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Flexa

New York, US · Founded 2018 · 19 employees on LinkedIn · 12 known investors

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Flexa is a payment infrastructure provider that enables merchants to accept cryptocurrency and digital assets at points of sale, alongside traditional payment methods, without requiring changes to existing acceptance stacks. The company offers both merchant-facing payment solutions and wallet components for digital asset transactions.

Also known as Flexa Network

Founders & leadership

Flexa was founded in 2018 by Zachary Kilgore, Trevor Filter, Tyler Spalding, and Daniel McCabe.

ZKZachary Kilgore
Zachary KilgoreCo-founder & Principal Engineer/CISO
TFTrevor Filter
Trevor FilterCo-Founder & CEO
TSTyler Spalding
Tyler SpaldingCo-Founder2018–2022Tyler Spalding is co-founder and former CEO of Flexa, a digital payments network that enables cryptocurrency transactions. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Raise, a gift card marketplace, and has worked as an engineer on NASA and U.S. Air Force aerospace programs.
DMDaniel McCabe
Daniel McCabeCofounder and Strategic Advisor

Investors · 12

Also in the syndicate · 1

Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$28.2M disclosed across 2 of 4 rounds · 2018–2022

▶$14.1MraisedJun 2019 · 54 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Daniel McCabeExecutive Officer
  • Zachary KilgoreExecutive Officer
  • Trevor FilterExecutive Officer
  • Tyler SpaldingExecutive Officer
Amount sold
$14.1M
First sale
May 2018
Incorporated
Limited Liability Company, Delaware, 2018
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Flexa provides payments and loyalty tooling aimed at companies of varying sizes that want to accept digital assets. Its payments product is designed to work alongside a merchant's existing acceptance and reconciliation stack, so that crypto acceptance can be added across points of sale through low-code and no-code integrations rather than a replacement of incumbent systems. Flexa states that its stack supports checkout with more than 99 digital assets, authorizes payments in under a second, guarantees funds at the time of payment so that merchants face no chargebacks or unexpected reversals, and handles KYC and verification on the merchant's behalf via licensed and audited infrastructure. Merchants can choose the currency and schedule of their payouts, which Flexa says carry no conversion or custody fees.

A second product line, Components, is a set of prebuilt mobile UI modules distributed as SDKs for iOS, Android and React Native, intended for wallet developers who want to extend their applications beyond sending and swapping assets. Components enables wallet users to make instant payments at merchant locations and adds scanning capabilities, with support for self-custody wallets; collateralization is used to allow payments to settle in under a second. Flexa describes Components as regularly audited by independent security researchers, requiring no external dependencies, and collecting the minimum amount of personal information permitted by law.

Business model

Flexa sells payment acceptance infrastructure to merchants and integration components to wallet and application developers, with merchant payouts offered in the merchant's chosen currency and schedule and no stated fees for conversion or custody.

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Market position

Flexa positions its offering around sub-second authorization, guaranteed funds with no chargebacks or reversals, compatibility with a merchant's existing acceptance and reconciliation systems, outsourced KYC and compliance, and privacy-minimizing data collection in its wallet components.

Technology

A patented payment stack that authorizes checkout in any of 99+ supported digital assets in under a second, uses collateralization to guarantee instant completion, operates onchain with support for self-custody wallets, and includes licensed, audited infrastructure that performs KYC and verification. Developer-facing SDKs cover iOS, Android and React Native.

Go-to-market

Direct sales to merchants through a contact-sales motion for payments products, alongside self-serve developer adoption of Components via SDKs and public documentation.

Merchants and companies of all sizes operating physical and other points of sale, and wallet or mobile app developers seeking to add payment and scanning functionality.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Payment authorization timeJan 2024less than one second
Supported digital assetsJan 202499 assets

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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corporate structure
FlexaDelaware

▸Research sources · 1

primary sources listed
  • Flexaflexa.network · web

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Flexa do?
Flexa offers crypto payment and loyalty infrastructure that lets merchants accept digital assets at their points of sale.
Who founded Flexa?
Flexa was founded by Zachary Kilgore, Trevor Filter, Tyler Spalding, Daniel McCabe in 2018.
Who are Flexa's investors?
Flexa's investors include 1k(x), 1kx, Blockchain Coinvestors, Pantera Capital, Tribal Ventures, 2020 Ventures, Access Ventures, Ada Ventures and 3 more.
How much funding has Flexa raised?
Flexa has disclosed $28.2M raised across 2 of its 4 known rounds.
Where is Flexa headquartered?
Flexa is headquartered in New York, US.