Payflow
YC S21 ↗Madrid, ES · Founded 2020 · Delaware corporation · 50 employees · 11 known investors
Payflow is a financial wellness platform for employers that enables employees to access earned wages on demand instantly and provides flexible compensation benefits through a mobile app and card. The platform serves companies looking to improve employee retention and reduce payroll processing costs.
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)
AS
Avinash Sukhwaiin𝕏Founder
BM
Benoit Menardoin𝕏Founder
CA
Cedric AsselmanDirector
AS
Avinash SukhwaniExecutive Officer, Director
EF
Elisabet Faus MorrosDirector
BM
Benoist MenardoExecutive Officer, Director
Investors · 11
Carolus InvestBarcelona
Cathay InnovationParis · $5M – $40M
Cats.vc$200K – $500Kvia Yakov Kop · inferred
Cusp CapitalEssen · $7.6M
E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M
Extension FundMadrid
Rocket Internet SEBerlin
Sprint VcBangalore · $300
The E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M
Thomson Reuters VenturesNew York
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements▶$18.9MraisedSep 2025 · 51 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$18.9MraisedSep 2025 · 51 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Cedric AsselmanDirector
- Avinash SukhwaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Elisabet Faus MorrosDirector
- Benoist MenardoExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $19.4M
- Amount sold
- $18.9M
- First sale
- May 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2022
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
In the news
- Payflow Funding News -Madrid-Based Payflow Raises €10 Million Funding Roundstartuprise.co.uk · 2025
- Madrid-based Payflow raises €10 million to expand their Earned Wage Access platform across Europe and LAM | EU-Startupseu-startups.com · 2025
- Barcelona-based Payflow raises €6 million to expand flexible salary in Iberian and Latam markets - EU-Startupseu-startups.com · 2024
- Barcelona-based Payflow nabs €8 million for its solution that’s improving employee financial wellbeing | EU-Startupseu-startups.com · 2022
- Payflow raises $9.1 million in Series A funding round | UNLEASHunleash.ai · 2022
- Spain’s Payflow, a salary advance startup, banks $9.1M to fuel a super app growth strategy – TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · 2022
- Payflow raises a €2M pre-seed roundelreferente.es · 2021
