# Pliant

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/pliant

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
- Website: www.getpliant.com
- Total disclosed funding: $256M
- Latest round: Series C (Nov 4, 2026)
- Investors on record: 23

## About

Based in Berlin, Germany, and co-founded by Malte Rau (CEO) and Fabian Terner (CPO/COO) in 2020, Pliant GmbH operates as a financial technology company that offers corporate credit card solutions. The firm mainly serves e-commerce, corporations, marketing agencies, resellers, SaaS, and travel industries, and some of its clients include BLACKLANE, ECOSIA, auxmoney, divae, OMR, etc. In September 2025, Pliant GmbH raised USD 50 million in series C funding led by new investor Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from other new investors Coatue Management and DST Global. The company provides B2B corporate credit card solutions, to support businesses with a streamlined and automated approach to managing their card payments. Pliant’s product suite includes physical and virtual credit cards with high limits, cashback incentives, premium perks, and comprehensive insurance coverage, as well as web and mobile applications and payment processing API. Pliant's solutions enable real-time reporting, document management, spending control, and accounting automation, providing businesses with transparency and efficiency in managing their expenses. The firm’s credit card range includes physical, premium, virtual, and virtual disposable cards including customizable cards tailored to the specific needs. The company plans to use the September 2025 funding to develop new product features, enter more EU markets, and improve its corporate card services for business clients.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Nov 4, 2026, $80M — Seaya Nova, Speedinvest, Illuminate Financial, Molten Ventures, Motive Partners
- Series C, Sep 30, 2025, $50M — Earlybird, Coatue Management, DST Global
- Series B, Apr 16, 2025, $40M — Speedinvest, Illuminate Financial, PostFinance, Motive Partners, First Momentum Ventures, PayPal Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, TX Ventures, bunch of angels GmbH
- Series A, Apr 11, 2024, $28M — SBI Investment, PostFinance, Motive Partners, First Momentum Ventures, PayPal Ventures, Alstin Capital
- Series A, Jan 10, 2024, $8.8M — Molten Ventures, SBI Investment, Motive Partners, Alstin Capital
- Series A, Feb 8, 2023, $28M — SBI Investment, neosfer, Motive Partners, First Momentum Ventures, Alstin Capital, MS&AD Ventures, embedded / capital
- Seed, Dec 15, 2021, $14M — Saber Capital, neosfer, Varengold Bank, First Momentum Ventures, Chestnut Capital, Alstin Capital, embedded / capital, CG Partners
- Seed, Aug 6, 2021, $6.5M — Saber Capital, neosfer, Seed and Speed Ventures, First Momentum Ventures, Chestnut Capital, Alstin Capital, CG Partners

## Investors

- Saber Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/saber-capital) — Seed
- neosfer (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/neosfer) — Seed, Series A
- Seed and Speed Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/seed-and-speed-ventures) — Seed
- First Momentum Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/first-momentum-ventures) — Seed, Series A, Series B
- Chestnut Capital — Seed
- Alstin Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alstin-capital) — Seed, Series A
- CG Partners — Seed
- Varengold Bank — Seed
- embedded / capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/embedded-capital) — Seed, Series A
- SBI Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sbi-investment) — Series A
- Motive Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/motive-partners) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- MS&AD Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ms-ad-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- Molten Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/molten-ventures) — Series A, Series C
- PostFinance — Series A, Series B
- PayPal Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/paypal-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- Speedinvest (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/speedinvest) — Series B, Series C
- Illuminate Financial (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/illuminate-financial) — Series B, Series C
- TX Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tx-ventures) — Series B
- bunch of angels GmbH — Series B
- Earlybird (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/earlybird) — Series C
- Coatue Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/coatue-management) — Series C
- DST Global (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dst-global) — Series C
- Seaya Nova — Series C