Payflow - About the company
Payflow is an acquired company based in Madrid (Spain), founded in 2020 by Benoit Menardo and Avinash Sukhwani. It operates as an Online financial services platform for on-demand pay and savings. Payflow has raised $41.3M in funding from investors like Wayra, Cathay Innovation and Y Combinator. The company has 27 active competitors, including 5 funded and 2 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Clair, SalaryBox and PayFit.
Company Details
Online financial services platform for on-demand pay and savings. The platform provides online loans for earned-wage loans. It allows users to request loans in advance through its platform and access part of their earned wages directly into the bank account. The loan repayments are deducted from the users' salary accounts. Its app is available for both Android and IOS devices.
- Website
- www.payflow.es/
- Email ID
- *****@payflow.es
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2020
Location
Madrid, Spain
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$41.3M in 10 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
1st among 27 active competitors
Employee Count
66 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investment & Acquisitions
Exit Details
Acquired by Buk (Mar 01, 2022)
Payflow's acquisition details
Payflow got acquired by Buk on Mar 01, 2022.
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Payflow's funding and investors
Payflow has raised a total funding of $41.3M over 10 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 16, 2020. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Oct 13, 2025 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Payflow has 31 institutional investors and 5 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Payflow:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Oct 13, 2025 | 4315497 | Series B | 1262824 | 2253388 | 6840919 | 7482327 |
Oct 13, 2025 | 3492696 | Conventional Debt | 9544096 | 5707228 | 3477804 | |
May 20, 2025 | 4239774 | Series B | 2075809 | 1638923 | 9896433 |
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Payflow's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Payflow are Benoit Menardo and Avinash Sukhwani.
Here are the details of Payflow's key team members:
- Benoit Menardo: Co-Founder of Payflow and founder of 2 other companies, Payflow and Rocket Internet.
- Avinash Sukhwani: Co-Founder of Payflow.
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Payflow's employee count trend
Payflow has 66 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Payflow's employee count trend over the years:
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Payflow's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Payflow include Clair, SalaryBox and PayFit. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Payflow, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Online financial services platform for on-demand pay and savings | $41.3M | 77/100 | ||
2nd | Clair 2019, New York City (United States), Series B | Cloud-based employee benefits platform for on-demand pay | $67.7M | 70/100 | |
3rd | Mobile-first payroll management software for SMEs | $4.12M | 57/100 | ||
4th | Cloud-based payroll management solution | $496M | 53/100 | ||
5th | App-based platform for payday loans | $3.53M | 53/100 | ||
6th | Provider of AI-powered platform simplifying HR and payroll for businesses | $2M | 45/100 | ||
7th | SimplePay 2009, Cape Town (South Africa), Unfunded | Online payroll management software | - | - | 30/100 |
8th | Payroll management solution provider | - | - | 29/100 | |
9th | Bridge PayDay 2015, Makati (Philippines), Unfunded | Payroll management software | - | - | 28/100 |
10th | Platform that offers a module of human resources management for the companies | - | - | 28/100 |
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Payflow's Investments and acquisitions
Payflow has a total of 1 investment in Bloome. Payflow has not made any acquisitions as of now.News related to Payflow
Media has covered Payflow for a total of 4 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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Payflow Closes €10 Million Funding Round Led by Cusp CapitalEl Referente•Jun 02, 2025•Payflow, Cusp Capital
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Fintech Payflow closes a 10 million euro round led by Cusp Capitalpressdigital.es•Jun 02, 2025•BBVA Spark, Payflow, Cusp Capital
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Barcelona-based Payflow raises €6 million to expand flexible salary in Iberian and Latam marketsZephyrnet•Jul 24, 2024•Payflow, Seaya, Cathay Innovation, 6 Degrees Capital and 5 others
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Payflow closes a financing agreement of up to €20M with BBVA SparkEl Referente•Oct 23, 2023•BBVA Spark, Payflow
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Spanish fintech lender Payflow secures up to €20M growth capital in BBVA Spark dealTech.eu•Sep 18, 2023•Fence, BBVA Spark, Payflow, Y Combinator and 2 others
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Barcelona-based Payflow secures €20 million to further expand with its financial well-being solutionEU-Startups•Sep 18, 2023•Payflow, Y Combinator, Telefonica, PLUG & PLAY and 5 others
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