# Payments Investors Map 2026: 112 Investors Backing Payments Startups

> The 112 investors that have backed two or more payments startups worldwide, by kind: VC firms, corporate investors and private equity and asset managers and...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/payments-investors-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## VC firms

86

- [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group)
- [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management)
- [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners)
- [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)
- [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline)
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)
- [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi)
- [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital)
- [CMT Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cmt-digital)
- [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management)
- [QED Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qed-investors)
- [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)
- [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures)
- [*TP* Transpose Platform Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transpose-platform-management)
- [Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital)
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures)
- [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures)
- [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital)
- [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)
- [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)
- [Quona Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quona-capital)
- [Bitso](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bitso)

+62 more

## Corporate investors

13

- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst)
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase)
- [MasterCard](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mastercard)
- [Visa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visa)
- [Endeavor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor)
- [Saison Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saison)
- [SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures)
- [PayPal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paypal-ventures)
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures)
- [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)
- [CME Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cme-group)
- [Stellar Development Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stellar-development-foundation)
- [Samsung Next](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-next)

## Private equity and asset managers

10

- [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs)
- [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)
- [GIC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gic)
- [Fasanara Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fasanara-capital)
- [Morgan Stanley Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-stanley-investment-management)
- [DST Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global)
- [Victory Park Capital Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/victory-park-capital)
- [Fortress Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fortress-investment-group)
- [IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital)
- [P1 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/p1-ventures)

## Growth funds

3

- [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi)
- [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc)
- [*SE* Spice Expeditions](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spice-expeditions)

## Segment by segment

### VC firms

86 investors

- [**Digital Currency Group**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) VC firm United States 6 backed
- [**Tiger Global Management**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm United States 6 backed
- [**Insight Partners**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm United States 6 backed
- [**Ribbit Capital**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) VC firm United States 5 backed
- [**Andreessen Horowitz**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) VC firm United States 5 backed
- [**Headline**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) VC firm United States 5 backed
- [**Alumni Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm United States 4 backed
- [**Lightspeed Venture Partners**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm United States 4 backed

### Corporate investors

13 investors

- [**Endeavor Catalyst**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst) Corporate investor United States 8 backed
- [**Coinbase Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase) Corporate investor United States 7 backed
- [**MasterCard**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mastercard) Corporate investor United States 4 backed
- [**Visa**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visa) Corporate investor United States 3 backed
- [**Endeavor**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor) Corporate investor United States 3 backed
- [**Saison Capital**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saison) Corporate investor Singapore 3 backed
- [**SE Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) Corporate investor United States 3 backed
- [**PayPal Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paypal-ventures) Corporate investor United States 3 backed

### Private equity and asset managers

10 investors

- [**Goldman Sachs**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity United States 6 backed
- [**Gaingels**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity United States 5 backed
- [**GIC**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gic) Private equity Singapore 5 backed
- [**Fasanara Capital**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fasanara-capital) Hedge fund United Kingdom 4 backed
- [**Morgan Stanley Investment Management**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-stanley-investment-management) Private equity United States 3 backed
- [**DST Global**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dst-global) Private equity United Kingdom 3 backed
- [**Victory Park Capital Advisors**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/victory-park-capital) Private equity United States 2 backed
- [**Fortress Investment**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fortress-investment-group) Private equity United States 2 backed

### Growth funds

3 investors

- [**Citibank**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) Growth fund United States 5 backed
- [**HSBC**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) Growth fund United Kingdom 3 backed
- [*SE* **Spice Expeditions**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spice-expeditions) Growth fund - 2 backed

**How this map is made.** Every investor here has backed two or more startups on our payments map, in rounds we track. Grouped by the kind of investor, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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