# Edge Payment Technologies

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/edge-payment-technologies

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: Playa Vista, US
- Website: www.tryedge.com
- Total disclosed funding: $2.4M
- Latest round: Seed (Apr 28, 2022)
- Investors on record: 10

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2021, Edge Payment Technologies, Inc. operates as an online payment infrastructure for merchants, offering end-to-end payment solutions, data management, and financial services. The company was co-founded by Alaxic Smith (CEO) and Dega Gebre (COO). In April 2022, Edge Payment Technologies, Inc. raised USD 2.4 million in seed funding led by Long Journey Ventures, with participation from other investors such as Socially Financed, The Fintech Fund, Jackalope VC, Centre Street Partners, Gaingels, SuperAngel VC, Alumni Ventures, and Spacecadet Ventures.

The company offers a range of products, including payments and hosted checkout, catering to various businesses such as apparel and clothing, digital pharmacy, digital streaming, fantasy sports, taxes and accounting, gyms, fitness, and yoga, health and beauty, restaurants, hotels, and lodging, insurance, warranty, and legal services. The platform APIs facilitate a streamlined payment process with a single integration. They provide an ecosystem with features like 3D security, fraud detection, blocking, and machine learning tools, offering an alternative to traditional payment processing systems. 

The company generates revenue by offering its platform to merchants for USD 129 per month.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Apr 28, 2022, $2.4M — Centre Street Partners, Pareto, Alumni Ventures Group, Fintech Fund Services, Superangel, Long Journey Ventures, Socially Financed, Spacecadet Ventures, Gaingels, Jackalope Ventures

## Investors

- Centre Street Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/centre-street-partners) — Seed
- Pareto (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/pareto) — Seed
- Alumni Ventures Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alumni-ventures-group) — Seed
- Fintech Fund Services — Seed
- Superangel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/superangel) — Seed
- Long Journey Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/long-journey-ventures) — Seed
- Socially Financed — Seed
- Spacecadet Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/spacecadet-ventures) — Seed
- Gaingels (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gaingels) — Seed
- Jackalope Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/jackalope-ventures) — Seed