Step Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Vivid is a Berlin-headquartered neobank founded in 2019 serving SMEs and individuals across Germany and Europe. It offers business accounts with IBAN, savings at 4 percent interest, virtual cards, and integrations with Xero accounting. Backed by Greenoaks and DST Global, Vivid processes payments in 28 currencies for 200,000 customers.

Wema Bank PLC is a commercial bank. The company offers retail banking, SME banking, corporate banking, treasury, trade services and financial advisory to its customers. Its services include granting of loans and advances, corporate finance and money market activities. The bank operates in four geographical regions: South-west, South-South, Abuja, and Lagos zones. Wema derives the majority of its revenues from Lagos.

Hala is a Dubai-based fintech offering digital wallets and point-of-sale solutions for merchants accepting credit cards. The platform supports remittances, bill payments, and QR code transactions across UAE and GCC countries, integrated with networks like Visa and Mastercard.

Omnio is a fintech provider of white-label banking and payment platforms headquartered in London. Formed in 2018 through the merger of PCT and Tuxedo Money Solutions, it delivers cloud-based services including digital wallets, card issuing, and account management to businesses in Europe, Australia, North America, and Africa. The company supports enterprises and governments with compliant financial products such as remittances and lending solutions.

TNG FinTech Group is a Hong Kong-based fintech company founded in 2014 developing social banking platforms. It enables real-time fund transfers and instant messaging interoperability for e-wallets, banks, and merchants across Asia and beyond.

TIFIN is a holding company that builds and operates fintech firms focused on wealth management, investment advisory, and personal finance. Its portfolio includes TIFIN Invest, which delivers AI-driven model portfolios for financial advisors, TIFIN Wealth for client engagement platforms, and TIFIN Growth for lead generation tools. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, TIFIN partners with firms like BlackRock, WisdomTree, and Envestnet to enhance investor experiences through data analytics and machine learning. The company launched in 2020 with backing from Bain Capital Ventures and has expanded to serve over 100 wealth management organizations across the United States.

Forbright Inc is a bank holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, it operates as a state chartered non-member bank, which serves the needs of individuals, small and medium sized businesses, and professional concerns. Its services include deposit and retail banking through a digital deposit platform, as well as financing and lending products such as lender finance loans, fund finance loans, healthcare finance loans, real estate loans, working capital facilities, warehouse lines of credit, and term loans.

KOHO Financial is a Toronto-headquartered fintech company offering a mobile banking platform launched in 2014. The app provides high-interest savings accounts, prepaid Mastercard, bill payments, direct deposit, and budgeting tools like cash flow forecasts and spending categorization. KOHO Financial partners with Peoples Trust for banking services and targets Canadians seeking fee-free alternatives to traditional banks with features for group expenses and financial goal tracking.

PT Super Bank Indonesia Tbk is a bank in Indonesia that provides digital banking services. It offers digital solutions for a range of customer segments, including underbanked and unbanked communities and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The company offers a variety of digital banking solutions through the Superbank, Grab, and OVO applications, including savings accounts, digital loans, and easy-to-use payment solutions.

Juni is a Stockholm-headquartered fintech company developing a banking platform and app for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs. The service handles payments, treasury, foreign exchange, and lending to support business scaling in digital commerce.

Klar is a Mexico City-based digital banking platform offering deposit accounts, instant credit, and cashback rewards without commissions. Accessible via mobile app and debit card, it provides low-cost alternatives to traditional loans for underserved customers across Mexico, emphasizing secure transactions and quick withdrawals.

Tala is a San Mateo-headquartered fintech company founded in 2011. It delivers mobile credit, savings, payments, and remittances to underserved consumers in Kenya, Philippines, Mexico, and India using machine learning for credit scoring without traditional histories.

Zolve is a neo-banking platform launched in 2020 from Bangalore, India. It issues deposit accounts, prepaid cards, and facilitates money transfers, bill payments, and remittances. Zolve provides transaction monitoring dashboards and budgeting tools for expatriates and domestic users.

Judo Capital is an Australian bank primarily focused on lending to Australian small and midsize businesses. Judo’s main lending products are business loans, equipment finance, lines of credit, and home loans. Personal, business, and self-managed superannuation fund term deposits are a key source of funding.

AGI Inc is a technology-powered provider of specialized financial services in Brazil. It empowers clients to access their social security benefits, severance fund benefits, and public or private sector payrolls through secured lending solutions and complementary banking, credit and insurance products tailored as per client needs. The company has one operating segment related to the banking business. The Bank provides a standardized set of financial products and services exclusively to individuals, mainly focused on credit, including digital accounts, cards, payroll and personal loans, and insurance offered through partners.

Fasset is a Dubai-headquartered Islamic digital bank utilizing blockchain technology. It allows users worldwide to save, invest, send, and spend via a mobile app compliant with Sharia principles. Backed by investors like Liberty City Ventures and Fatima Gobi Ventures, Fasset launched in 2021 to serve Muslim communities globally.

Lydia is a Paris-headquartered mobile payment platform enabling peer-to-peer transfers, bill splitting, and merchant transactions via a single app linked to bank cards. Founded in 2013, it supports NFC payments, crowdfunding, and salary advances across France, Spain, Germany, and Italy. The service processes millions of transactions monthly for consumers and businesses.