# Checkout.com

> Checkout.com is a VC fund in London backing FinTech and Payments. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/checkout
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/checkout
- Website: http://www.checkout.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/checkout

Checkout.com is a VC fund in London focused on FinTech and Payments. Checkout.com provides the fastest, most reliable payments in more than 150 currencies, with in-country acquiring, world-class fraud filters and reporting through one API. Checkout.com can accept all major international credit and debit cards and popular alternative and local payment methods. The company launched in 2012 and now has a team of morethan 1700 people across 19 offices worldwide, offering local expertise where it’s needed.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $60M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Payments | 2 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 13% |
| Shopping | 1 | 13% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ott Kaukver | Chief Technology Officer | 30 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ott-kaukver |
| Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo | SVP MENA | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/remo-giovanni-abbondandolo |
| Zack Levine | Head of Revenue for North America | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zack-levine-10eb |
| Anatoly Yakovenko | Founder & CEO | 67 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-pousaz |
| Bradley Riss | Chief Commercial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bradley-riss |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tamara | Tamara is the leading shopping and payments platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region, with a mission to empower people in their daily lives and revolutionize how they shop, pay and bank. The company was founded by serial entrepreneur Abdulmajeed Alsukhan along with his partners Turki Bin Zarah and Abdulmohsen Al Babtain. Tamara has over 350employees and operates out of its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and has offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany and Vietnam.Tamara has raised up to $366 million in equity and debt since its launch in September 2020. Investors in Tamara include Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Checkout.com, Coatue, Shorooq Partners, Endeavor Catalyst and now Goldman Sachs.Tamara has 6 million customers and more than 15,000 partner merchants including leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, Noon, IKEA, H&M as well as local small and medium businesses. | $340M | Series C | Dec 18, 2023 |  |
| Tamara | Tamara is the leading shopping and payments platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region, with a mission to empower people in their daily lives and revolutionize how they shop, pay and bank. The company was founded by serial entrepreneur Abdulmajeed Alsukhan along with his partners Turki Bin Zarah and Abdulmohsen Al Babtain. Tamara has over 350employees and operates out of its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and has offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany and Vietnam.Tamara has raised up to $366 million in equity and debt since its launch in September 2020. Investors in Tamara include Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Checkout.com, Coatue, Shorooq Partners, Endeavor Catalyst and now Goldman Sachs.Tamara has 6 million customers and more than 15,000 partner merchants including leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, Noon, IKEA, H&M as well as local small and medium businesses. | $100M | Series B | Aug 22, 2022 |  |
| Thunes | Founded in 2016, Thunes is a global B2B payment infrastructure platform that powers payments for the world’s fastest-growing businesses – from gig economy giants such as Uber and Deliveroo and Southeast Asia’s super-app Grab to global fintech leaders such as PayPal, Remitly, Finastra and Revolut. Through a single, simple connection, consumers andbusinesses can send payments to – and get paid in – every corner of the world. Thunes currently supports 80 currencies, enables payments to 132 countries and helps to accept 300 payment methods. In April 2022, Thunes acquired a controlling stake in a leading anti-money laundering and compliance platform company Tookitaki, which now enables the company’s advanced compliance, anti-fraud and anti-money laundering capabilities, setting an international benchmark for sustainable compliance. The company is headquartered in Singapore, with regional offices in London, Paris, Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Miami and Nairobi. Current investors include Visa, EDBI, Endeavor Catalyst, Marshall Wace, Bessemer Venture Partners, 01Fintech, Future Shape, Insight Partners, Checkout.com, Helios Investment Partners and GGV Capital. For more information, visit www.thunes.com | $60M | Series B | May 18, 2021 |  |
| Thunes | Founded in 2016, Thunes is a global B2B payment infrastructure platform that powers payments for the world’s fastest-growing businesses – from gig economy giants such as Uber and Deliveroo and Southeast Asia’s super-app Grab to global fintech leaders such as PayPal, Remitly, Finastra and Revolut. Through a single, simple connection, consumers andbusinesses can send payments to – and get paid in – every corner of the world. Thunes currently supports 80 currencies, enables payments to 132 countries and helps to accept 300 payment methods. In April 2022, Thunes acquired a controlling stake in a leading anti-money laundering and compliance platform company Tookitaki, which now enables the company’s advanced compliance, anti-fraud and anti-money laundering capabilities, setting an international benchmark for sustainable compliance. The company is headquartered in Singapore, with regional offices in London, Paris, Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Miami and Nairobi. Current investors include Visa, EDBI, Endeavor Catalyst, Marshall Wace, Bessemer Venture Partners, 01Fintech, Future Shape, Insight Partners, Checkout.com, Helios Investment Partners and GGV Capital. For more information, visit www.thunes.com | $60M | Series B | May 18, 2021 |  |
