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Best FinTech Companies in Scottsdale, United States

The 89 best FinTech companies in Scottsdale, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Lessen.

89companies tracked
$874.4Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
30have raised
Sector wealth & growth · validated company filings
$180Mmedian revenue
+8%median YoY growth
$89.0Bcombined revenue pool
130companies reporting

Biggest earners American Express Co ($10.5B, +9% YoY), Mastercard Inc ($8.3B, +13% YoY), Flex Ltd. ($6.6B, +4% YoY), Fiserv Inc ($5.0B, +10% YoY)

FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FINTECH × SCOTTSDALE

Our analysis of 243 FinTech companies

$56.0b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

243companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
45unicorns
2018median founding year
160kcombined LinkedIn audience
60%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best FinTech companies in Scottsdale

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Lessen 🦄
Provider of property maintenance and improvement solutions for commercial and residential
$705M41 mo agoSeries C540
540 → 1,037 (+92%)
Jay McKee
Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailSwiper+21—2 internships · 1 launch
2Blockfills
Regular trading platform for cryptocurrency
$44M53 mo agoSeries A44Gordon Wallace
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+29——
3EquipiFi
Cloud-based point of sale financing solution
$16M2 mo agoSeries B37Bryce Deeney
CEO
HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web ServicesLazySizes+19——
4Dash
Digital currency for making payments
$16M101 mo agoSeries B——WordPressMySQLPHP+2828 patents
Industrial fastening and plug assemblies with wear‑monitoring for containers and metalwork.
1 launch · 1 partnership
5ZIVELO
Offers self-service digital kiosk and digital signage solutions for retail, QSR, healthcare, etc markets
$16M97 mo agoAcquired—Healey Cypher
CEO
—37 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
—
6Monetary Metals
Monetary Metals delivers a yield on gold, paid in gold, via its Gold Yield Marketplace platform, by offering…
57Innovation top 32%Tech top 33%Growth top 35%Funding top 36%
All 9 signals ▾
Innovationtop 32%
Techtop 33%
Growthtop 35%
Fundingtop 36%
Producttop 36%
Moattop 39%
Talentbottom 49%
Marketbottom 37%
Globalbottom 37%
Innovation: 4 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Blockchain
Tech: 46 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100
$14M3 mo agoSeries A22Keith Weiner
Founder & CEO
WordPress Block EditorWordPressSentry+31——
7ALPHA10X
Investment management firm
$9M52 mo agoSeed33————
8Zivoe Finance
Online platform offering cryptocurrency lending
$8M23 mo agoSeries A—Thor Abbasi
Co-Founder
Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+12—1 partnership
9Uplinq
Uplinq automates bookkeeping and tax for small businesses
$8M13 mo agoSeries A—Alex Glenn
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+22——
10Arcade
Provider of blockchain-based gaming platform
$8M28 mo agoSeries A34—WordPressMySQLPHP+224 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
—
11InShare
Risk and claims management for the insurance industry
$8M57 mo agoSeed14Sean Fitzsimmons
Co-Founder & CUO
PleskWindows ServerApexCharts.js+17——
12BusyKid
Finance learning solutions for kids
$6M34 mo agoSeries A97Gregg Murset
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+26——
13TRAY
Offers POS solutions for the restaurants and service industry
$2M20 mo agoSeed24Peter Kellis
Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+23——
14LDIntelligence
Platform offering solutions for retirement planning
$2M30 mo agoSeed16————
15InfoArmor
Identity theft protection & threat intelligence solution
$2M112 mo agoAcquired310—Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Node.js+172 patents
Automated email unsubscribe and data deletion for compliance and CRM systems
—
16K-MOTION
Provider of a 3D motion capture device for sports performance analysis
$2M115 mo agoSeries A33Michael Chu
CEO & CGO
WordPressVisual ComposerSentry+4040 patents
Ergonomic office workstations and fluid dispensing solutions for improved workplace efficiency
—
17iJoin
Employee retirement investment planning software provider
$2M59 mo agoAcquired10
10 → 22 (+120%)
—WordPressMySQLPHP+28——
18Involio
Provider of a platform for users to mimic crypto trading
$1M3 mo agoSeed—Ryan Pace
Co-Founder & CEO
SentryDartFlutter+11——
19Zuza
Platform offering POS solution for offline businesses
$1M56 mo agoDeadpooled58DANNY MIKHAIL
CEO & President
———
20Savvy Trader
AI-powered platform that enables users to discover, create, share, and track virtual paper portfolios
$1M27 mo agoSeed—Hamid Shojaee
Founder & CEO
SentryGoogle Sign-inMUI+18——
21Involio
Platform for verified social investing, allowing users to view investors with verified track records across…
$885K47 mo agoSeed11Cy Watson
Co-Founder
DartFlutterAmazon Web Services+10——
22NetChain²
Accounts receivable & payable management
$640K112 mo agoDeadpooled—Trent Walker
CEO
———
23Billfire
Provider of accounts receivable automation platform for B2B credit teams
$531K74 mo agoFunding Raised20
20 → 16 (-20%)
John Lockhart
CEO
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+22—1 launch
24Gearfire
Provider of capital financing solutions
$312K74 mo agoFunding Raised35
35 → 52 (+49%)
Mike Medley
Founder & President
Cart FunctionalityWordPressDrupal+26——
25Token IQ
Decentralized platform offering ICO launch services
$175K86 mo agoAcquired2Mark Vange
Co-Founder & Chairman
—10 patents
Digital token-based value transfer and electronic payment processing systems
—
26Cuanto
Provider of mobile commerce solutions for e-commerce businesses
$150K87 mo agoSeed12Felipe Echandi
Co-Founder & CEO
———
27SafeSourcing
Cloud-based sourcing and e-procurement solutions
$124K65 mo agoFunding Raised6Ron Southard
CEO
———

