Fintech Startups

A web-based calculator that models how different salary and equity mixes in a startup job offer affect an employee's total take-home wealth at exit, accounting for factors like vesting, dilution, exit timing, and preference terms. It is aimed at people evaluating or negotiating startup compensation offers.

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Startup Science publishes educational content and guides comparing startup funding rounds (seed through Series D), drawing on data from Carta and its own founder research. It offers tools for founders to model dilution and cap tables, plus solutions for entrepreneur support organizations to track founder funding progress across a portfolio.

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Startup Wise Guys is an accelerator and investor that supports early-stage tech founders across Europe and Africa through mentorship, investment, and specialized vertical programs. The organization has been operating since 2012 and works with founders across various sectors to help them grow and succeed.

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Level provides an AI platform and licensed claims specialists that audit auto insurance total-loss reports for valuation errors, helping lenders' loss mitigation teams identify undervalued settlements and increase insurance recoveries. It serves auto lenders and loss mitigation teams seeking to reduce deficiency balances and write-offs after a total loss.

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State Street is a financial services company providing investment services across front, middle and back office operations, along with global markets capabilities and asset management solutions.

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Stax Bill (formerly Fusebill) is a subscription billing and recurring payment platform designed to help SaaS businesses automate subscription management. The company offers subscription billing tools as part of the broader Stax Payments platform, which provides integrated payment solutions for businesses.

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Staxxer provides automated VAT and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance software for European e-commerce businesses selling internationally. The platform integrates with sales channels to automatically calculate VAT per country, file returns with authorities, and manage bookkeeping for cross-border transactions.

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A platform that simplifies government subsidies and grants for small and medium enterprises and regional businesses in Japan, with plans to expand into a data platform for SME business support and operational insights.

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SteadyIQ is an AI-powered income verification platform that helps government agencies determine eligibility for benefits by converting unstructured income data from gig workers, self-employed individuals, and non-traditional earners into structured reports. The tool serves state and federal agencies administering unemployment, SNAP, TANF, and child care assistance programs.

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Stealth Money is a platform for buying Bitcoin directly into a self-custody hardware wallet, offering instant purchases, recurring dollar-cost-averaging savings plans, and Bitcoin gifting via secure payment links. It targets individuals who want to accumulate and hold Bitcoin securely in their own custody.

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Stella is a DeFi protocol offering staking, yield strategies, and lending features accessed by connecting a crypto wallet.

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The Stellar Development Foundation is a mission-driven organization building infrastructure to make the global financial system more accessible through the Stellar network and ecosystem.

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StepChange builds ESG and climate risk tools and advisory services for enterprises and financial institutions, supporting sustainability strategy and Net Zero execution. The team's expertise spans climate finance, climate risk regulation, and atmospheric science, with notable ties to South Asian and US markets.

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StepEx is a UK-based education finance company that enables students to spread tuition payments over time while allowing education providers to expand enrollment without becoming lenders themselves. The company provides regulated financing, compliance infrastructure, and loan servicing specifically designed for UK universities and professional education providers.

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StepLadder runs peer-to-peer "Savings Circles" that match individuals with shared financial goals into groups where members contribute a fixed monthly amount and one member receives the pooled total each month, helping them raise property deposits, reduce debt, or improve credit scores. It serves UK consumers and offers a platform businesses can integrate to add savings circles for their own customers.

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Steppay (스텝페이) provides a subscription and billing platform for SaaS companies and online platforms, letting businesses create pricing plans, connect Korean payment gateways, automate recurring and B2B settlement, and manage customers without heavy development. It offers no-code plan building and API access, primarily serving the South Korean market.

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Sterling Trading Technology provides professional trading platforms for equities, options, and futures across retail brokers, proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, and institutional clients. The company offers multiple branded trading applications with features including real-time market data, advanced order management, algorithmic trading, risk analytics, and customizable interfaces.

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Sterling is a Kenyan investment banking and securities firm providing fixed-income trading, equities, research, corporate finance and advisory, and brokerage services to institutional and retail clients. It operates in the East African capital markets, with a strong focus on fixed-income and bond markets.

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A German online service that lets individuals prepare and file their own tax returns, with guided workflows tailored to specific professions such as police officers, soldiers, and retirees. It focuses on helping users obtain tax refunds and serves the German consumer market.

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Stichting Busclub is a Dutch foundation that runs local peer-support "clubs" where participants work on healthy financial behavior and learn to save money, with confidentiality maintained among members. It serves people dealing with money worries or debt, and in 2026-2027 collaborates with Nieuw Vaarwater to support clients during or after debt-relief programs.

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Sticitt provides a cashless payment platform for schools in South Africa, covering tuckshop payments, school fee and project collections, point-of-sale integrations, and online ordering through Sticitt cards and bands. It unifies campus payment points into one system with automated reconciliation, aimed at school bursars, principals, and parents.

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Sticitt provides a cashless payment system for schools in South Africa, covering school fee and project collections, tuckshop payments via cards and bands, point-of-sale integrations, online ordering, and automated reconciliation. It serves school finance teams, principals, and parents by unifying all campus payment points and offering rewards on balances.

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