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Where payments startups are based

168 payments startups worldwide have raised money in rounds we track, $17B between them. 132 of them are placed on the map by their city; London leads with 24, then San Francisco with 8.

168startups
73cities on the map
$17Braised between them
Londonleading city (24)
Rio De Janeiro: 1 startupsChennai: 1 startupsDurham: 1 startupsAuckland: 1 startupsOslo: 1 startupsDes Moines: 1 startupsParis: 1 startupsSantiago: 1 startupsDubai: 1 startupsSan Diego: 1 startupsSanta Cruz: 1 startupsOrlando: 1 startupsMelbourne: 1 startupsBeaverton: 1 startupsRichmond: 1 startupsMountain View: 1 startupsBoca Raton: 1 startupsKilkenny: 1 startupsKansas City: 1 startupsGouda: 1 startupsCaracas: 1 startupsCopenhagen: 1 startupsBerlin: 1 startupsMinneapolis: 1 startupsBogota: 1 startupsStellenbosch: 1 startupsDelaware City: 1 startupsRio de Janeiro: 1 startupsEssex: 1 startupsTallinn: 1 startupsAtlanta: 1 startupsCentral: 1 startupsTokyo: 1 startupsBuenos Aires: 1 startupsManagua: 1 startupsSydney: 1 startupsCiudad de Mexico: 1 startupsEdison: 1 startupsDublin: 1 startupsSan Isidro: 1 startupsKnoxville: 1 startupsDover: 1 startupsFlorianopolis: 1 startupsArlington Heights: 1 startupsWest Hollywood: 1 startupsPhnom Penh: 1 startupsKirkland: 1 startupsOakland: 1 startupsMadrid: 1 startupsNorth Miami Beach: 1 startupsMumbai: 1 startupsOrem: 1 startupsEncino: 1 startupsMexico City: 1 startupsCalgary: 1 startupsGurugram: 1 startupsCardiff: 1 startupsHerlev: 1 startupsStockholm: 2 startupsLos Angeles: 2 startupsChicago: 2 startupsBengaluru: 2 startupsAustin: 2 startupsMontreal: 2 startupsSanta Clara: 3 startupsMiami: 3 startupsCape Town: 3 startupsSao Paulo: 4 startupsToronto: 4 startupsNew York: 5 startupsSingapore: 8 startupsSan Francisco: 8 startupsLondon: 24 startupsLondonSan FranciscoSingaporeNew YorkSao PauloCape TownMiamiMontreal

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

Leading cities

  1. London24$3.7B
  2. San Francisco8$2.7B
  3. Singapore8$366M
  4. New York5$113M
  5. Toronto4$47M
  6. Sao Paulo4$58M
  7. Cape Town3$126M
  8. Miami3$144M
  9. Santa Clara3$18M
  10. Montreal2$127M
  11. Austin2$28M
  12. Bengaluru2$27M
  13. Chicago2$129M
  14. Los Angeles2$229M
  15. Stockholm2$17M

By country

  1. United States52$4.7B
  2. United Kingdom27$3.8B
  3. India11$880M
  4. Brazil10$568M
  5. Singapore8$366M
  6. Canada7$233M
  7. South Africa4$127M
  8. Australia4$57M
  9. Nigeria4$5.8M
  10. Mexico3$1.4B
  11. Italy3$193M
  12. Hong Kong SAR China3$349M

Best-funded

  1. TTamaraSaudi Arabia · $2.4B
  2. AffirmUnited States · $1.7B
  3. PPlataMexico · $1.3B
  4. Checkout.comUnited Kingdom · $1.2B
  5. AddiColombia · $664M
  6. RippleUnited States · $596M
  7. EburyUnited Kingdom · $570M
  8. EBANXBrazil · $460M
  9. ZepzUnited Kingdom · $432M
  10. C2FOUnited States · $398M
  11. TrueLayerUnited Kingdom · $376M
  12. FlatpayDenmark · $336M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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