Pliant
Berlin, DE · Founded 2020 · 356 employees on LinkedIn · 12 known investors
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Pliant offers payment infrastructure enabling businesses to issue physical and virtual credit cards, monitor expenditures, and integrate payment data with their existing finance systems. The company serves enterprises seeking scalable corporate payment solutions.
Founders & leadership
Pliant was founded in 2020 by Malte Rau and Fabian Terner.
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Malte RauinCEO / Co-FounderMalte Rau is Co-founder and CEO of Pliant, a payment infrastructure provider for corporate credit cards and expenditure management. He has spent the past decade working on risk management and business development roles across banking and fintech organizations in Germany and internationally.
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Fabian TernerinCo-Founder & CPO
Investors · 12
Alstin CapitalMunich
Fin CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M
Molten VenturesLondon · $2.5M – $63M
Motive PartnersNew York · $1M – $10M
MS&AD VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $3M
Nina CapitalBarcelona · $215K – $1.6M
SBI Ventures Europe GmbHBerlin
Seed+SpeedBerlin · $540K – $2.2M
SpeedinvestVienna · $5M – $30M
TX VenturesZurich · $540K – $5.4M
First MomentumreportedKarlsruhe · $216K – $1.1M
Illuminate FinancialreportedLondon · $1M – $8M
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$40M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2023–2025
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Pliant do?
- Pliant offers payment infrastructure enabling businesses to issue physical and virtual credit cards, monitor expenditures, and integrate payment data with their existing finance systems. The company serves enterprises seeking scalable corporate payment solutions.
- Who founded Pliant?
- Pliant was founded by Malte Rau, Fabian Terner in 2020.
- Who are Pliant's investors?
- Pliant's investors include Alstin Capital, Fin Capital, Molten Ventures, Motive Partners, MS&AD Ventures, Nina Capital, SBI Ventures Europe GmbH, Seed+Speed and 4 more.
- How much funding has Pliant raised?
- Pliant has disclosed $40M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Pliant headquartered?
- Pliant is headquartered in Berlin, DE.