Tempo (Stripe) vs Abhi
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$500M Series A at $5B valuation led by Greenoaks and Thrive Capital in Mar 2026. Stripe and Paradigm-incubated payments blockchain; Visa, Fifth Third, OnePay as partners.
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Tempo is a payments-optimized blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, designed specifically for stablecoin-settled payments, card issuance, and global money movement. Rather than a general-purpose L1, Tempo targets the payments stack — fast finality, low fees, compliance primitives, and integration with traditional financial rails.
Karachi Pakistan earned wage access platform at $64.1M total ($17M Speedinvest/FJ Labs Series A Apr 2022) serving Pakistani employees and SMEs through United Bank Limited and Bank Alfalah; cash flow positive competing with Wagestream for South Asia EWA.
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Abhi is a Karachi, Pakistan-based financial wellness and earned wage access platform — backed with $64.1 million in total funding including a $17 million Series A in April 2022 led by Speedinvest with Global Ventures, VentureSouq, VEF (Vostok Emerging Finance), Sturgeon Capital, Rallycap, and FJ Labs, following a pre-Series A in November 2021 led by Global Ventures and a $2 million seed in 2021 from Vostok Emerging Finance — providing Pakistani employees with on-demand access to accrued salary before payday (earned wage access), expanding into B2B business financing services for SMEs, and partnering with United Bank Limited and Bank Alfalah for distribution across hundreds of corporate clients. Founded in 2019 and achieving cash flow positive operations, Abhi serves the Pakistani workforce with financial tools addressing the liquidity gap between salary payment dates that pushes employees toward informal high-cost borrowing.
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