Top 12 FinTech companies in Scottsdale

#1
Series B · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2021 · 37 employees
$16.3Mraised
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Cloud-based point of sale financing solution. It offers a solution that enables financial institutions to provide a buy now pay later option to the end customer. It uses APIs to integrate existing customers with accounts and debit cards. It features a decision engine with customized real-time parameters for approvals, automated push notifications, a dashboard for monitoring performance and usage, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series B$34M
  • Jun 2025Series A$2.4M
  • Dec 2024Series A$989.3K
  • May 2022Series A$13.3M
Founders & team
Bryce DeeneyCEO
Investors
PHX Ventures, Curql, SixThirty, Revolution, New Stack Ventures, SaaS Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAosCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#2
Series A · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2012 · 22 employees
$14Mraised
▾

Monetary Metals delivers a yield on gold, paid in gold, via its Gold Yield Marketplace platform, by offering gold-denominated financing to qualified companies in the precious metals industry. Through its gold leases and gold bonds, investors and institutions worldwide earn a yield on gold and silver every month, compounding their holdings over time with no storage fees. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Monetary Metals is a different kind of gold company. Unlike others that simply buy or sell gold for dollar price appreciation, Monetary Metals unlocks the productivity of gold by matching investors who hold gold and silver with qualified precious metals businesses who need financing, including mints, refiners, jewelry manufacturers, miners, and recyclers. The businesses benefit from financing denominated in metal—which removes the need to hedge their price exposure—and owners of gold and silver can benefit from growing their total ounces of metal. The company offers two primary gold fixed income products: gold leases and gold bonds (gold bonds are for accredited investors only), which deliver income paid in physical ounces rather than dollars, eliminating sto

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 32%
Tech
top 33%
Growth
top 35%
Funding
top 36%
Product
top 36%
Moat
top 39%
Innovation: 4 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Blockchain
Tech: 46 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers — 6.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series A$2.1M
  • Dec 2024Conventional Debt$75.5K
  • Aug 2024Conventional Debt$30.6M
  • Jul 2024Series A$5.6M
Founders & team
Keith WeinerFounder & CEO
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCdnjs
#3
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2021
$1.3Mraised
▾

Provider of a platform for users to mimic crypto trading. The platform allows users to discover and mimic moves of top traders. It offers social feeds with information and immutable track records from traders. The platform also allows users to share trades and earn when others copy.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Ryan PaceCo-Founder & CEOCy WatsonCo-Founder
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDart
#4
Series A · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2018
$8.1Mraised
▾

Uplinq automates bookkeeping and tax for small businesses. It offers AI-powered solutions to simplify accounting tasks, putting accounting on autopilot and providing real-time access to financial reports. The service includes features for tax compliance, tax strategy optimization, and catching up on overdue bookkeeping. Human oversight is integrated to handle complex issues and optimize tax strategies. The platform integrates with various financial accounts and tools, streamlining the entire accounting process for small business owners.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 2.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A$10M
  • Mar 2024Seed$2.5M
  • Aug 2022Seed$5.6M
Founders & team
Alex GlennCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
AZ-VC, LiveOak Venture Partners, Live Oak Bank, Merus Capital, Next Coast Ventures
Tech stack
ClickbankCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#5
Lessen 🦄
Series C · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2019 · 540 employees
$705Mraised
▾

