Best Payments Companies in Netherlands
The 122 best Payments companies in Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Mollie.
Ranking the top Payments companies in Netherlands by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, this directory tracks 122 firms that together have pulled in $1.5B in disclosed capital. Mollie dominates that stack almost entirely on its own, having raised $940M, which is the kind of figure that skews every sector average and tells you exactly where investor conviction landed. CM Telecom follows at $136M, then Silverflow at $36M. One unicorn has emerged from this cohort. The global payments market sat at roughly $511.9B in 2022 and is forecast to reach $847.6B by 2027, a CAGR of around 8.9%, driven by open banking mandates, contactless adoption, and blockchain infrastructure. Gaps in regulation remain a structural wildcard, and you'd be wise to track how that shapes Dutch operators specifically.
So what does the funding distribution actually tell you? Mostly that this ecosystem is top-heavy. Strip out Mollie and the remaining 121 companies share roughly $560M, with most sitting well below $10M raised. I'd describe the mid-tier as underfunded relative to the market opportunity. Hot themes right now include faster payments infrastructure and flight disruption payments, and payment disputes crossing borders are surfacing as a real regulatory pressure point globally. Antler and General Atlantic are the names showing up most consistently on cap tables here.
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.
Ranked: Best Payments companies in Netherlands
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mollie 🦄 Provider of online and in-person payment processing solutions for businesses 87Tech top 19%Market top 21%Moat top 26%Funding top 28% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 19% Markettop 21% Moattop 26% Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 30% Customerstop 31% Globaltop 36% Producttop 37% Newstop 39% Innovationtop 47% Tech: 61 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud Market: 800 employees (top 10% of FinTech) · Top-50,000 web property rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $940M | 60 mo ago | 800 | Adriaan Mol Founder | Cart FunctionalityFramer SitesApple iCloud Mail+17 | Top 50k | 3 expansions |
| 2 | Adyen Provider of end-to-end payment, data, and financial management platform solutions 80Tech top 21%Market top 22%Innovation top 23%Global top 25% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 21% Markettop 22% Innovationtop 23% Globaltop 25% Producttop 27% Fundingtop 38% Fin. healthtop 38% Moattop 39% Newstop 42% Partnerstop 45% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 42% Tech: 53 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Netlify Market: 3,883 employees (top 2% of FinTech) · Revenue ~$17.9M rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $266M | 128 mo ago | 3,883 | Ingo Uytdehaage Co-Chief Executive Officer | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+30 | Top 50k | — |
| 3 | CM Telecom Provider of engagement platform with AI agents and unified data tools 83AI top 8%Tech top 11%Product top 17%Funding top 19% All 12 signals ▾AItop 8% Techtop 11% Producttop 17% Fundingtop 19% Globaltop 27% Fin. healthtop 32% Moattop 37% Markettop 39% Growthtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Innovationbottom 48% Patentsbottom 45% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company Tech: 76 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $136M | 7 mo ago | 21 | Jeroen van Glabbeek CEO | Apple iCloud MailElement UITailwind CSS+23 | Top 500k | — |
| 4 | Silverflow Issuer processor providing payment processing solution for businesses 48Talent top 28%Funding top 29%Moat top 39%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 29% Moattop 39% Growthtop 45% Newsbottom 48% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 37% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $36.4M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $36M | 3 mo ago | 62 | Robert Kraal Co-Founder | ContentfulTurbopackEmotion+15 | Top 10M | — |
| 5 | Payconiq Provider of real-time account-to-account payment solutions | $22M | 82 mo ago | 160 | — | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Node.js+24 | Top 10M | — |
| 6 | SurePay Provider of financial fraud management platform | $14M | 57 mo ago | 85 | Marcel Rienties Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | Top 5M | — |
| 7 | Payaut Provider of payment solutions, risk management, and banking and issuing services 37Growth top 30%Funding top 47%Tech top 50%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 30% Fundingtop 47% Techtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 29% Newsbottom 21% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY Funding: Raised $13.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $13M | 50 mo ago | 33 | Gillis Haasnoot Founder & CTO | Tailwind CSSGoogle CloudVue.js+8 | Top 10M | — |
| 8 | Sprinque B2B payments platform for merchants and marketplaces 21Tech top 41%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 41%Global bottom 38% All 6 signals ▾Techtop 41% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 41% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 27% Marketbottom 26% Tech: 27 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $9M | 36 mo ago | 30 | Mark Holleman Co-Founder and CPO | Cart FunctionalityWixSentry+24 | Top 50M | — |
