Januar builds a one-stop financial infrastructure platform that integrates fiat accounts and payments with institutional wallet and crypto trading services. The company launched Januar Crypto, combining Januar Wallet and Januar Trade to enable businesses to convert fiat to crypto directly on the platform. Januar positions itself as a compliance-first payment institution, staffed by ex-Chainalysis compliance experts, crypto entrepreneurs, and banking veterans. Since its seed round in April 2022 the company obtained a full payment institution license from the Danish FSA, passported across all 30 EEA markets. Januar says it is ramping up to meet demand across Europe and plans product expansion while driving toward profitability. The team frames the offering as a way to streamline time-consuming and costly transaction processes for crypto and web3 businesses. Januar builds crypto-friendly financial infrastructure and payment accounts for crypto businesses across Europe. The company offers fiat-to-crypto rails as a service and aims to be a one-stop crypto gate for European businesses. It plans to serve financial institutions with crypto services and support the broader digital asset industry. Januari emphasizes closing the gap left by traditional banks that are not ready for current crypto market needs. The startup positions itself to support the growing crypto and digital asset sector, which the article notes has a market cap of $2 trillion. Januar recently secured new funding to roll out its services more broadly across Europe.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Feb 2024