Pliant completes $80 million Series C funding to advance AI payments

Berlin-based fintech Pliant has closed an $80 million Series C round led by Seaya Nova and Speedinvest, with participation from Illuminate Financial, Motive Partners and Molten Ventures. The company said the funding will support expansion in the US and Canada, preparation for additional international markets, and acceleration of its AI payments roadmap. Pliant provides enterprise payment infrastructure whose platform connects third-party AI agents via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), embedding payment flows directly into business processes. Pliant said its business has doubled for three consecutive years and that annual recurring revenue now exceeds $100 million. The round signals continued investor appetite for AI-native payment infrastructure as fintechs race to position themselves between enterprise workflows and autonomous agents.