69 Best Finance Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Finance Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 4,062 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $30.7b. The average funding per company in this subset is $445.3m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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SupraOracles logo

SupraOracles

SupraOracles is a company developing a blockchain network

3

Funding Rounds

$32.1m

Money raised

Tendermint logo

Tendermint

Tendermint is now Ignite. Tendermint was the core contributor to the Cosmos blockchain network.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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Chime Bank

A bank offering online banking services with no user no bank fees, and an option to receive direct deposit up to two days early. Chris Britt and Ryan King founded Chime in 2013, and the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

6

Funding Rounds

$799.8m

Money raised

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Numerai

Numerai is a hedge fund with stock market trades determined by crowdsourced artificial intelligence models. The best models receive rewards in the form of a cryptographic token called Numeraire (NMR) on the Ethereum blockchain.

3

Funding Rounds

$17.5m

Money raised

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ComplyAdvantage

ComplyAdvantage is a company developing machine learning and big data based financial crime fighting software.

4

Funding Rounds

$107.0m

Money raised

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Bit2Me

Bit2Me is a cryptocurrency trading platform founded in 2014 by Leif Ferreira.

11

Funding Rounds

$112.6m

Money raised

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Celo

Celo is an open platform that offers financial tools to mobile phone users.

5

Funding Rounds

$126.5m

Money raised

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CryptoMarket

CryptoMarket is a blockchain company founded in 2016 by Rafael Meruane.

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Bitcoin Suisse AG

Bitcoin Suisse AG is a Swiss-regulated financial intermediary specializing in crypto-financial services, based in Zug, Switzerland.

1

Funding Rounds

$49.4m

Money raised

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Forge (company)

Forge, formerly Equidate, is a company that offers a marketplace for private stock liquidation.

9

Funding Rounds

$307.0m

Money raised

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Safello

Safello is a company founded in 2013 by Frank Schuil.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

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Klarna

Klarna is a financial technology company providing e-commerce payment solutions for merchants and shoppers.

20

Funding Rounds

$3.8b

Money raised

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Flint

Flint is a global crypto investment app offering a range of passive investment assets to its users built on top of crypto.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.1m

Money raised

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Coinhouse

Coinhouse is the developer of an investment platform for cryptocurrency assets.

4

Funding Rounds

$110.1m

Money raised

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ShapeShift

A web and API platform that provides Bitcoin and Altcoin conversion.

3

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

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Kasisto

Kasisto is a company that develops conversational AI for financial institutions.

9

Funding Rounds

$81.5m

Money raised

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ZETA

Zeta Markets is the premier derivatives protocol on Solana.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

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Cockroach Labs

Cockroachs Labs is the New York based company behind Cockroach DB, an open source, distributed SQL database.

9

Funding Rounds

$2.5b

Money raised

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EquBot

Artificial intelligence company who uses models and IBM's Watson in the management of their AI Powered Equity Fund ETF (AIEQ) and AI Powered International Equity ETF (AIIQ)

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

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MetaMap

MetaMap aims to digitize trust

1

Funding Rounds

$13.5m

Money raised

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Zayo Group

Zayo Group offers bandwidth infrastructure services across various markets, delivering lit services and dark fiber products. It supports wireline and wireless customers, data centers, and government agencies with a robust network infrastructure. The company also provides carrier-neutral colocation facilities to enhance connectivity options.

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AppZen

AppZen is a San Jose, California-based company that provides an AI-based auditing platform for finance teams.

6

Funding Rounds

$100.9m

Money raised

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Cake DeFi

Cake is an all-in-one decentralized finance (DeFi) platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

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Personetics Technologies

Personetics' self-driving finance platform for banks to anticipate a customer's personalized banking needs through artificial intelligence.

3

Funding Rounds

$93.0m

Money raised

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Openpath Security Inc.

Openpath Security Inc. is a Culver City, California-based cybersecurity company offering mobile and cloud-enabled access control systems.

3

Funding Rounds

$63.0m

Money raised

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Wise

Wise, previously TransferWise, is a company that offers money transfers services founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus.

6

Funding Rounds

$898.4m

Money raised

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Socure

Socure is a New York City-based developer of an identity verification and fraud risk solution.

8

Funding Rounds

$646.9m

Money raised

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Sayari

A company offering a business intelligence and risk management platform.

5

Funding Rounds

$57.2m

Money raised

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SynFutures

SynFutures is a decentralized Derivatives Protocol.

3

Funding Rounds

$15.4m

Money raised

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SirionLabs

SirionLabs provides a contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform for enterprises.

4

Funding Rounds

$146.0m

Money raised

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Roofstock

Roofstock is a real estate investment marketplace founded in May 2015 by Gary Beasley, Gregor Watson, Devin Wade, and Rich Ford.

7

Funding Rounds

$365.3m

Money raised

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Pods

Pods is a decentralized non-custodial options protocol. Users can create options and trade them through an Options AMM on the Ethereum Blockchain.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.6m

Money raised

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Primitive Finance

Primitive - Crypto derivative products built on the Replicating Market Maker protocol, an oracle-free solution to scalable and efficient on-chain derivatives.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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Deel (company)

Deel is a technology company offering a human resources management system solution for businesses working with global remote contractors.

10

Funding Rounds

$1.1b

Money raised

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Alloy (software company)

Alloy is a San Francisco-based software company developing a platform for inventory and shipment visibility, including sell-in and sell-through analytics.

2

Funding Rounds

$15.3m

Money raised

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TradingView

TradingView is a platform which provides instruments for publication and the viewing of trading ideas.

