SAPI - About the company
SAPI is a series A company based in London (United Kingdom), founded in 2019 by Mai Le, Alexis Van Lennep and Michal Kot. It operates as a Lending as a service platform for business financing. SAPI has raised $14.6M in funding from Hudson Cove Capital Management. The company has 454 active competitors, including 68 funded and 64 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Stripe, PayU and Flutterwave.
Company Details
Lending as a service platform for business financing. It enables lending companies to offer business loans to sellers, earning a revenue share while growing the ecosystem. It offers a platform where businesses can get funded based on revenue. It also offers merchant advance and payment management solutions.
- Website
- sapi.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@sapi.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2019
Location
London, United Kingdom
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$14.6M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
19th among 454 active competitors
Employee Count
235 as on May 31, 2026
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SAPI's funding and investors
SAPI has raised a total funding of $14.6M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 13, 2024. Its latest funding round was a Conventional Debt round on Nov 19, 2025 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. SAPI has 6 institutional investors and 11 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of SAPI:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 19, 2025 | 7492600 | Conventional Debt | 4952721 | 6191942 | 2615576 | 8887186 |
Nov 19, 2025 | 7415980 | Series A | 5009024 | 8357530 | 2321476 | |
Mar 13, 2024 | 5660069 | Series A | 1567134 | 4023756 | 8774546 |
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SAPI's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of SAPI's key team members:
- Mai Le: Co-Founder & CEO of SAPI and founder of 2 other companies, Automate Loan and Optimico. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.Contact Info: 3 email addresses
- Alexis Van Lennep: Co-Founder of SAPI. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Michal Kot: Former Co-Founder of SAPI.
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SAPI's employee count trend
SAPI has 235 employees as of May 26. Here is SAPI's employee count trend over the years:
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SAPI's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of SAPI include Stripe, PayU and Flutterwave. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of SAPI, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Stripe 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series I | Provider of financial infrastructure solutions for revenue growth and payment processing | $9.81B | 86/100 | |
2nd | PayU 2002, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series C | Provider of online payment solutions and financial services for businesses | $35.1M | 84/100 | |
3rd |  Flutterwave 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of payment solutions for online and physical business transactions | $489M | 83/100 | |
4th | Adyen 2006, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Public | Provider of end-to-end payment, data, and financial management platform solutions | $266M | 80/100 | |
5th | Checkout.com 2012, London (United Kingdom), Series D | Provider of payment processing services for online and digital merchants | $1.83B | 79/100 | |
6th | Worldpay 1993, London (United Kingdom), Acquired | Provider of payment processing solutions for online, in-store, and omnichannel commerce | $18M | 77/100 | |
7th |  Rapyd 2016, London (United Kingdom), Series F | Provider of financial infrastructure for processing payments and issuing cards | $1.01B | 76/100 | |
8th | PPRO 2006, London (United Kingdom), Series D | Provider of digital infrastructure for processing various local payment methods | $463M | 76/100 | |
9th | ACI Worldwide 1975, Omaha (United States), Public | Process and manage digital payments | - | 73/100 | |
10th |  Taulia 2009, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | AI-based electronic invoicing and supply chain management solution for businesses | $220M | 73/100 | |
19th |  SAPI 2019, London (United Kingdom), Series A | Lending as a service platform for business financing | $14.6M | 62/100 |
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SAPI's Investments and acquisitions
SAPI has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to SAPI
Media has covered SAPI for 1 event in last 1 year.
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London’s SAPI secures €69M to boost small business funding via paymentsSilicon Canals•Nov 19, 2025•SAPI, Hudson Cove Capital Management, Triple A – Capital & Finance, Passion Capital and 2 others
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