startups · payments · updated Sep 14, 2026
trending payments startups, ranked by investor follow signal
frontrun tracks 214 payments companies and watches which ones the follow graphs of 2,000+ venture investors converge on. these are the payments companies with the most new tracked follows in the last 90 days - most of them before any announced round. counts are public; which investors are behind them is in the product.
| # | company | what they do | followers | first flagged | tracked follows (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Standard @openstandard | We re building open stablecoin infrastructure for businesses to move money globally. | 29,614 | Jun 29, 2026 | +92 |
| 2 | Crumbs @crumbsfamily | Earn up to 5% back in stock tokens. Live on Robinhood Chain. | 12,920 | Sep 8, 2026 | +85 |
| 3 | Machine.fun @machinedotfun | Build the prototype. We'll help you ship it. A @codecopenflow @peaq product. | 3,253 | Jul 21, 2026 | +27 |
| 4 | Natural @naturalpay | Natural powers agentic payments | 4,184 | Feb 11, 2026 | +26 |
| 5 | roots @rootsfi | The Universal Payment Layer. Built On @CantonNetwork @Tempo | 17,494 | Mar 29, 2026 | +23 |
| 6 | Rain @raincards | Stablecoin-powered cards and everything needed to support them | 19,957 | Dec 31, 2025 | +22 |
| 7 | Merit Systems @merit_systems | Open Agentic Commerce @poncho_ai @agentcashdev @x402scan | 12,832 | Feb 26, 2026 | +20 |
| 8 | Credible @crediblefin | T+0 settlement on global collection and payouts. Backed by @colosseum Payment stats: https://t.co/SVSFlMc8NE | 101,368 | Jan 25, 2026 | +20 |
| 9 | MoneyLion @moneylion | We make money easy so you can live your best life. NMLS ID 1237506 | 44,350 | Jul 4, 2026 | +18 |
| 10 | Sugar @usesugar | Get liquidity for pre-funding and reserves. Backed by @alliance @whitestarcap | 582 | Aug 26, 2026 | +17 |
every payments company we track a page for
80 companies, alphabetical.
1Money Network · Actor Labs · alfred · Arca · Archer (YC P26) · artisan.cash · Axiym · Basis Theory · Bleap · BlindPay · Blink · Borderless.xyz · brale · BVNK · CADC · Codex · Colossus · Composio · Conto · Coverd · Credible · Crossmint · Crumbs · Cycles · Daimo · Dakota · DashX | Payments · Due · Eco · El Dorado · Exa App · F lix · Facto · Felix · Halliday · HEVN · HIFI · Infinite · KiiChain · Kulipa · Latitude · lava · Ligero Inc. · Machine.fun · Mento (fx/acc) · Merit Systems · Mesh | We Are Hiring! · MoneyLion · Mural Pay · Natural · Nevermined · Noble · Open Standard · openfx_ · Payy · Peanut · Proxy · Qbit · Rain · Range · Reap · RECEIPT · River · roots · Slope · Sphere Labs · Splits · Sponge (YC W26) · Stablecorp · stableyard · Sugar · Swish Cash · Takenos · Tazapay · Tomorrow · Unifold · Utexo · ZAR · Zoneless · Zynta
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