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Best Payments Companies in Berlin, Germany

The 48 best Payments companies in Berlin, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Moss.

48companies tracked
$429.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
20have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · PAYMENTS × BERLIN

Our analysis of 150 Payments companies

$44.9b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

150companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
33unicorns
2018median founding year
118kcombined LinkedIn audience
56%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Payments companies in Berlin

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1402PAYMENT
Online platform offering payment processing solutions for businesses
———Eric Pitts
Founder
———
2AirBooks
Cloud invoicing for software.
———Rudolf Schmidt
Co-Founder & CTO
———
3BankingCheck
Rating platform for financial products
——51Daniel Bodger
ex-Founder
DrupalPHPChart.js+10Top 5M—
4Better Payment
Payment gateway provider
——15—WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+25Top 50M—
5BetterBill
Software-based platform for payments and collections solutions
———Frank Dietel
Managing Director
———
6Billing API
Online payment and invoicing solution
———Christian Anger
Founder & CEO
———
7Conlio
Provider of AI-based audit and payment solutions for logistics
———Claudio Consul
Founder & CEO
——1 internship
8FinMont
Platform offering payment orchestration solutions for travel businesses
———Subhakara Valluri
CEO
———

Top 12 Payments companies in Berlin

#1
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020 · 141 employees
$82.3Mraised
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Provider of payment and card management solutions for business optimisation. The company offers payment applications, APIs, and cards-as-a-service. These products allow businesses to streamline payment processes. The platform provides features such as real-time monitoring, spend control, and accounting automation. It also offers card issuance, global bank transfers, and transaction insights.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 22%
Funding
top 25%
Tech
top 34%
Product
top 34%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
Funding: Raised $82.3M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 5 yrs (1.4/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2025)
Tech: 38 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Audience (LinkedIn): 17k LinkedIn followers — 14.1% of this cohort's audience · 53 engagements/post (2.6× cohort median)
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Business Development Manager - Eastern European Markets, Enterprise Sales Manager
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series B$40M
  • Apr 2024Series A$19.1M
  • Jan 2024Series A$8.8M
  • Jan 2024Conventional Debt$109.5M
Founders & team
Malte RauCo-Founder & CEOFabian TernerCo-Founder & CPO/COO
Investors
SBI Investment, MS&AD Ventures, neosfer, Motive Partners, Alstin Capital, PayPal Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBootstrapCalendlyCloudflare
#2
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 30 employees
$20.8Mraised
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Provider of modular platform for payment and financial infrastructure management. The platform offers workflows, integrations, and scalability for payment operations. It provides payment orchestration, token vault, network tokenization, and secure authentication. The platform also includes reconciliation, automation, global payouts, and unified analytics. It offers solutions for increasing checkout conversions, launching new markets, and reducing payment costs.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 36%
Talent
top 38%
Tech
top 39%
Moat
top 39%
Growth
bottom 40%
Global
bottom 37%
Funding: Raised $20.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series A (Jun 2025)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 30 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Sentry
Audience (LinkedIn): 18k LinkedIn followers — 15.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Payrails) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$32M
  • Jun 2023Seed$14.4M
  • Mar 2022Seed$6.4M
Founders & team
Orkhan AbdullayevCo-Founder & CEOEmre TalayCOO / Co-Founder
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, HV Capital, General Catalyst, EQT
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Font Api
#3
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2017 · 3 employees
$1.3Mraised
▾

Provider of open banking API solutions to banks and financial institutions. It builds white-label products in order to serve the customers on the level of personalization. It enables banks to build products such as neo-banks, mobile banking channels, personal finance tools, and more. It also provides an AI-enabled algorithm of behavioural analytics, a financial services connector for connecting with third parties, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Innovation
top 39%
Product
top 43%
Funding
top 47%
News
top 48%
Moat
top 48%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Innovation: 5 product lines
Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Seed
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Corpay Inc.) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed$2.7M
  • Oct 2023Seed—
  • May 2023Seed—
  • Jan 2021Seed$1.2M
Founders & team
Martin DamaskeCo-Founder & CFOPhilipp BuschmannCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
astorya.vc, Angels Den Funding, Brand & Co, Techstars, Tyr Ventures, Alumni Ventures
Tech stack
PrismicNode.JsVue.JsNuxt.JsGoogle Tag ManagerUnpkg
#4
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2018
$8Mraised
▾

