Poko
YC W22 · Active · Seamless Fiat Payments for Web3
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 PayfuraShared: payment method, local payment, crypto / web3InactiveOther | Other | Inactive | YCS22 |
 InfiniaShared: local payment, payment rail, paymentsActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW23 |
 FluxShared: crypto / web3, fiat, paymentActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW21 |
 BlindPayShared: crypto / web3, payments, fiatActiveDevtools | Devtools | Active | YCW25 |
 OWNYShared: payment rail, crypto / web3ActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS18 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 String TechnologyShared: fiat payment, web3, nftsNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | 500 Global2022 |
 EdfaPayShared: payment method, payments, transactionNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | 500 Global2022 |
 KoyweShared: crypto / web3, payments, walletActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW23 |
 NALAShared: payment rail, paymentsActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW19 |
 Dodo PaymentsShared: local paymentNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | Antler2024 |
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About Poko
Poko enables seamless transfers from local payment rails to web3 infrastructure enabling web3 wallets, marketplaces, games and DApps to acquire more users. With Poko’s SDK, web3 builders can easily enable fiat-to-crypto onramping with 100+ common local payment methods or easily pay for NFTs with local payment methods. Poko's fiat-to-cryptoonramp aggregator reduces onramping costs by up to 70% and increases transaction success rates by up to 5x through a smart routing logic and a single integration to multiple onramps. It's Direct Checkout solution enables one step purchasing from fiat payment rails from any smart contract for 79% higher user conversion. The co-founders’ experience includes being chief strategy officer of a $2.4B coincap protocol, leading technical implementation of Singapore’s central bank’s experiment in cross-border payments on blockchain rails, policy experience as payments task force member at the World Economic Forum, ex-Ethereum Foundation Fellow, and CTO of a 2M+ user play to earn game.
- YC batch
- W22 · Winter 2022
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- Developer tools
- Team size
- 10
- Location
- Singapore, Singapore
- Checked
- 32m ago
YC tags: Developer Tools, Crypto / Web3, Payments, Gaming, Creator Economy
Poko: questions
Which YC batch was Poko in?
Poko was in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch (W22).
Is Poko still active?
Y Combinator lists Poko as active.
Where is Poko based?
Poko lists Singapore, Singapore as its location on YC's directory.
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