Rapyd Raises $300 Million Series E to Further Enhance its Fintech as a Service Offering Amidst Unprecedented Global Adoption of Embedded Finance
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LONDON and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 3, 2021, /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--
- Coming shortly after Rapyd's acquisition of Valitor, a European Digital
Payments and Issuing company
- The financing will be used to support continued strategic M&A in key markets
as well as product enhancements and channel growth
Rapyd [https://www.rapyd.net/ ], a global Fintech as a Service company, today
announced a $300 million Series E funding round led by Target Global. Joining
the round are several new investors including funds managed by Fidelity
Management and Research Company, Altimeter Capital, Whale Rock Capital,
BlackRock Funds, and Dragoneer, along with participation from existing
investors: General Catalyst, Latitude, Durable Capital Partners, Tal Capital,
Avid Ventures, and Spark Capital.
The financing comes shortly after Rapyd's acquisition [
] of Valitor, a European payments and card issuing company, for $100 million,
and the launch of Rapyd Ventures [
], the company's venture arm. The additional funds will enable Rapyd to
capitalize on emerging opportunities driven by the unprecedented demand for
Digital Payments, Embedded Finance, and scalable cloud-based payment
infrastructure across all segments and verticals, and will be used to
accelerate the company's growth through a combination of organic growth,
acquisitions, and strategic investments.
"Enabling digital payments has become one of the most fundamental business
needs across every industry as the past year and a half have irrevocably
demonstrated. Being in a position to help companies enhance their ability to
serve customers and expand their reach across global markets is both a
tremendous responsibility and an extraordinary opportunity. We are grateful to
our investors for acknowledging the new needs of our ecosystem and supporting
our aspirations," said Arik Shtilman, co-founder and CEO of Rapyd. "We plan to
use the funding to continue to build out our global fintech as a service
platform and invest in strengthening our network capabilities worldwide. We
will continue to expand our presence across high-growth markets in Europe,
Asia-Pacific, the US, and Latin America, where Rapyd's platform can support
businesses looking to grow internationally. We are doubling down on our channel
partnerships strategy, strengthening our footprint across major high-growth
markets, and exploring additional acquisitions that serve our strategic goals."
Rapyd plans to use the funding to make several more strategic acquisitions to
both support expansion in key markets and grow payment products and
experiences. This will increase the scale of Rapyd's platform not just across
geographies, but also across verticals and solutions.
"Rapyd has built a borderless embedded fintech infrastructure critical to all
digital businesses that operate globally. Their platform incorporates payments,
compliance, FX, fraud management, escrow, virtual account and card issuing, and
more. But now, as the world sees growing traction across global eCommerce, Gig
Economy, Fintech Solutions and Technology platforms, Rapyd must take the next
step. There is currently an unprecedented need for a single partner serving as
a bridge between a vast array of local payment services and merchants,
providing them access to the flexible, fast-to-integrate, and scalable
solutions they need to thrive. Having led Rapyd's Series A in 2018, we are
confident that Rapyd can be such a partner, and are now renewing our bet in
this round," said Mike Lobanov, General Partner at Target Global.
About Rapyd
Rapyd is the fastest way to power local payments anywhere in the world,
enabling companies across the globe to access markets quicker than ever before.
By utilizing Rapyd's unparalleled payments network and Fintech-as-a-Service
platform, businesses and consumers can engage in local and cross-border
transactions in any market. The Rapyd platform is unifying fragmented payment
systems worldwide by bringing together 900-plus payment methods in over 100
countries. Rapyd's investors include Stripe, General Catalyst, Oak HC/FT,
Coatue, Tiger Global, Durable Capital, Latitude, Target Global, and Tal
Capital. To learn more about the company that is accelerating the
Fintech-as-a-Service revolution, visit www.rapyd.net, read our blog [
], or follow us on LinkedIn [
] and Twitter [
https://twitter.com/RapydPayments?utm_campaign=2020%252520Public%252520Relations&utm_source=twitter
].
About Target Global
Target Global is an international investment firm headquartered in Berlin, with
more than EUR2bn in assets under management. With investing offices in London,
Tel Aviv and Barcelona, we connect the key European startup ecosystems and
leverage the unique DNA of each of our target geographies, across our global
network. Building on our experienced team with substantial operational and
investment experience, we help exceptional entrepreneurs to build market
leaders. Target Global invests across multiple stages, investing in
fast-growing tech companies, targeting trillion EUR markets. Our Partners have
been investing for more than 15 years in the digital technology space, backing
some of the key European success stories. The Target Global portfolio includes
companies such as Auto1, Docplanner, Delivery Hero, Rapyd, TravelPerk, WeFox
and Zego. More about Target Global: https://www.targetglobal.vc/
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SOURCE: Rapyd
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