(18 June 2025 – Global) Tensec, a fintech startup founded by former Rapyd, Meta, and Goldman Sachs executives, has secured $12 million in seed funding to transform the $190 trillion B2B cross-border payments space.
Led by Costanoa Ventures, the funding round also drew backing from Quiet Capital, WillowTree Investments, Cambrian VC, Ignia Partners, Montage Ventures, Renegade Partners, and Endeavor Scale Up Ventures.
Tensec offers a no-integration platform using AI, real-time payments, and global fintech infrastructure to deliver FX, cross-border payments, and treasury services to SMBs via trading companies. The company is already working with partners handling $10 billion in annual trade.
“SMBs drive nearly half of global trade but have long been excluded from the financial tools that larger players rely on,” said Tensec CEO Helcio Nobre. “We’re flipping the model by empowering global trading companies to deliver these services directly to their partners — making global commerce faster, cheaper and more accessible.”