Payments system enabling automated next-day payouts for marketplaces & merchants
Location: United Kingdom
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $8.66M
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 09.03.2022 | Startup Fu... | sfccapital... |
| 02.05.2025 | Cornerston... | cornerston... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.04.2025 | Series A | $7.28M | Stripe |
| 26.10.2022 | Seed | $1.39M | Startup Fu... |
Persons 3
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Richard | K | Chief Tech... | linkedin.c... | - | r*****d@ry... | - |
| - | Alex | Mckeegan | Account Ex... | linkedin.c... | - | a**x@ryftp... | - |
| - | Sadra | Hosseini | CEO | linkedin.c... | - | s***a@ryft... | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.09.2026 | Startup Funding News Today, September 18, 2026: Arcos, Crusoe, dtcpay, EVAS Intelligence, Ryft & More | Startup funding over the past day is being pulled toward a surprisingly consistent set of bottlenecks: AI compute, sovereign chips, power systems, optical interconnects, robotics data, quantum infrastructure, security, and regulated payment... |
| 17.09.2026 | Fintech startup Ryft raises £20M in UK’s largest payments Series B of 2026 | Manchester-based fintech startup Ryft has raised £20 million in a Series B round, securing fresh capital at a time when UK fintech funding falls to its lowest level in a decade. The round was led by Gresham House Ventures, with participatio... |
| 14.10.2025 | Ryft Receives Investment From Ingenii VC and Pembroke VCT | Ryft, a Machester, UK-based payment services provider (PSP), received an investment from Ingenii VC and Pembroke VCT. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development ef... |
| 10.04.2025 | Ryft: The New Contender in the Payments Arena | In the bustling world of fintech, a new player is making waves. Ryft, a Manchester-based startup, has just secured £5.7 million in Series A funding. This fresh capital is set to fuel its ambition to challenge giants like Stripe and Adyen. W... |
| 09.04.2025 | Fintech Ryft raises £5.7M Series A to challenge Stripe and Ayden | Ryft, a Manchester-based fintech offering embedded payment solutions for digital platforms and marketplaces, has raised £5.7M in Series A funding to advance its technology and offer acquiring banks and merchants an alternative to dominant p... |
| 09.04.2025 | Ryft Raises £5.7M in Series A | Ryft, a Manchester, UK-based PSD2 and FCA-approved decentralised payments provider, raised £5.7M in Series A funding. The round, which brought total investments to £7.4m, was led by EdenBase with participation from GPOS Investments, British... |
| 09.04.2025 | Ryft secures €6.6 million to equip acquirers & merchants with technology to rival Stripe Connect and Adyen | London-based Ryft, a decentralised payments innovator, announced today a successful €6.6 million Series A round to fund the development of technology that will empower acquiring banks, like Clearhaus, to compete with similar payment provide... |
| 26.10.2022 | Ryft secures £1.2m seed round led by SFC | Ryft, the revolutionary PSD2-compliant payments system, has raised a large seed round led by SFC Capital, the UK’s most active seed-stage investor. Additional investors include the ex-founder of Shutterstock and the founder of LoveFilm. Ryf... |
| - | Ryft | “Ryft - Marketplace Payment Platform” |
| - | A new way of categorising businesses | The world changes all the time, and so do businesses. Some time ago, when talking about companies to fund, we would typically refer to the sector in which they operated – e.g. Retail or Property –, their business model – B2B or B2C –, or th... |