Finance in Panama and Peso in Bolivia. 9 are listed in the US and 6 carry no country.
  • At least 17 of the 22 companies have a team member on NAUT's record, so the person to contact is 1 click from the round.
How a BD team can work this list
  1. Sort by size13 of the 21 disclosed rounds were $10M or more, led by Felix Pago at $113M and Jeeves at $110M.
  2. Pick a region7 of the 22 companies are outside the US, from dtcpay in Singapore to Peso in Bolivia.
  3. Find the decision makerOpen the company page, such as CEO Zach Walsh at HIFI or CEO Cyril Mathew at Latitude.
  4. Reach out while it is news17 of the 24 rounds were announced in September or October 2026, so most of these teams are newly funded.

What this tells a crypto payments founder

  • Strategic money is active in this sector. Tether sits in 4 of the 24 rounds and led 2 (Mural and Pact Labs). Ripple, Circle, Visa and PayPal Ventures also appear on NAUT's record.
  • 8 of the 22 are stablecoin payment startups by their own NAUT description: Bloquo, Noah, Jeeves, Velocity, Latitude, Surgepay, Facto and Pact Labs.
  • Leads are spread. 14 firms led the 10 rounds with a lead on NAUT's record, and Tether is the 1 firm with 2 leads.
  • 9 backers appear in 2 or more rounds, ranked in the table below. These are the payments investors with a repeat pattern in this window.

Which payments investors backed 2 or more of the 24 rounds?

Ranked by the number of the 24 rounds each backer appears in on NAUT's record, then by leads.

Backer Rounds Led Which rounds
4 2 , , ,
3 1 , ,
3 0 , ,
2 1 ,
2 0 ,
2 0 ,
2 0 ,
2 0 ,
2 0 Both rounds
How a founder can use this list
  1. Shortlist repeat backers9 backers sit in 2 or more of the 24 rounds, with Tether in 4 and Faction and Coinbase Ventures in 3 each.
  2. Match the lead to your stageVariant led Atum's $13.5M seed, Left Lane Capital led HIFI's $37M Series A and CoinFund led Jeeves's $110M Series C.
  3. Ask a funded founderFounders such as Pete Cooling at Atum and Hussein Ahmed at Limited have NAUT pages.
  4. Reach the partnerEach investor's NAUT page lists its team and portfolio.

How to reach the decision makers

Every company, backer and person above links to a NAUT page. Company pages list the team, investor pages list the partners and the portfolio, and person pages say which contact channels NAUT has on file. 60 distinct backers sit on the 24 rounds in NAUT's record.

Related reading on NAUT: Stablecoin funding: 13 startups raised $316M, no VC led twice and Crypto neobanks: 13 of 67 on NAUT offer an account or card.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?sector=Payment searches projects by sector, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/faction returns 1 fund with its team and its portfolio rows, each carrying company, roundType, amountUsd, announceDate and isLead, which covers the 3 Faction rounds above. Every call is a GET with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY and costs 5 credits, documented at naut.so/docs/api with plans at naut.so/pricing. The verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn of the people named here unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so you can start a 7-day trial.

Crypto payment startups FAQ

How much did crypto payment startups raise from July to November 2026?

NAUT tracks 24 rounds for 22 crypto payment startups between 1 July and 12 November 2026, and the 21 that disclosed an amount total $489.2M, with a median of $11.5M. That total includes a $113M credit line for Felix Pago.

Which crypto payment startup raised the most?

Between 1 July and 12 November 2026, Felix Pago disclosed the largest figure, a $113M credit line on 1 September. The largest equity round was Jeeves's $110M Series C led by CoinFund on 29 September.

Which investors backed the most crypto payment startups?

Between 1 July and 12 November 2026, Tether appears in 4 of the 24 rounds on NAUT's record and led 2. Faction and Coinbase Ventures appear in 3 each.

Where can I find the founders of these crypto payment startups and their contact channels?

On NAUT: at least 17 of the 22 companies in this report have a team member on NAUT's record, from Dileep Thazhmon at Jeeves to Carlos Russo at Bloquo, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/jeeves returns 1 company with its team. Their verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so you can start a 7-day trial.

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