Provider of property maintenance and improvement solutions for commercial and residential. The company offers services including repairs, maintenance, capital projects, and make-readies. It focuses on simplifying complexities and delivering value through technology and a vendor network. The company serves commercial occupiers, owners, residential owners, and managers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 40k LinkedIn followers — 25.0% of this cohort's audience · 34 engagements/post (2.9× cohort median)
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Conventional Debt—
  • Jan 2023Series C$500M
  • Nov 2021Series B$170M
  • Jun 2021Series A$35M
Founders & team
Jay McKeeFounder & CEO
Investors
Fifth Wall, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Navitas Capital, Monroe Capital, Invitation Homes
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApple Icloud MailBootstrap
#6
Series A · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2017
$8.3Mraised
▾

Online platform offering cryptocurrency lending. It offers a cryptocurrency lending platform where users can apply and get funded through cryptocurrency.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 324 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Humla Ventures) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Series A$8.3M
Founders & team
Thor AbbasiCo-FounderJohn QuarnstromCo-FounderJay AbbasiCo-Founder
Investors
Icebergcapitalae.com, Concave
#7
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2013 · 24 employees
$2Mraised
▾

Offers POS solutions for the restaurants and service industry. The platform provides customized Android devices with cloud-based management and reporting portal. Its offerings include cloud-based terminals, pay at the table server, pay at the table server handhelds, self-service ordering, seat-ordering app, wall-mounted kiosks, and self-service ordering kiosks.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Seed—
  • Dec 2021Seed$2M
  • 2017Seed—
Founders & team
Peter KellisFounder & CEO
Investors
Greycroft, AgFunder, Graphene Ventures, Al Raeda, The Entrepreneurship Hatchery, Mucker
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularAosApache Http ServerBootstrap
#8
Series A · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2021 · 34 employees
$8Mraised
▾

Provider of blockchain-based gaming platform. It is a paly-to-earn arcade gaming platform for gamers and game developers. The platform enables users to play real-time games and earn in-game rewards through it.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Series A$4.8M
  • Oct 2022Seed$3.2M
Investors
CRYPTO, Solana Ventures, Shima Capital, KuCoin, GSR, Tenzor Capital
#9
Series A · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2017 · 44 employees
$44Mraised
▾

Regular trading platform for cryptocurrency. It offers cryptocurrency liquidity solutions. It provides streaming price aggregation, RFQ and RFS interfaces, mobile applications, and market analytics. It offers other services including direct fiat dealing, custodial services, and an e-wallet.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Series A$37M
  • May 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Gordon WallaceCo-FounderBrad NagelaCo-Founder
Investors
CME Group, Simplex, Future Perfect Ventures, Visionary Private Equity Group, Jackdaw Capital, SIG
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFont Awesome
#10
Series A · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2010 · 97 employees
$6.4Mraised
▾

Finance learning solutions for kids. It provides payment cards & financial training tools for children and provides courses on how to manage money. It also offers an app-based platform that is available on iOS & Android devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 692 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2023Series A$3.9M
  • Dec 2020Series A$4.5M
  • Aug 2018Seed$471.8K
  • Nov 2013Seed$400K
Founders & team
Gregg MursetCo-Founder & CEOMike PrusinskiCo-Founder & President
Investors
Deepbridge Capital
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#11
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2012 · 16 employees
$2Mraised
▾

Platform offering solutions for retirement planning. It offers a plan enrollment and a goal-based managed account program that aligns with saver’s situation and goals.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Seed$2M
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpDiviYoast SeoNginx
#12
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2022
$1Mraised
▾

AI-powered platform that enables users to discover, create, share, and track virtual paper portfolios. It utilizes AI-powered finance and investing tools to provide users with real-time stock, crypto, and other investment data. It aims to democratize access to investment information and empower individuals to take control of their financial decisions. It offers a range of features, including portfolio modification, earnings tracking, and social sharing, to facilitate a community-driven approach to investing.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 14k LinkedIn followers — 8.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Seed$1M
Founders & team
Hamid ShojaeeFounder & CEO
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAosCloudflare

Funding & investor landscape

$874.4Mtotal disclosed funding
27companies funded
58disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
AZ-VC2 rounds
Navitas Capital2 rounds
75 & Sunny1 rounds
972121 rounds
AZ Disruptors1 rounds
AgFunder1 rounds
Al Raeda1 rounds
All Blue Capital1 rounds
Alpha Crypto1 rounds
Alpine Meridian1 rounds

