# Where Payments Startups Are Based: 2026 Map of 168 Companies

> Map of where 168 payments startups worldwide are based, city by city: London, San Francisco and Singapore lead. $17B raised between them.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/geo-maps/where-payments-startups-are-based (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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

## Leading cities

- London 24 $3.7B
- San Francisco 8 $2.7B
- Singapore 8 $366M
- New York 5 $113M
- Toronto 4 $47M
- Sao Paulo 4 $58M
- Cape Town 3 $126M
- Miami 3 $144M
- Santa Clara 3 $18M
- Montreal 2 $127M
- Austin 2 $28M
- Bengaluru 2 $27M
- Chicago 2 $129M
- Los Angeles 2 $229M
- Stockholm 2 $17M

## By country

- United States 52 $4.7B
- United Kingdom 27 $3.8B
- India 11 $880M
- Brazil 10 $568M
- Singapore 8 $366M
- Canada 7 $233M
- South Africa 4 $127M
- Australia 4 $57M
- Nigeria 4 $5.8M
- Mexico 3 $1.4B
- Italy 3 $193M
- Hong Kong SAR China 3 $349M

## Best-funded

- [*T* **Tamara** Saudi Arabia · $2.4B](https://millionrounds.com/company/tamara)
- [**Affirm** United States · $1.7B](https://millionrounds.com/company/affirm)
- [*P* **Plata** Mexico · $1.3B](https://millionrounds.com/company/plata)
- [**Checkout.com** United Kingdom · $1.2B](https://millionrounds.com/company/checkout-com)
- [**Addi** Colombia · $664M](https://millionrounds.com/company/addi)
- [**Ripple** United States · $596M](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple)
- [**Ebury** United Kingdom · $570M](https://millionrounds.com/company/ebury)
- [**EBANX** Brazil · $460M](https://millionrounds.com/company/ebanx)
- [**Zepz** United Kingdom · $432M](https://millionrounds.com/company/zepz)
- [**C2FO** United States · $398M](https://millionrounds.com/company/c2fo)
- [**TrueLayer** United Kingdom · $376M](https://millionrounds.com/company/truelayer)
- [**Flatpay** Denmark · $336M](https://millionrounds.com/company/flatpay)

**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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