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Yaspa
Yaspa provides instant payment and identity services via open banking to businesses across the UK and Europe
About Yaspa
Yaspa provides instant payment and identity services via open banking to businesses across the UK and Europe
Founded in 2017 by a former Worldpay CTO, Yaspa uses open banking to provide instant bank payments that are faster, more secure and more cost-effective than cards, and to help regulated businesses seamlessly verify customers and their payments.
Yaspa operates across the UK and Europe, is regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, and is backed by leading investors including Fin Capital, SGH Capital & Metavallon VC. Yaspa is the trading name of Citizen UK Holding Ltd.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Employees
- 80
- Open positions
- 3
- Dealroom signal
- 88.5/100
- Industry
- Fintech
- Sub-industry
- Payments
- Sector
- Fintech, Verification, Identity Management, Security, uk is8 financial services
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Jul 2025 | $12M | $48M | Metavallon VC · Techstars · Discerning Capital | ↗ |
| GRANT✓Other financing | Apr 2024 | $0 | — | Undisclosed | ↗ |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Yaspa is 650K monthly website visits, up 109.7% over the last three months. Yaspa's team grew 2.6% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
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Seed4 investors entered at this stage
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Techstars
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SGH Capital
Series A2 investors entered at this stage
Metavallon VC
Discerning Capital
Other known investors2 additional known investors
Riyadh Techstars Accelerator
Vangelis Stamatoukos
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