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Pay Swifter (YC W20) — Stripe for cannabis

Swifter offers a suite of payments solutions, including ACH, tailored to the unique needs of the cannabis industry. Standalone dispensary, MSO, or a marketplace, use Swifter's software and APIs to accept payments, send payouts, and supercharge your growth.

Pay Swifter is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2020 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Stripe for Cannabis. The founder listed is Sowmya Rao (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 12, 2020).

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Pay Swifter

New accelerator entry · 2020-03-12 · the record

Winter 2020
batch
6
people
Early
stage
India
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2020
Announced2020-03-12
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size6
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech -> Banking and Exchange
SectorsFintech, B2B, Retail
RegionsIndia, South Asia, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedBengaluru, KA, India
HiringNo
Sitehttps://payswifter.com
Founded2021
Previously known asGIGI, GIGI BENEFITS, GIGI Benefits, Smol Coach, Swifter

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Swifter offers a suite of payments solutions, including ACH, tailored to the unique needs of the cannabis industry. Standalone dispensary, MSO, or a marketplace, use Swifter's software and APIs to accept payments, send payouts, and supercharge your growth.

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