British Fintec Startup VelocityA financial infrastructure platform, today comes out of the stealth and announced to introduce € 8.8 million pre-bees funds “Operating system for digital finance“.
The round was led by Activant Capital, Energy Initiative, Triton Capital, Fabric Venture, Commerce Initiatives and Pref’s Venture. Strategic shareholders include Stripe, World, Visa, Circle, PayPal and Google Current or former Executive.
“The future of finance is not about replacing the old with the new. It is cutely about consolidating both“Said Tom GreenwoodCo-founder and CEO. “We are not chasing crypto hype — we are using Stabolicine to remove friction, accelerate acceleration and to carry out advanced performance of real-universe financial activities.“
Established in 2025, the velocity is a financial infrastructure platform that is built to pay global money through stabiline technology and combine the treasury. The velocity enables the business to move, hold and manage the capital simultaneously across banks, blockchain and borders.
The velocity was established by Tom Greenwood and Eric Quithem, the velocity of the payment industry. Greenwood had earlier established a fintech company and IFX, a foreign currency and inter-line payment company in real-time payments. Co-founder and President Quithem spent almost a decade in the Worldpop, where he led the global strategy and growth throughout the market and crypto.
“We have found first-hand experience in financial complexity of conducting business worldwide-savings of sacrifices, lack of transparency and effectiveness“Said Eric QuythemCo-founder and President. “The velocity is made to eliminate that friction with infrastructure that faces real-world problems in the face of money-initiatives all over the world, adapt and resolveThe “
Beg points that even though the stabben infrastructure is mature, it is not generated for the global initiative scale, complexity or regulatory claim. It is important to unlock the next wave of innovation to move from technical performance to operational preparation – and enable the adoption on a scale.
The velocity will make that transition through a protected, enterprise-grade platform that unite banks, blockchain and AI-enables businessmen to simultaneously retain, remove and operate the traditional rail and digital resource.
“Velocity is not only resolved to pay interpretation — it manages the Treasury through stabben infrastructure by managing FX, fluidity and treasury“Said Andrew SteelPartner in Active Capital. “Tom and Eric bring about the rare technical depth and regulatory fluency needed to make and scale this national product. We have shared this aspect over the years – and now it’s time to make it livelyThe “
The emerging regulatory structures throughout the major financial markets, including the United States, the United Kingdom, the EU and Singapore, are accelerating the adoption and driving demand for infrastructure that connects today’s financial system with the digital economy.
“Velocity is creating foundational infrastructure for the future of global money“Said Shiva PatelPartner in fuel Ventures. “We have supported Tom in the volt and we are proud to make him back again. Tom and Eric bring a rare depth in controlling the navigate, solving the real-world operational challenges that define the enterprise platforms and define success.“
“We are proud to support the velocity as a strategic partner“Added MichaelFireblock founder and CEO. “As the demand for stable-based payment infrastructure is accelerated, faithful, enterprise-resolved solutions are needed in the market. Beg is coming up with a thoughtful view in this next chapter of digital payment.“
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