Summary
Yuno raised $45 million in a Series B led by Global PayTech Ventures to expand its AI-native payments operating system, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, QuantumLight Capital, Monashees, Kaszek, Endeavor Catalyst, and Gulf investors Further Ventures and Rasmal Ventures. Yuno connects businesses to 1,000+ payment methods through a single API across 190+ countries. It is on track to process $100 billion in annual transaction volume within 12 months, with customers including McDonald's, NetEase Games, GoFundMe, inDrive, and Rappi.
Key Facts
- $45M Series B led by Global PayTech Ventures; total funding $80M
- Participants: a16z, Tiger Global, QuantumLight, Monashees, Kaszek, Endeavor Catalyst, Further Ventures (Abu Dhabi), Rasmal Ventures (Qatar), GrowthX Capital
- AI-native payments operating system; 1,000+ payment methods, 190+ countries
- On track for $100B annual transaction volume within 12 months
- Recovered $5B+ in failed transaction volume over the past year; ~5% auth rate improvement
- Customers: McDonald's, NetEase Games, GoFundMe, inDrive, Rappi
- Gulf footprint: SAMA PTSP certification, Tap Payments partnership, Tabby BNPL integration
- Co-founder/CEO Juan Pablo Ortega: "clear line to profitability in the year ahead"
- Positioned as "AI-native" — AI has changed the economics of building payments infrastructure
Why It Matters
Yuno's Series B shows the rise of payments orchestration — a single-API layer routing transactions across hundreds of local payment methods — as businesses expand globally. The "AI-native" framing signals a shift toward leaner, AI-driven payments infrastructure that can recover failed transactions and improve authorizations at scale. The mix of Gulf sovereign capital and major VCs reflects both the appeal of orchestration and the strategic importance of the Middle East, now the world's fastest-growing real-time payments market.