Monite

Embedded finance APIs for B2B platforms

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TL;DR: Embedded finance APIs for B2B platforms.

Timeline

2020-01

Ivan Maryasin and Andrey Korchak co-found Monite in Berlin

2020-02

Begin bootstrapping B2C SME finance tool with 2 developers

2020-06

COVID-19 accelerates fundraising by enabling remote investor meetings and e-signatures

2020-09

Complete 8-month bootstrap phase with working B2C product

2020-10

Discover broken unit economics: multi-year sales cycles, few hundred dollars annual revenue per SME, 10-year break-even projection

2020-12

Begin pivot from B2C to B2B API-first infrastructure model after observing hundreds of companies building identical fintech features

2021-03

Raise €1.1M pre-seed from Tomahawk VC, Signals Venture Capital, InVentures, and Runa Capital

2021-06

Build banking connectivity layer and initial API building blocks

2021-09

Angel investors Adriaan Mol and Victor Jacobsson join

2021-12

Survey 3,000+ SMEs and freelancers - find 76.5% prefer one platform for admin needs

2022-02

Raise €4.4M seed round led by Point72 Ventures

2022-06

Begin building sales team with networking and cold calling approach

2022-09

Encounter microservice architecture problems - tangled connections and circular dependencies

2022-10

CTO implements mandatory Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to govern technical decisions

2023-01

Raise ~€5M seed extension led by Third Prime, bringing total to €9M+

2023-03

Launch Invoice Payment Links - 6-day integration enabling platforms to monetize payments

2023-06

Hire CMO with prior experience at Mollie to lead marketing

2023-09

Begin content marketing investments with 1-3 year expected payback

2023-12

Achieve strong growth despite 40% decline in fintech VC investment market-wide

2024-01

CTO Andrey Korchak transitions out of CTO role after growing team from 3 to 60

2024-02

Raise $6M seed top-up co-led by Valar Ventures (Peter Thiel) and Third Prime, total $16M

2024-02

Sign Capital on Tap and OpenSolar as anchor US clients

2024-03

Launch Invoicing and Bill Pay for US market with ACH and check payment rails

2024-06

Achieve 10x increase in monthly recurring revenue

2024-09

Reach 5x year-over-year customer growth

2024-12

Reach 6-figure (~$627K) annual revenue with 28+ clients across EU and US

2025-02

Launch iFrame enabling AP/AR integration in under 2 hours with OAuth 2.0

2025-02

27 employees across 3 continents (Europe, North America, Asia)

Distribution

Direct sales team with cold calling and networking

Growth Story

Target Audience

B2B SaaS platforms, neobanks, vertical software companies, and payment companies that want to embed financial workflows without building from scratch

Problem Solved

B2B platforms spend $1-2M and 1-2 years building invoicing, payables, and payment features in-house. Monite lets them integrate equivalent functionality via API in 4-5 weeks.