FSS - About the company
FSS is a series C company based in Chennai (India), founded in 1991 by Nagaraj Mylandla. It operates as a Provider of payment technology solutions for card issuance and management. FSS has raised $127M in funding from investors like New Enterprise Associates, The Carlyle Group and Premji Invest, with a current valuation of ₹*****. The company has 235 active competitors, including 21 funded and 57 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Elavon, Monavate and TSYS.
Company Details
Provider of payment technology solutions for card issuance and management. The company offers products for merchant acquiring, real-time payments, and reconciliation. It provides solutions for card lifecycle management, ATM operations, and enterprise transformation. The company also offers a low-code application development platform and an innovation hub.
- Website
- www.fsstech.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@fsstech.com
- Phone Number
- +91 **********
- Registered Address
- SARADHAGROUNDFLOOR,NO.42,THIRDMAINROAD,GANDHINAGAR,ADYAR, CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India, 600020
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1991
Location
Chennai, India
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$127M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
₹***** as on Nov 05, 2014
Investors
Ranked
1st among 235 active competitors
Annual Revenue
₹500 - ₹1,000 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Employee Count
3,143 as on Aug 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with FSS
FSS is associated with 7 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
FSS TECHNOLOGIES (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD. CIN: 134235699 , Australia, Active | Nov 18, 2008 | - | - | |
FSS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72200TN2008PTC068382 , India, Active | Jun 27, 2008 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2023) | - | |
FSS GRAMEENPAY PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U65900TN2018PTC125591 , India, Active | Oct 31, 2018 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - | |
FSS TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72900TN2007PTC080726 , India, Active | Mar 13, 2007 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - | |
FSS Technologies (UK) Ltd CIN: 7110237 , Germany, Active | Dec 20, 2009 | - | 2 (As on Dec 31, 2021) | |
FSS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC CIN: 300887538 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 70 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
FINANCIAL SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U52599TN1991PTC020361 , India, Active | Feb 20, 1991 | ₹500 - ₹1,000 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 1 (As on Aug 01, 2024) |
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FSS's funding and investors
FSS has raised a total funding of $127M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 13, 2008. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Oct 13, 2014 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. FSS has 6 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of FSS:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 13, 2014 | 5197347 | Series C | 8530788 | 9480653 | 1951398 | 1863000 |
Dec 24, 2009 | 4757133 | Series B | 4901525 | 7170950 | 4460750 | |
Jul 13, 2008 | 8162547 | Series A | 9192169 | 4305684 | 7062867 |
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FSS's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of FSS is Nagaraj Mylandla. Viswanathan Balasubramanian is the CEO of FSS.
Here are the details of FSS's key team members:
- Nagaraj Mylandla: Founder & Managing Director of FSS. They serve on the board of 1 company.
- Viswanathan Balasubramanian: CEO of FSS.
