# Slash Fintech

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/slash-fintech

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: Road Town, British Virgin Islands
- Website: https://slash.fi
- Total disclosed funding: $1.5M
- Latest round: Seed (Dec 21, 2022)
- Investors on record: 1

## About

Based in the British Virgin Islands and founded in 2021, Slash Fintech Limited has been providing cryptocurrency transaction services mainly in Japan. It launched QR code payment service in October 2022. In December 2022, it partnered with Ziaf, a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan to develop and operate cryptocurrency transaction services. It also partnered with cryptocurrency company CAICA Exchange in December 2022. In February 2023, it announced a strategic partnership with CTIA SG, a blockchain consultancy firm. It also partnered with media company Kiii Co. Ltd. and ITI Co. Ltd. to promote cryptocurrency transactions in Japan.

The company provides Slash Web3 Payments, a decentralized payment protocol that enables consumers to pay with cryptocurrency and merchants to accept cryptocurrency as payments for everyday purchases. Slash Web3 Payments enables payers to pay with over 1,400 cryptocurrencies, and the system swaps the payment to the desired cryptocurrency or stablecoin by the merchant, through decentralized exchange (DEX). 

 Slash charges 0.2%-0.6% of the transaction amount from the payer as a transaction fee.

Together with Kiii Co. Ltd. and ITI Co. Ltd., Slash plans to popularize payment in Japan with cryptocurrency through the app development capabilities of ITI and promote through Youtubers and influencers with influencer management and media company Kiii. The company also plans to launch its own cryptocurrency: Slash TOKEN.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Dec 21, 2022, $1.5M — MZ Web3 Fund

## Investors

- MZ Web3 Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mz-web3-fund) — Seed