Fundraising Fox
Pepperest
Techstars '22London, GB · Founded 2021 · 7 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Find your way into Pepperest
Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Pepperest
- Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to the Pepperest team. We find them for you
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
- Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone
Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.
Peppasync provides financial visibility software for build-to-order manufacturers, tracking pre-factory workflows and physical milestones to accelerate cash conversion cycles and protect working capital. The platform integrates with existing systems to map engineering, procurement, and capacity stages without requiring ERP migrations.
Also known as Peppa.io · Peppasync
Founders & leadership
Pepperest was founded in 2021 by Banky Alao.
Investors · 1
How we know: the Techstars portfolio · open dataset · Top 3000 Accelerator Startups (no YC) 2026-08 · Not right? Tell us
Company profile
researched Sep 2026Peppasync, operating under the company name Pepperest, sells software aimed at CFOs of build-to-order (BTO) manufacturers. The product addresses the period between a customer deposit clearing and the start of physical manufacturing, during which custom orders pass through CAD, engineering, and procurement stages that are frequently tracked only in manual spreadsheets. The company describes this gap as producing "capacity blindness" and trapping working capital, which in turn can force unplanned credit line drawdowns.
The platform is positioned as a lightweight capital control framework rather than an enterprise resource planning system. It runs alongside a manufacturer's existing systems, mapping physical pre-production stage-gates to capital-at-risk so that finance and operations teams share visibility over the pre-factory pipeline. Stated outcomes include accelerated movement of deposits into physical production, real-time velocity tracking across pre-factory stage-gates, and reduced margin erosion on custom orders. The company advertises an implementation path of mapping bottlenecks within seven days and releasing capital within six weeks.
A company research listing records Pepperest as originally named Peppa.io, founded in 2021 and headquartered in London, with an earlier focus on financial services intended to reduce fraud risk and improve order completion rates between buyers and sellers in emerging markets. The same listing marks its operating status as closed.
Business model
Software sold to manufacturing companies, positioned as an alternative to ERP migration and spreadsheet-based tracking, deployed alongside existing systems. The site directs prospects to consultations with a "working capital specialist" and to a trapped-capital calculator, indicating a direct, sales-led commercial motion.
Latest developments
A company research listing updated in June 2026 records Pepperest's operating status as closed.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
A company research listing classifies the business under fintech with financial services as its main product, transactional revenue, and global geographic exposure, and names Reeple.ai, Pesto, Pantore Pay, and Peas Financial as similar companies.
Positioned between full ERP implementations, described as disruptive and months-long, and static spreadsheets, described as prone to silent data failures. The product is framed as a lightweight overlay with a short deployment window rather than a system of record replacement.
Technology
A capital velocity system that integrates with a manufacturer's existing systems without an ERP migration, mapping pre-production milestones such as CAD, engineering, and procurement stages to capital-at-risk and automating stage-gate tracking in place of spreadsheet macros.
Go-to-market
Direct outreach through the company website, which offers a trapped-capital calculator, an exposure assessment, and booking of conversations with a working capital specialist, with separate messaging tracks for finance and operations buyers.
CFOs and finance leaders at build-to-order manufacturers, together with operations teams responsible for factory floor utilization and pre-production stage-gate tracking. A company research listing classifies the customer base as enterprise and small business.
Geography
Headquartered in London, Greater London, United Kingdom; a company research listing describes geographic exposure as global and notes accelerator participation in Lagos.
History
A company research listing records the business as founded in 2021 in London under the name Peppa.io, later rebranded to Pepperest, and participating in the Techstars ARM Labs Lagos accelerator in 2022. Its earlier positioning was in financial services for emerging-market transactions, protecting buyers from fraud and improving seller credibility and order completion rates. The current Peppasync product addresses working capital visibility for build-to-order manufacturers.
Compiled by commissioned research from 4 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsA company research listing updated 18 June 2026 records the company's operating status as closed.
A company research listing records participation in the Techstars ARM Labs Lagos accelerator program in 2022.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 4
primary sources listed
- Pepperestpeppasync.ai · web
4 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Pepperest do?
- Peppasync is a London-based software system that maps pre-production milestones to capital-at-risk for build-to-order manufacturers.
- Who founded Pepperest?
- Pepperest was founded by Banky Alao in 2021.
- Who are Pepperest's investors?
- Pepperest's investors include Techstars.
- Where is Pepperest headquartered?
- Pepperest is headquartered in London, GB.