Fintech Startups

Zanbato manages capital on behalf of a global investor base of family offices, institutional investors, and private banks, and provides its portfolio companies with strategic, commercial, and operational support along with access to a network of capital partners. It offers structured capital solutions and long-term partnership aimed at supporting growth and international expansion.

3 investors

Zanifu provides inventory-based financing for small and mid-sized businesses and retailers in Kenya, enabling them to access working capital by leveraging their stock.

3 investors

Zavo builds an operating system for restaurant operations that integrates AI across reservations, payments, and management tasks. The platform automates routine operations, provides predictive insights, and aims to reduce manual work for restaurant owners and managers.

3 investors

ZBD is a fintech platform that handles the money lifecycle in games—from player purchases and in-game economies to payouts and creator withdrawals. It serves game studios and developers who want to monetize gameplay and boost player retention through real-money rewards.

3 investors

Zeffy operates a 100% free, all-in-one fundraising and donor management platform for nonprofits and charities, offering tools such as donation collection and volunteer management. It serves nonprofits across the United States and Canada and is a Certified B Corporation.

3 investors

Zelis builds healthcare-specific technology to help clients manage operations and stay compliant with changing regulations in the healthcare financial system. It serves organizations navigating the healthcare payments and financial landscape.

3 investors

Zeplyn offers an agentic AI platform for wealth management firms and RIAs that captures client meetings, generates structured notes, and automates follow-up tasks. The tool supports meeting preparation, practice management, and client interaction workflows for financial advisors.

3 investors

Zepz operates a group of money transfer brands that process cross-border remittance payments for consumers, handling transactions across thousands of money transfer corridors globally. It provides digital payment services enabling customers to send money internationally.

3 investors

Zest offers digital infrastructure for private-market transactions, combining SPV formation, regulated escrow, and regulated deal-arranging services in a single execution workflow. It serves institutional deal makers such as fund managers, family offices, venture capital and private equity firms, syndicate leads, and corporate service providers, with a focus on MENA and emerging private markets.

3 investors

zkMe provides privacy-preserving, reusable KYC/AML credentials using zero-knowledge proofs, letting stablecoin issuers and platforms meet FATF, MiCA, and GDPR compliance requirements without storing or transmitting users' personal data. It targets stablecoin issuers, VASPs, and crypto payment platforms needing regulatory compliance while minimizing data liability.

3 investors

Zodl is a privacy-focused mobile wallet built for shielded Zcash (ZEC), offering self-custody, private swaps, private payments, and encrypted messaging. It targets crypto users who want to keep transaction details hidden, with features for paying merchants and funding wallets without exposing financial data.

3 investors

ZSuite Tech provides ZEscrow, a platform that lets banks and financial institutions manage commercial escrow accounts and subaccounts at scale, handling complex interest calculations, tracking, and compliance. It serves specialized commercial verticals such as property managers, law firms, municipalities, and 1031 exchange facilitators across the US.

3 investors

Zynk is a cross-border payment infrastructure platform that provides APIs for instant global settlements, converting and moving assets across blockchains, banks, and currencies in real time without pre-funding or treasury management. It serves businesses such as remittance companies, neobanks, payment service providers, and OTC desks, supporting corridors in USD, INR, AED, EUR, MXN, and PHP.

3 investors

Sifi is a comprehensive financial management platform designed to simplify business expense management for Saudi Arabian companies, offering features such as spending controls, real-time transaction monitoring, vendor payments automation, and a rewards program that generates cashback on corporate expenditures.

3 investors

DeepSearch builds financial data infrastructure and AI agents that perform tasks such as company research, investment analysis, and valuation for finance professionals. Through products like Finestor, Finorma, an Excel add-in, and Analytics, it supplies verified financial data with supporting evidence for use in AI and work tools.

3 investors

Origress (オリグレス) is a Japanese "entertainment capital" firm that builds, acquires, and co-runs businesses across the entertainment sector, combining entertainment, finance, and group management. It operates through a three-part model of internal company divisions, M&A, and joint ventures, often partnering with other operators on cross-industry events and collaborative businesses.

3 investors

Kirifuda develops on-chain finance products and blockchain intelligence services (data analysis, index development, and compliance support) that let businesses embed blockchain-based financial features without specialized expertise. Its blockchain intelligence unit provides transaction graph analysis, address clustering, and fund-flow visualization across chains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, and Solana for law enforcement, tax authorities, and crypto exchanges in Japan.

3 investors

Authlete provides API security solutions implementing open standards for enterprise customers. The company helps organizations safeguard their API security infrastructure.

3 investors

HashPort builds blockchain solutions for real-world adoption, including its HashPort Wallet non-custodial Web3 wallet used by over one million users, and provides consulting and wallet solutions to businesses, financial institutions, and government bodies. Founded in 2018 and based in Tokyo, the company also delivered the EXPO2025 Digital Wallet for the Osaka-Kansai Expo and operates in Japan's crypto and fintech markets.

3 investors

hokan® is an all-in-one customer and contract management platform for insurance agencies, centralizing client information, activity records, after-follow-up tracking, policy renewals, and reporting in one system. It supports compliance with Japan's Insurance Business Act and offers data migration, API integrations, and customer success support.

3 investors

LayerX develops software to digitize economic and business activities, with the stated goal of building a digital society. The company operates in enterprise software and digital transformation.

3 investors

A Japan-based education and consulting company offering language education—particularly Japanese-language learning—and training services aimed at foreign workers and global talent. It provides online education and training programs and instructor dispatch, connecting Japan with international markets.

3 investors

Bankers operates a loan-based crowdfunding platform where individuals invest from ¥10,000 into funds that lend to companies, receiving distributions from the interest paid. The Japanese service offers fixed-yield, short-term investment products screened by financial professionals.

3 investors

Pocket Change operates a platform that lets people exchange various forms of physical cash and electronic money across currencies and payment media. The company aims to make money more freely interchangeable to enable value exchange across borders and languages.

3 investors