Notable founders

Bryce Deeney
CEO · EquipiFi
Keith Weiner
Founder & CEO · Monetary Metals
Ryan Pace
Co-Founder & CEO · Involio
Cy Watson
Co-Founder · Involio
Alex Glenn
Co-Founder & CEO · Uplinq
Jay McKee
Founder & CEO · Lessen
Thor Abbasi
Co-Founder · Zivoe Finance
John Quarnstrom
Co-Founder · Zivoe Finance
Peter Kellis
Founder & CEO · TRAY
Gordon Wallace
Co-Founder · Blockfills
Brad Nagela
Co-Founder · Blockfills
Gregg Murset
Co-Founder & CEO · BusyKid
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,947,148 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of FinTech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Fintech is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 907 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201620212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 23% → 38% across 2016–2026.
top research entities
  • Film Independent54
  • United States Department of Commerce26
  • Community Partners22
  • University of Virginia18
  • International Monetary Fund12
leading researchers
Crypto Education Research Lab · Kapil Dharika · Bibitayo Ebunlomo Abikoye · Adesola Oluwatosin Adelaja · Stanley Chidozie Umeorah · Pingale, Mandar Vijay · Hajwane, Shaeena Samir · Rogers, Anuoluwapo
▲ Breakthroughs97 · 11%
▲ 0%→11% share
0 median citations96% since 2021mostly methods-led
Financial services breakthroughs surged from 0% to 11% field-share, with 41 brand-new papers signaling rapid discovery.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services42
  • Database transaction16
  • Payment15
  • Scalability12
  • Credit risk11
Newly emergingFinancial services 0→41 · Database transaction 0→15 · Payment 0→14
Landmark E.T.-RNN · 87 cites
◆ Advancements352 · 39%
▲ 28%→41% share
▲1.5× share momentum0 median citations95% since 2021mostly empirical
Financial inclusion advancements intensified sharply — papers rose from 2 to 74, with financial literacy newly entering at 32 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services7→190
  • Financial inclusion2→74
  • Payment2→50
  • Mobile payment3→29
  • Leverage (statistics)1→21
Newly emergingTransformative learning 0→37 · Database transaction 0→34 · Financial literacy 0→32
Landmark Fintech Adoption Drivers for Innovation for SMEs in Indonesia · 143 cites
▼ Concerns281 · 31%
▼ 56%→29% share
▼0.5× share momentum0 median citations83% since 2021mostly empirical
Concern-flagged cryptocurrency papers grew from 1 to 17, while financial market risk newly emerged with 22 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services9→149
  • Financial inclusion1→56
  • Payment2→27
  • Investment (military)1→19
  • Cryptocurrency1→17
Newly emergingFinancial market 0→22 · Big data 0→18 · Corporate governance 0→18
Landmark The FinTech Opportunity · 433 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where fintech is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

New York25 · +0.24
Hot · Financial servicesAdvancing · Credit riskOpportunity · Big dataConcern · Financial innovation
Seattle14 · +0.21
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · LoanConcern · Financial inclusion
Philadelphia13 · +0.19
Hot · Digital transformationAdvancing · Financial servicesOpportunity · Leverage (statistics)
Boston12 · +0.34
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Financial innovation
Los Angeles8 · +0.42
Hot · Credit riskOpportunity · Financial services
Ann Arbor8 · +0.49
Hot · Financial servicesAdvancing · Financial inclusionOpportunity · Risk management
SF Bay Area5 · +0.42
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Leverage (statistics)
Chicago5 · +0.08
Opportunity · Financial market
Atlanta5 · +0.36
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Credit card
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing fintech patents in the United States

United States fintech patent filing is accelerating — 20 filings from 16 assignees (2016–2025), led by Mastercard International, Verifone, Financial Cloud Innovations; annual filings 1→7.

20 filings16 assigneespeak 7/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Mastercard International20
  • Verifone4
  • Financial Cloud Innovations2
  • Atombeam Technologies2
  • Salah ALI Khalil1
  • LNW Gaming1
  • Kassetty Nikhil1
  • DR Mariappan RAJA1

Common questions

How many FinTech companies are there in Scottsdale, United States?
Radar tracks 89 indexable FinTech companies headquartered in Scottsdale, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by FinTech companies in Scottsdale, United States?
The FinTech companies in Scottsdale, United States on this list have raised a combined $874.4M in disclosed equity funding across 27 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded FinTech company in Scottsdale, United States?
Lessen is the highest-funded FinTech company in Scottsdale, United States, with $705M in disclosed equity funding.
How many FinTech companies in Scottsdale, United States are funded?
27 of the 89 FinTech companies in Scottsdale, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many FinTech unicorns are there in Scottsdale, United States?
1 FinTech company in Scottsdale, United States on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Scottsdale, United States FinTech companies?
The most active investors in Scottsdale, United States FinTech companies on this list include AZ-VC, Navitas Capital, 75 & Sunny, 97212, AZ Disruptors.
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