Digital wallet solutions provider for businesses. The platform provides plug-and-play solutions for customer engagement, payment integration, QR code payments, customized dashboards, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 43%
Talent
top 45%
Global
bottom 36%
Funding: Raised $8.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Apr 2025)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record
Global: Investors from 1 country beyond Germany
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Seed$8M
Founders & team
Anna BojicCo-Founder & Co-CEOMarc LampeCo-Founder & Co-CEO
Investors
Earlybird, b2venture
#5
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019 · 26 employees
$147.8Mraised
▾

Provider of a platform for managing company spending and automating finance. The platform offers accounts payable, corporate cards, and reimbursements. It features automated invoice processing, receipt capture, and expense categorization. The platform integrates with accounting, ERP, HR, and productivity tools.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 20%
Moat
top 21%
Tech
top 22%
Talent
top 28%
Innovation
top 31%
Funding
top 33%
Growth: Headcount 10 → 26 (+160%) across vintages
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 21 patents · Soonicorn
Tech: 56 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud · Devops: Envoy
Audience (LinkedIn): 31k LinkedIn followers — 26.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Series B—
  • Sep 2023Conventional Debt$53.4M
  • Jan 2022Series B$85.3M
  • Aug 2021Series A$29.3M
Founders & team
Harald WendelTechnical Co-Founder & Svp EngineeringStephan HaslebacherCo-Founder & COOAnte SpittlerCo-Founder
Investors
HSBC Innovation Banking, Valar Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Tiger Global Management, A Star
Tech stack
AceAosApple Sign-InBabelBackbone.JsCdnjs
#6
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 19 employees
$6.3Mraised
▾

Wallet-enabled prepaid reloadable card with investment solutions

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 4.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. b'steuern) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Seed$5.1M
  • Apr 2023Seed—
  • Sep 2021Angel$1.2M
Investors
PactVC, Seed X Liechtenstein, EXXETA, Material Ventures, Bronk Venture Capital
Tech stack
AdjustAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapFramer SitesGoogle Font Api
#7
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2025
$500Kraised
▾

Provider of fleet finance solutions with integrated expense management. It offers a single card for fuel, EV charging, and other fleet expenses, providing real-time data, reporting, and fraud detection. Spending limits and driver-specific controls are implemented through an easy-to-use admin panel. The platform offers real-time transaction tracking and customizable analytics dashboards to help manage fleet costs effectively. Physical and virtual cards are issued quickly, accepted across a wide network.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • 2025Seed$500K
Founders & team
Nick TeleckiCo-Founder & CEOThiago PeresCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Y Combinator, StartupLanes
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailHstsMicrosoft 365Next.JsNext.Js App RouterNode.Js
#8
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 22 employees
$15.7Mraised
▾

Provider of a card and app for kids and teens. It offers a prepaid card for children to learn secure payment methods. The app allows parents to manage allowances and monitor spending. Features include savings tools, family organizers, and educational support. It also provides mobile phone plans and insurance options.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 22%
Talent
top 28%
Growth
top 40%
Funding
top 44%
Product
bottom 48%
Global
bottom 39%
Tech: 61 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Varnish
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Web rank 500,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · App-install growth +46% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers — 4.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Business Operations Manager
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Series A$12M
  • Dec 2022Seed$3.7M
  • Apr 2022Angel—
Founders & team
Nils FeigenwinterCo-Founder & CEOLeon StephanCo-Founder & CTOTobias MundingerCo-Founder
Investors
La Famiglia, Peak, IBB Ventures, Prediction Capital, Angel Invest Ventures, Owl Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAwinCdnjsChargebeeCloudflare
#9
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2011 · 104 employees
$36.3Mraised
▾

Provider of POS solutions for restaurants. Features includes invoicing, taking orders, track invoices, digital orders, mobile ordering, real-time data analysis, cashless payment acceptance, accounting, reporting, and more. It offers solutions for bars, restaurants, cafes, and other food businesses.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 4.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. GGM Gastro (Gastrobedarf & Großküchentechnik)) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2019Series C—
  • Jan 2019Grant (prize money)—
  • May 2016Series C$22.8M
  • Oct 2014Series B$10M
Founders & team
Bastian SchmidtkeCo-FounderDavid FeichterCEO
Investors
ALSTIN Capital, Concardis, Deutsche Bank, ALSTIN I, Yttrium, METRO GROUP
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud MailAtlassian Statuspage
#10
Acqui-Hired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2012
$51Mraised
▾

Card payments on mobile phones.