| 9 | Cleeng Provider of subscriber management system | $8M | 95 mo ago | 100 | Donald Res Co-Founder | WebflowSalesforcePHP+26 | Top 5M | 2 awards |
| 10 | Dimebox API driven white-label payment processing solutions and AI-based fraud solutions | $5M | 111 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Fraudio AI and SaaS-enabled AML solutions for payment service providers and merchant acquirers 45AI top 20%Growth top 35%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 48% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Growthtop 35% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 48% Fundingbottom 41% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 32% AI: Classified as an AI company Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $3M | 15 mo ago | 30 | Joao Moura CEO | WebflowPipedriveLeadfeeder+18 | Top 50M | 1 award |
| 12 | FERO Checkout payment processing solution for businesses 24Talent top 28%Tech bottom 49%Funding bottom 48%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Techbottom 49% Fundingbottom 48% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 25% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 17 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $3M | 31 mo ago | — | Paul-Christian Stoy Co-Founder & CDO | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+14 | Top 50M | — |
| 13 | LoopingOne Online payments solution for marketplaces | $3M | 36 mo ago | 14 | Bob Voermans Co-founder | — | — | — |
| 14 | Fung Diversified payment acceptance solution for businesses | $3M | 48 mo ago | 15 | Andrei Valeanu Co-Founder / COO | — | — | 1 launch · 1 expansion |
| 15 | Klearly Mobile POS payment acceptance solution for businesses 37Talent top 23%Funding top 45%Growth top 48%Moat top 48% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 23% Fundingtop 45% Growthtop 48% Moattop 48% Productbottom 48% Techbottom 42% Newsbottom 38% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 32% Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $2.3M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $2M | 5 mo ago | — | Guy Griv Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | Top 10M | 1 award |
| 16 | NORBr Provider of payment infrastructure enabling payment solutions and global payment platforms 29Growth top 35%Tech top 49%Funding bottom 42%Global bottom 36% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 49% Fundingbottom 42% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 27% Newsbottom 18% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 29 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $2M | 18 mo ago | 20 | — | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+21 | Top 5M | 1 partnership |
| 17 | Cyclos NFC enabled POS software provider | $2M | 57 mo ago | — | Henk Van Arkel CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+14 | Top 5M | — |
| 18 | Now Innovations Provider of venue and event services at a historic estate | $2M | 143 mo ago | 17 | Kalju Rüütli Founder & VP Product | — | — | — |
| 19 | Ease2pay Travel related payment processing solution for businesses | $2M | 65 mo ago | 7 | Gijs Lookeren Campaign Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | Top 5M | — |
| 20 | Newgen Payment Gateway solution and end-to-end ecommerce store builder | $598K | 122 mo ago | 1 | Jaswant Jhamb Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 21 | Fastr Online payment checkout service provider. | $354K | 125 mo ago | 6 | Albin Bronkhorst Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 22 | Online Payment Platform Provider of payment processing & solution services | $143K | 44 mo ago | 60 | Richard Straver Founder | Cart FunctionalityHubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud Mail+27 | Top 500k | 2 partnerships |
Top 12 Payments companies in Netherlands
#1
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2019 · 62 employees$36.4Mraised▾
Issuer processor providing payment processing solution for businesses. Provides a direct connection to the card networks enabling PSPs, payfacs, merchants and acquirers to innovate. Offers a cloud-native platform designed to meet current payment needs and future requirements.
- Mar 2026Series B$40M
- Nov 2023Series A$16.3M
- Dec 2021Series A$17M
- Apr 2021Seed—
#2
Public · Breda, North Brabant · founded 1999 · 21 employees$135.8Mraised▾
Provider of engagement platform with AI agents and unified data tools. The platform facilitates real-time communication across marketing, service, and sales. It offers tools for customer data unification, business messaging, and payment processing. The platform also provides solutions for ticketing, events, and customer service management.
- Nov 2025Post IPO$5.8M
- Sep 2021Post IPO$118.2M
- Dec 2017Conventional Debt$11.8M
#3
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021$2.3Mraised▾
Mobile POS payment acceptance solution for businesses. Enables merchants to use the phone as a payment terminal to accept payments from consumers using QR-code, links, SMS, and more. Enables to receive contactless payments through the NFC chip in smartphones or tablets. Application is made available on Android platform.