FSS's Board of Directors
FSS's board has 8 active members. Srinivas Chidambaram, Prakash Chellam, Nagaraj Mylandla and Bala C Deshpande are part of team and Rudhraapathy Jagannathan, Sharada Mylandla, Baskaran Ganesh Iyer and Vijendar Dwarakanath are independent board members.Here is the list of FSS's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
uny{kmc | Team | - | Past | 5y 6m |
Investor | Jacob Ballas Capital | Current | 16y 5m | |
Investor | - | Current | 1y 11m | |
hkuvdhq | Investor | oelktkl | Current | 2y 7m |
bpkscpq | Investor | tgejasg | Past | 1y 7m |
afwsucc | Investor | uxtynei | Past | 9y 8m |
Independent board member | - | Current | 28y 9m | |
qjigvwu | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 7m |
h{{m{rs | Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 4m |
koc{wse | Independent board member | - | Past | 9y 1m |
nvdxxep | Independent board member | - | Past | 4y 8m |
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FSS's employee count trend
FSS has 3,143 employees as of Aug 26. Here is FSS's employee count trend over the years:
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FSS's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of FSS include Elavon, Monavate and TSYS. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of FSS, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Provider of payment technology solutions for card issuance and management | $127M | 64/100 | ||
2nd | Elavon 1991, Atlanta (United States), Acquired | Global payment processing solutions for businesses of all sizes and industries | - | - | 63/100 |
3rd |  Monavate 2019, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Acquired | Online payment and issuer processing solution for businesses | $6.89M | - | 63/100 |
4th | TSYS 1982, Columbus (United States), Acquired | Issuer processing solutions | - | - | 61/100 |
5th | _1587094927442.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} EVO Payments 1989, Atlanta (United States), Acquired | Merchant acquiring and payment processing solutions | - | 61/100 | |
6th | Banking channels and issuer processing solutions | $8.62M | - | 59/100 | |
7th | CPI Card Group 1995, Littleton (United States), Public | Payment card and issuer processing solutions | - | 59/100 | |
8th | Silverflow 2019, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series B | Issuer processor providing payment processing solution for businesses | $76.4M | 58/100 | |
9th | Heartland Payment Systems 1997, Princeton (United States), Acquired | Payment processing, POS and Gift Card services | $40M | 58/100 | |
10th | Provider of open banking API solutions | $74.2M | 58/100 |
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FSS's Latest cap tables and shareholding
Founders own 29.59%, Funds (largest shareholder) own 48.71%, Other People own 13.32% and ESOP Pool own 5.32%. The net worth of FSS's founders is INR 486Cr as of Nov 05, 2014.
Shareholders Name | Post Round Holding % | Net worth | Cumulative Investment | Realised Returns | Unrealised Returns | Return Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Founder | 29.59% | 486Cr | 1366270 | 4922255 | 1675601 | 3398404 |
2010431 | 6164260 | 3964311 | 5792015 | 7477168 | 6840498 | |
Fund | 48.71% | 800Cr | 2909468 | 6940935 | 2045910 | 4108516 |
9683354 | 7383608 | 1904167 | 5990844 | 6986169 | 1657050 | |
9613051 | 9469432 | 2009367 | 1924123 | 4795310 | 8342527 | |
2644223 | 8866613 | 6152682 | 5465588 | 5270449 | 4926973 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Other People | 13.32% | 219Cr | 6096386 | 1409490 | 6280266 | 5077271 |
ESOP Pool | 5.32% | 87.4Cr | 44303 | 28576 | 88836 | 59101 |
Other Investors | 3.06% | 50.3Cr | 823 | 462 | 610 | 246 |
Total | 100.00% | 1,640Cr | 1719942 | 8199789 | 1748225 | 5367608 |
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FSS's Investments and acquisitions
FSS has made 2 investments in Ecentric and Ecentric. FSS has not made any acquisitions as of now.Reports related to FSS
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News related to FSS
Filter this listMedia has covered FSS for a total of 3 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates.
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FSS Future-Proofs Middle East Payments with Scalable, Sovereign Cloud InfrastructurePR Newswire•Feb 18, 2026•FSS
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FSS is the first payments company in India, ME, APAC & SA to achieve ISO IEC 42001 CertificationThe Tribune•Jan 06, 2026•FSS
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Punjab & Sind Bank onboards BLAZE with Financial Software and SystemsExpress Computer•Nov 19, 2025•FSS, Punjab Sind Bank
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FSS appoints first-ever Head of AI centre of excellence to pioneer AI-led innovations in India’s payments sectorExpress Computer•May 22, 2025•FSS
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Financial Software and Systems (FSS) Appoints Vaidyanathan Venkataraman as Head – Global Digital DeliveryBusinessnewsthisweek•Mar 26, 2025•FSS, Unity Small Finance Bank
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FSS unveils card management system powered by BLAZEElectronic Payments International•Sep 04, 2024•FSS
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Premji Invest, other private equity investors may seek exit from payment firm FSSMoneycontrol•Aug 07, 2024•Wipro, Premji Invest, FSS, Jacob Ballas Capital
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FSS has been Awarded the Prestigious Great Place To Work CertificationBusiness Review Live•Jan 29, 2024•FSS
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