7

Funding Rounds

$638.8m

Money raised

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Vertalo

Vertalo is a digital transfer agent that connects and enables a digital asset ecosystem, offering primary capital formation, on-chain share registry, and access to secondary liquidity.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

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Prosper

Prosper is an online peer-to-peer lending marketplace connecting people who want to borrow money with individuals and institutions who want to lend money.

9

Funding Rounds

$312.9m

Money raised

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Patreon

Patreon is a San Francisco-based crowdfunding platform for artists and creators founded by Jack Conte and Sam Yam in 2013.

8

Funding Rounds

$398.6m

Money raised

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Bitso

Bitso is a cryptocurrency exchange for buying and selling Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, TrueUSD, Decentraland, Golem, and Basic Attention Token.

9

Funding Rounds

$378.4m

Money raised

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N26 (bank)

N26 is a is a mobile banking company headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

14

Funding Rounds

$2.5b

Money raised

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Unqork

Unqork is a software company that offers a no-code, software as a service (SaaS) development platform for creating and managing enterprise applications for companies providing insurance and financial services.

5

Funding Rounds

$365.2m

Money raised

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Polarity

Polarity is a computer software company. It has developed a system that analyzes the contents of users'​ computer screens and gives them real-time access to information without affecting their existing workflow.

3

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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Revolut

Revolut is a London-based Fintech startup and bank offering mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange services.

12

Funding Rounds

$1.7b

Money raised

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Adarga (company)

Adarga is a UK-based artificial intelligence software provider working with customers across defense, national security, and commercial organizations.

4

Funding Rounds

$51.0m

Money raised

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BlockFi

BlockFi is a blockchain platform for high-interest crypto accounts and low-cost credit products.

22

Funding Rounds

$1.4b

Money raised

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EVEN Financial

EVEN Financial offers a B2B2C API to help connect financial institutions to consumers, and connect consumers to personalized financial products.

3

Funding Rounds

$46.8m

Money raised

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Mercury

Mercury is a company making banking products for startups based in San Francisco and backed by a16z.

4

Funding Rounds

$126.0m

Money raised

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Kalshi

A federally regulated financial exchange that allows investors to trade directly on the anticipated outcome of future events. It was founded in 2019 and is located in New York, New York.

3

Funding Rounds

$30.6m

Money raised

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Juno

Juno, previously known as OnJuno, is a neobanking platform that offers interest-earning personal checking accounts. The platform allows all transactions to be managed from an iPhone or Android application, and users can be paid in cryptocurrency through direct deposit.

4

Funding Rounds

$33.2m

Money raised

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Matrixport

Matrixport is a cryptocurrency financial services platform enabling users to earn, invest, trade, loan and purchase crypto assets.

1

Funding Rounds

$100.0m

Money raised

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CyberCube Analytics

CyberCube Analytics delivers a cyber risk analytics platform that is specifically designed for the insurance industry.

4

Funding Rounds

$140.0m

Money raised

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Tala (company)

Tala is a financial technology company with a mobile application to manage personal loan. Founded in 2011 and has headquarters in Santa Monica, California.

9

Funding Rounds

$363.2m

Money raised

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ScaleFactor

ScaleFactor is an Austin, Texas-based SaaS company offering services in bookkeeping and accounting.

4

Funding Rounds

$102.5m

Money raised

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Luno

Luno is a cryptocurrency company founded in 2013 by Marcus Swanepoel.

4

Funding Rounds

$13.7m

Money raised

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OpenInvest

Investing tool and Public Benefit Corporation that emphasizes social responsibility.

6

Funding Rounds

$34.7m

Money raised

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Chainalysis

Chainalysis is a company that provides tools for cryptocurrency analysis, compliance, and investigation.

13

Funding Rounds

$655.6m

Money raised

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App Samurai

App Samurai is a San Francisco-based company that provides mobile marketing technology.

4

Funding Rounds

$4.4m

Money raised

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Starling Bank

Starling is an UK-based mobile-first digital banking startup.

10

Funding Rounds

$1.1b

Money raised

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SourceScrub, Inc.

Sourcescrub, Inc. is a San Francisco-headquartered software and data company offering a deal sourcing and tracking platform with data warehousing for the merger and acquisition industry founded in 2014.

1

Funding Rounds

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Ramp (financial technology company)

Ramp is a New York-based company focusing on a finance automation platform.

9

Funding Rounds

$1.4b

Money raised

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Udaan (company)

Udaan is an Indian business-to-business e-commerce company based in Bengalore. It was registered as Hiveloop Technology pvt.ltd. in 2016.

10

Funding Rounds

$5.5b

Money raised

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Crowdcube

Platform allowing individuals to invest in small companies for equity or annual returns.

12

Funding Rounds

$25.2m

Money raised

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Qover

Qover designs, builds, and distributes digital insurance solutions for fast-growing companies across Europe.

9

Funding Rounds

$96.3m

Money raised

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ARCA

A company offering a full-service digital asset management platform with its own stablecoin cryptocurrency pegged to US treasury bonds called the Arca UST Coin.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Tasktop

Tasktop provides companies with visibility into software portfolios and develops actionable insights for business value.

4

Funding Rounds

$129.6m

Money raised

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Shift Technology

An insurance technology company offering artificially intelligent software for insurance fraud detection and claims handling.

10

Funding Rounds

$568.0m

Money raised

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Yapstone

Yapstone provides flexible and customizable payment solutions.

1

Funding Rounds

$71.0m

Money raised

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GoCardless

GoCardless is a payments company that developed global payments network based on the bank to bank payment systems. It participated in the S11 cohort of Y Combinator

12

Funding Rounds

$914.3m

Money raised