Reap

Hong Kong Fintech Acquired

Reap is a Hong Kong-headquartered fintech operating a global financial infrastructure platform powered by stablecoins. Its API-driven stack combines card networks, traditional finance rails and stablecoin settlement, supporting corporate card issuing, cross-border B2B payouts, treasury management and embedded finance for businesses across Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America and Europe. Founded in 2018 by Daren Guo, an early Stripe APAC employee, and former investment banker Kevin Kang, Reap employs about 300 people. Payward, parent of crypto exchange Kraken, completed its acquisition of Reap on 1 July 2026; Reap continues as a standalone brand and Guo still leads it.

Acquired

Reap has been acquired

Acquired by Payward (parent of Kraken) May 7, 2026 Up to $600M (cash and stock)

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2018

Employees

201–500

Total Funding

$45M

2 rounds

Secondary Signals (Note: SetterVC does not verify the accuracy of these)

1 signal
M&A Recent up to $600M cash and stock incl. earn-outs 2026-07-01

Payward (Kraken parent) completed its acquisition of Reap Technologies Holdings; deal announced in May 2026 at up to $600M in cash and stock

Exit completed; no further secondary pricing expected

Funding

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Total raised $45M across 2 rounds

Last updated 10-10-2026

DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
Oct 28, 2022 Series A Press release $40M — Acorn Pacific Ventures, Arcadia Funds, HashKey Capital
Jul 14, 2020 Seed $5M — Not disclosed

Prominent Investors

Arcadia Funds Hash Key Capital Payment Asia Hustle Fund Fresco Capital Acorn Pacific Ventures

Leadership

  • Daren Guo

    Co-Founder & CEO

  • Kevin Kang

    Co-Founder

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • Airwallex

    Global payments and financial platform offering multi-currency accounts, international transfers, expense management and card issuance for cross-border businesses.

  • Nium

    Global B2B payments infrastructure provider offering multi-currency accounts, card issuance and cross-border payouts via API.

  • Rapyd

    Fintech-as-a-service platform delivering payments, card issuing and payouts across global markets via a unified API.

  • BVNK

    Stablecoin-focused B2B payments infrastructure provider enabling businesses to accept, convert and send digital-asset and fiat payments globally.

  • Brex

    Spend-management fintech providing corporate cards, expense management and treasury for global businesses.

  • Ramp

    US corporate card and spend-management platform offering automated expense controls, bill pay and procurement for businesses.

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