Yuno, a provider of AI-native payment and financial services infrastructure for enterprise merchants, banks, and wallets, has closed a $45 million Series B funding round led by Global PayTech Ventures. The investment also saw participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, QuantumLight Capital—the AI-focused venture firm founded by Revolut chief executive Nik Storonsky—Monashees, Kaszek, and Endeavor Catalyst. Strategic regional investors included Rasmal Ventures, Qatar’s first investment firm backed by the Qatar Investment Authority; Further Ventures, a sovereign-backed investment firm headquartered in Abu Dhabi; and GrowthX Capital, supported by technology investor Hamad Al-Hajri.
The new capital is designated for accelerating Yuno’s path to profitability and strengthening its position in global financial infrastructure. Proceeds will be allocated to research and development, advancing next-generation payments technology, and expanding the company’s global infrastructure to support enterprise clients worldwide.
Over the past year, Yuno reported recouping more than $5 billion in transaction volume that would have otherwise failed, improving authorization rates by approximately 5%, and assisting merchants in reducing processing costs by over $500 million. During this period, the company also launched 150 new integrations and expanded its local presence across every continent.
Yuno’s platform is designed to be payment-method agnostic, connecting businesses to over 1,000 payment methods and more than 460 integrations across more than 190 countries through a single API. This infrastructure incorporates smart routing, streamlined one-click checkout capabilities, and AI-driven fraud protection, enabling merchants to enter new markets in days rather than months.
An example of this capability is seen in the gaming sector, where major titles launching globally attract players using diverse local payment options—such as mobile wallets in Southeast Asia, vouchers in Latin America, or carrier billing in the Middle East—all managed through Yuno’s single connection to ensure smooth launches and revenue capture. For large enterprises, the network integrates all markets into one system, layering in fraud screening, KYC/KYB checks, and continuous optimization for improved acceptance and routing.
Founded in Colombia in 2022, Yuno has established partnerships with banks and payment providers that white-label its technology, including dLocal, a Nasdaq-listed cross-border payments platform, and Prosa, Mexico’s largest payments processing network. These collaborations allow a single agreement to cover an entire market. A central objective for this funding round is to extend Yuno’s footprint, with plans to broaden into in-person payments, deepen its agentic commerce offerings, and expand its presence in the United States.
Juan Pablo Ortega, Co-Founder and CEO of Yuno, stated, “Most companies raise a Series B to buy growth. We’re raising ours to meet our customers’ growth, and extend our lead, with a clear line to profitability in the year ahead. AI has changed the economics of building this company. We grow faster and operate leaner than the generation of infrastructure players before us. Being local everywhere is the hardest problem in payments, and anyone starting on it today is at least two years behind. With this round we intend to consolidate that leadership on a truly global scale, with real financial discipline.”
Soumaya Ben Beya Dridje, partner at Rasmal Ventures, commented, “The hardest problem in payments is being genuinely local everywhere, and Yuno has solved it at global scale, which is exactly why it resonates in our region. The Gulf is now one of the fastest-growing payments markets in the world, and its future runs along the region’s new trade corridors, the same wallets, rails, and shoppers Yuno already connects. We invested because Juan Pablo and his team are building the infrastructure those corridors need, and because they pair that global ambition with real financial discipline. That combination is rare, and it’s precisely what we back.”