Founders & team
Rafael OteroCo-FounderKonstantin WolffCo-FounderAlberto AdoriniFounder & CEO
Investors
Seventure Partners, RTP Global, New Enterprise Associates, Maya, HV Capital, Rocket Internet
#11
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2011 · 121 employees
$29.7Mraised
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Provider of cloud-based POS and payment platform for restaurants. It offers a comprehensive solution integrating point-of-sale functionality, payment processing, inventory management, and advanced analytics. The platform is designed to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and provide real-time insights into restaurant performance. Features include online ordering capabilities, table management tools, staff scheduling, and accounting integration. The system also offers offline functionality and 24/7 support. It is adaptable to various restaurant types and sizes, supporting multiple locations and offering customizable integrations with third-party services.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2017Series B$17.1M
  • Feb 2017Series B$8.6M
  • Dec 2015Series A$4M
Investors
Radeberger Group, Endeit Capital, Entree Capital, Mujinzo Labs
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon Web ServicesAngularjsBootstrapCart FunctionalityCdnjs
#12
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2014 · 55 employees
$19Mraised
▾

Fraugster is a payment fraud protection API plugin service provider. Its technology solution uses artificial intelligence to protect fraudulent attacks. The company's solution can be integrated with merchants website, receives customers information, and more. Its AI engine analyzes the user behavioural pattern to determine the fraudulent cases. Clients include Ingenico ePayments, Six Payments and more.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2018Series B$14M
  • Jan 2017Series A$5M
Investors
CommerzVentures, Earlybird, Speedinvest, Seedcamp, Rancilio Cube SICAF, Munich Re Ventures

Funding & investor landscape

$429.8Mtotal disclosed funding
18companies funded
37disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
HV Capital3 rounds
Plug and Play Tech Center3 rounds
b2venture3 rounds
neosfer3 rounds
ALSTIN Capital2 rounds
ALSTIN I2 rounds
Argo Ventures2 rounds
Atlantic Ventures2 rounds
CommerzVentures2 rounds
Earlybird2 rounds

Notable founders

Malte Rau
Co-Founder & CEO · pliant
Fabian Terner
Co-Founder & CPO/COO · pliant
Orkhan Abdullayev
Co-Founder & CEO · Payrails
Emre Talay
COO / Co-Founder · Payrails
Martin Damaske
Co-Founder & CFO · AAZZUR
Philipp Buschmann
Co-Founder & CEO · AAZZUR
Anna Bojic
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Wallet Studio
Marc Lampe
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Wallet Studio
Harald Wendel
Technical Co-Founder & Svp Engineering · Moss
Stephan Haslebacher
Co-Founder & COO · Moss
Nick Telecki
Co-Founder & CEO · Rally
Thiago Peres
Co-Founder & CTO · Rally
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,106,351 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Payments coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH FROM Berlin · institutions

What Berlin researches in digital payments

12 papersstance -0.0110% breakthrough60% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Healthcare Policy and ManagementHealthcare Quality and ManagementMicrofinance and Financial InclusionHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealthcare cost, quality, practicesAcute Ischemic Stroke Management
top institutions
  • Technische Universität Berlin6
  • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin2
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin2
  • Steinbeis University Berlin1
  • HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences1

Common questions

How many Payments companies are there in Berlin, Germany?
Radar tracks 48 indexable Payments companies headquartered in Berlin, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Payments companies in Berlin, Germany?
The Payments companies in Berlin, Germany on this list have raised a combined $429.8M in disclosed equity funding across 18 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Payments company in Berlin, Germany?
Moss is the highest-funded Payments company in Berlin, Germany, with $147.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Payments companies in Berlin, Germany are funded?
18 of the 48 Payments companies in Berlin, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Payments unicorns are there in Berlin, Germany?
None of the Payments companies in Berlin, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Berlin, Germany Payments companies?
The most active investors in Berlin, Germany Payments companies on this list include HV Capital, Plug and Play Tech Center, b2venture, neosfer, ALSTIN Capital.
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