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Checkout.com

Checkout.com is a London-headquartered payments infrastructure company that provides a unified API for online payment processing, supporting card payments, local payment methods, and payouts across 150+ currencies. The company serves enterprise merchants including Klarna, Coinbase, Sony, and Grab, and was valued at $40 billion at its peak in 2022.

Checkout.com competes directly with Adyen and Stripe in the enterprise payments space.

United KingdomLondonLate StageFintechPayments

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Insight Partners

London, United Kingdom · Venture Capital

Insight Partners is a New York-headquartered global venture capital and private equity firm with a significant London presence, founded in 1995. The firm manages over $80B and is one of the world’s largest dedicated software investors, backing companies from Series B through IPO and beyond. Insight has invested in 800+ companies globally including Shopify, Twitter, Vinted, Wiz, and SemRush. In Europe, the firm actively invests in growth-stage software, SaaS, and data infrastructure businesses, typically deploying $50-200M per deal and providing its proprietary Insight Onsite operational support platform.

Venture CapitalGrowthSoftwareGrowth

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