- Jan 2026Series A$14M
- Jan 2025Seed$6.2M
- May 2023Seed$2.3M
#4
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2019 · 30 employees$3.3Mraised▾
AI and SaaS-enabled AML solutions for payment service providers and merchant acquirers. It features fraud prevention, transaction monitoring, APIs for integration into existing payment infrastructures, and more. It provides solutions for merchant risk monitoring, AML detection, payment fraud detection, and more.
- Mar 2025Series A—
- May 2021Seed$3.3M
#5
Mollie 🦄Series C · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2004 · 800 employees$940Mraised▾
Provider of online and in-person payment processing solutions for businesses. The company offers tools for managing transactions, preventing fraud, and optimizing checkout experiences. Solutions include recurring payments, payment links, invoicing, and embedded payment options. It also provides resources for developers, including libraries and API documentation.
- Jun 2021Series C$800M
- Sep 2020Series B$106.4M
- Jul 2019Series A$28.3M
#6
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2019 · 20 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Provider of payment infrastructure enabling payment solutions and global payment platforms. The company offers tools for business intelligence, reporting, and financial reconciliation. It provides resources such as payment methods, connectors, and developer tools. The company also offers support for payment methods such as cryptocurrency.
- Nov 2024Series A$3.1M
- Dec 2022Seed$2.1M
#7
Public · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2006 · 3883 employees$266Mraised▾
Provider of end-to-end payment, data, and financial management platform solutions. The platform facilitates payment acceptance, revenue protection, and financial control. It allows businesses to add payment methods and expand into new markets. The platform connects online and offline channels to create customer experiences using cross-channel insights. It helps businesses understand their data and manage fraud.
- Sep 2015Series C—
- Dec 2014Series B$250M
- 2014Series A—
- Jun 2014Series A$16M
#8
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021 · 30 employees$8.5Mraised▾
B2B payments platform for merchants and marketplaces. It offers a platform for buyers a flexible checkout experience, eliminates manual A/R workflows, and insures or finances invoices. It supports multiple sales channels, host checkout directly on a marketplace, integrate it into the eCommerce store, or deliver it to buyers through payment link.
- Jun 2023Venture Debt$21.4M
- Jan 2023Seed$6.5M
- Sep 2021Seed$2M
#9
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2019 · 33 employees$13Mraised▾
Provider of payment solutions, risk management, and banking and issuing services. It offers payment processing, fraud prevention, and chargeback management. The business provides currency management and reconciliation management. It facilitates bank transfers, real-time payments, and payment orchestration. The company delivers analytics dashboards, banking services, and crypto and digital asset solutions.
- Apr 2022Seed$8.7M
- Dec 2020Seed$3.2M
- Jul 2020Seed$1.1M
#10
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2023$3Mraised▾
Checkout payment processing solution for businesses. Enabling the personalisation of the checkout experience for every individual customers. Payment method optimisation recognising each customer is different and tailoring their checkout experience on individual customer by customer basis. Provides fraud solution that is not binary and instead reduces or applies friction based on their potential for fraud.
- Nov 2023Seed$3M
#11
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2018 · 14 employees$3Mraised▾
Online payments solution for marketplaces. The company provides KYC solutions for ID verification of buyers and sellers, split payments and payouts to merchants, and more. The solution facilitates KYC and is available through an API-based model.
- Jun 2023Seed$2.1M
- Jun 2022Seed$855K
#12
Series B · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2016 · 85 employees$14.4Mraised▾
Provider of payee confirmation services intended to assure that payments are going to the right recipient. The company assists financial institutions and organizations in the process of confirming the payee's name match the name on the intended recipient's bank account, enabling clients to avoid misdirected payments and reduce push payment fraud.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Digital Payments is moving in the Netherlands
A read on the academic research around Digital Payments — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 91 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- Tilburg University16
- De Nederlandsche Bank11
- Delft University of Technology11
- Erasmus University Rotterdam9
- Maastricht University5
- Payment service provider4
- Cryptocurrency3
- Digital currency3
- Financial inclusion3
- Transparency (behavior)3
- Mobile payment9
- Payment system8
- Database transaction3
- Payment service provider3
- Productivity2
- Mobile payment12
- Payment system11
- Payment service provider5
- Market liquidity4
- Value (mathematics)4
Where digital payments is researched across Netherlands
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.
Common questions
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