Checker Raises $8M to Connect Banks to Stablecoins Through One API

Funding and Investors

Checker has raised $8 million in total funding across pre‑seed and seed rounds. The round was led by several crypto and fintech-focused investors, including:

• Galaxy Ventures
• Al Mada Ventures
• Framework Ventures

Additional participants included strategic financial and crypto industry investors such as Bitso, Airtm, DFS Lab, Onigiri Capital, SNZ Capital, and Velocity, according to reports covering the round.

The capital is intended to accelerate product development and expand the company’s infrastructure network for financial institutions globally.

The Problem Checker Is Solving for Banks

For banks and fintech companies, integrating stablecoins often requires dealing with fragmented liquidity sources, multiple blockchain networks, compliance systems, and custody providers.

Checker’s approach is to unify those pieces through a single integration layer. Instead of building separate connections to each provider or market, institutions can use Checker’s API as a centralized access point.

This structure allows financial institutions to:

• Access liquidity across markets
• Launch stablecoin-based payment or treasury products
• Reduce engineering and operational complexity

The company says this infrastructure is particularly useful for cross‑border payments and institutions operating in emerging markets where stablecoins are increasingly used for settlement and liquidity.

Early Traction: Volume and Institutional Clients

Checker reports rapid early growth for its core stablecoin liquidity product.

• The platform scaled from $0 to more than $3 billion in total processing volume in the past 12 months.
• It now serves more than 30 regulated financial institutions globally.

Named institutional clients include Rail and Braza Bank, alongside other partners that have not been publicly disclosed.

This early traction suggests growing institutional demand for infrastructure that connects traditional finance to stablecoin markets.

How Checker Plans to Use the New Capital

The company plans to use its new funding to expand both geographically and technologically.

Geographic expansion

• Brazil
• Kenya
• Hong Kong
• United States

These markets are targeted as part of Checker’s push to build global payment and liquidity infrastructure.

New platform capabilities

The company also plans to introduce new products built on top of its API layer, including:

• Settlement financing tools
• AI agents for account opening and onboarding
• Automated compliance assessments
• AI‑driven treasury and funding workflows

These features are intended to help financial institutions automate operational tasks while building new stablecoin‑based financial products.

Why Stablecoin Infrastructure Startups Are Emerging

As banks and fintech companies experiment with digital assets, infrastructure providers like Checker are positioning themselves as the connective layer between traditional finance and crypto markets.

Stablecoins are increasingly used for cross‑border settlement, liquidity management, and payments, but the underlying ecosystem remains fragmented. Platforms that simplify integration—especially through APIs—could become essential tools for institutions entering the space.

Checker’s early growth, institutional client base, and new funding suggest investors see demand for exactly that kind of infrastructure.