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Payrails
Berlin, DE · 123 employees on LinkedIn · 6 known investors
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Payrails provides a modular financial operating system for enterprises that manages payment and financial workflows. The platform serves fast-growing businesses that need flexibility to scale across markets and partners without rebuilding infrastructure.
Founders & leadership
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Emre TalayCOO / Co-FounderEmre Talay spent a decade leading teams across operations, payment acceptance, risk, and compliance in the FinTech industry. He is now founder of Payrails, which provides a modular financial operating system for enterprises managing payment and financial workflows.
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Orkhan AbdullayevCEO / Co-FounderOrkhan Abdullayev has built payment solutions across multiple countries and co-founded Payrails, which provides a modular financial operating system for enterprises to manage payment and financial workflows.
Investors · 6
Andreessen Horowitzlisted by Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M
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EQT Ventureslisted by EQT VenturesLuxembourg · $2M – $50Mvia Kaushik Subramanian · led
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General Catalystlisted by General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M
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EQT Life SciencesreportedAmsterdam · $11M – $66M
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HV CapitalreportedMunich, Bavaria · $540K – $54M
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$46.4M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2025–2026
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Related companies · 10
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PrimerPrimer offers a payments platform that unifies transaction data and provides tools for finance and payments teams to monitor, optimize, and scale their payment operations across regions. It serves ecommerce and merchant businesses managing global payments, with features like fallbacks, fraud defense, and an AI companion.
Gr4VyGr4vy provides a cloud-based payment orchestration platform that enables merchants and payment platforms to manage their payment strategies without coding. The platform allows businesses to design customized payment journeys and optimize their transaction processing.
GoCardlessGoCardless provides bank payment collection and open banking data access services. The platform enables businesses to collect domestic and international payments via bank accounts and securely access customer bank account data across 2,300+ banks in the UK and Europe.
Bill.com Holdings, Inc.BILL is a unified financial operations platform that automates accounts payable, receivables, and spend management for businesses. The platform processes over $345 billion in annual payment volume and serves nearly 500,000 customers across the US and 130+ countries.
ACI WorldwideACI Worldwide provides payments software for banks, merchants, and billers, including a cloud-based payments hub, merchant payment orchestration, bill payment, and AI-based fraud management. Its platforms serve financial institutions and businesses across industries such as retail, utilities, insurance, government, and healthcare in 94 countries.
AdyenAdyen is a payments platform that enables enterprises to accept, process, and move money across their business, with capabilities for embedded finance and financial product issuance.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Payrails do?
- Payrails provides a modular financial operating system for enterprises that manages payment and financial workflows. The platform serves fast-growing businesses that need flexibility to scale across markets and partners without rebuilding infrastructure.
- Who founded Payrails?
- Payrails was founded by Emre Talay, Nicolas Thouzeau, Orkhan Abdullayev.
- Who are Payrails's investors?
- Payrails's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, DeBa Ventures, EQT Ventures, General Catalyst, EQT Life Sciences, HV Capital.
- How much funding has Payrails raised?
- Payrails has disclosed $46.4M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Payrails headquartered?
- Payrails is headquartered in Berlin, DE.