Rapyd Ventures
London, United Kingdom · Invests in Asia; Europe · Website
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Rapyd Ventures invests in strategic capability providers building next-generation fintech infrastructure and embedded finance solutions. We focus on companies solving fundamental payment infrastructure gaps in emerging markets and enabling innovative embedded finance use cases globally.
Likely not a fit for
Avoiding consumer-only payment apps, non-fintech business software, and companies without clear path to international expansion
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $300M
- Decision process
- Investment Committee
Partners & team
3 contacts on file
Portfolio
Banked is re-imagining mainstream payment methods and the current infrastructure facilitating digital payments around the world. Our goal is to deliver a fairer, faster and highly secure payment network to merchants and consumers.
SentBe is a fintech company specializing in overseas remittances since 2015, offering services to 50 countries with a focus on making money transfers easier, cheaper, and faster.
Volopay is a financial solution provider that offers corporate cards, automated expense management, and accounting integrations that streamline financial operations, helping businesses save time and money while elevating the role of their finance teams.
Anchor provides powerful tools for managing and growing podcasts, including features for customization, monetization, and audience engagement, all integrated with Spotify.
Firmly offers strategic-grade domain names tailored for established businesses and funded startups. These domains are selected for their alignment with long-term business strategies, enhancing growth, clarity, and trust while simplifying operations.
Decentro provides APIs and SDKs to build, launch, and scale fintech solutions, focusing on payment collections, settlements, and banking integrations.
Recent activity
- Sep 2025
Firmly
Seed · Lead
- Jun 2025
Decentro
Series B · Participated
- Nov 2022
Banked
Series A - II · Co-Lead
- Nov 2022
Decentro
Series A · Lead
- Sep 2022
SentBe
Series C · Participated
- Sep 2022
iPiD
Seed · Co-Investor
Rapyd Ventures in the news
Entrackr
Exclusive: Decentro to kick off Series B round led by Info Edge
Jun 2025
Inc42
YCombinator-Backed Decentro Raises Funding From Rapyd Ventures, Others
Nov 2022
TechCrunch
Rapyd Ventures backs Indian fintech-as-a-service startup Decentro
Oct 2022
Indian Startup News
Cross-border payments platform iPiD raises $3.3M in a seed round
Sep 2022
FinTech Magazine
B2B payments startup Hero secures €12mn in fresh funding
Jul 2022
FinTech Global
Singapore’s Volopay scores $29m Series A
Mar 2022
The Edge Malaysia
Funding Societies raises US$294m to fuel expansion plans in Southeast Asia
Feb 2022
Business Wire
Anchor Raises $15M in Seed Funding, Led by Rapyd, Entrée Capital, and Tal Ventures, to Launch the First Autonomous Billing Solution for Businesses
Dec 2021
calcalistech.com
Fintech startup Anchor raises $15 million Seed round for autonomous billing platform
Dec 2021
TechCrunch
Anchor gets $15 million seed funding to expand its B2B autonomous billing solution
Dec 2021
trendingtopics.eu
Fintech Rapyd raises $300M and reaches $8.75B valuation
Aug 2021
NoCamels
Israeli-Founded Firm Rapyd Raises $300M In Series E Funding
Aug 2021
PR Newswire
Rapyd Launches a Venture Arm to Propel Digital Commerce and Payment Innovation Globally
Jun 2021
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