| Tamara | Tamara is the leading shopping and payments platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region, with a mission to empower people in their daily lives and revolutionize how they shop, pay and bank. The company was founded by serial entrepreneur Abdulmajeed Alsukhan along with his partners Turki Bin Zarah and Abdulmohsen Al Babtain. Tamara has over 350employees and operates out of its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and has offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany and Vietnam.Tamara has raised up to $366 million in equity and debt since its launch in September 2020. Investors in Tamara include Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Checkout.com, Coatue, Shorooq Partners, Endeavor Catalyst and now Goldman Sachs.Tamara has 6 million customers and more than 15,000 partner merchants including leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, Noon, IKEA, H&M as well as local small and medium businesses. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 22, 2021 |  |
| Tamara | Tamara is the leading shopping and payments platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region, with a mission to empower people in their daily lives and revolutionize how they shop, pay and bank. The company was founded by serial entrepreneur Abdulmajeed Alsukhan along with his partners Turki Bin Zarah and Abdulmohsen Al Babtain. Tamara has over 350employees and operates out of its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and has offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany and Vietnam.Tamara has raised up to $366 million in equity and debt since its launch in September 2020. Investors in Tamara include Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Checkout.com, Coatue, Shorooq Partners, Endeavor Catalyst and now Goldman Sachs.Tamara has 6 million customers and more than 15,000 partner merchants including leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, Noon, IKEA, H&M as well as local small and medium businesses. | $110M | Series A | Apr 22, 2021 |  |
| Thunes | Founded in 2016, Thunes is a global B2B payment infrastructure platform that powers payments for the world’s fastest-growing businesses – from gig economy giants such as Uber and Deliveroo and Southeast Asia’s super-app Grab to global fintech leaders such as PayPal, Remitly, Finastra and Revolut. Through a single, simple connection, consumers andbusinesses can send payments to – and get paid in – every corner of the world. Thunes currently supports 80 currencies, enables payments to 132 countries and helps to accept 300 payment methods. In April 2022, Thunes acquired a controlling stake in a leading anti-money laundering and compliance platform company Tookitaki, which now enables the company’s advanced compliance, anti-fraud and anti-money laundering capabilities, setting an international benchmark for sustainable compliance. The company is headquartered in Singapore, with regional offices in London, Paris, Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Miami and Nairobi. Current investors include Visa, EDBI, Endeavor Catalyst, Marshall Wace, Bessemer Venture Partners, 01Fintech, Future Shape, Insight Partners, Checkout.com, Helios Investment Partners and GGV Capital. For more information, visit www.thunes.com | $60M | Series B | Sep 08, 2020 |  |
| Thunes | Founded in 2016, Thunes is a global B2B payment infrastructure platform that powers payments for the world’s fastest-growing businesses – from gig economy giants such as Uber and Deliveroo and Southeast Asia’s super-app Grab to global fintech leaders such as PayPal, Remitly, Finastra and Revolut. Through a single, simple connection, consumers andbusinesses can send payments to – and get paid in – every corner of the world. Thunes currently supports 80 currencies, enables payments to 132 countries and helps to accept 300 payment methods. In April 2022, Thunes acquired a controlling stake in a leading anti-money laundering and compliance platform company Tookitaki, which now enables the company’s advanced compliance, anti-fraud and anti-money laundering capabilities, setting an international benchmark for sustainable compliance. The company is headquartered in Singapore, with regional offices in London, Paris, Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Miami and Nairobi. Current investors include Visa, EDBI, Endeavor Catalyst, Marshall Wace, Bessemer Venture Partners, 01Fintech, Future Shape, Insight Partners, Checkout.com, Helios Investment Partners and GGV Capital. For more information, visit www.thunes.com | $60M | Series B | Sep 08, 2020 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Future Shape](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-shape) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [GGV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ggv-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Helios Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helios-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Coatue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coatue) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Checkout.com invest in?

Checkout.com invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Checkout.com's check size?

Checkout.com typically joins rounds of $60M–$100M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Checkout.com participates in.

### How do I contact Checkout.com?

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### Who are the partners at Checkout.com?

The team at Checkout.com includes Ott Kaukver (Chief Technology Officer), Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo (SVP MENA) and Zack Levine (Head of Revenue for North America), among 19 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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