Mural, founded by ex-Palantir engineers Sinclair Toffa and Chris Fernandes, offers a compliant system of record for fintechs to move, store, and grow customer money, handling licenses, bank relationships, and blockchain rails. Customers include Deel, Opera, and Axexo. Since launching its API in 2025, it has processed $2.1 billion across 128 countries; 2026 volume to date is nearly six times all of 2025. The round, backed by Tether and North Island Ventures, funds infrastructure, hiring, licensing expansion, and new markets, with agent-ready payment controls and audit trails.

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Thread · 2 events · last update 20 Oct 18:30
  1. First reportMural Pay raises $15 million in a Series A led by Tether2 acc.
  2. UpdateMural raises $28 million, including a $15 million Series A led by Tether8 acc.
  3. Leviathan published this article

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  • @CryptoRank_VCs Fundraising DigestOn X ↗

    ⚡️@mural_pay $15M Series A Round 📑 About: Stablecoin payment infrastructure for global accounts, transfers and currency conversion. 🤝 Investors:@tether (Lead), @GalaxyHQ, @DCGco, @NorthIslandVC, and @firstminutecap

  • @jbahrdestefano JC Bahr-de StefanoFirst reportOn X ↗

    More fintech funding!@mural_pay raised a $15M Series A led by @tether Mural offers a single account for businesses to hold + move dollars, local currencies & stablecoins across borders & infra that fintechs can build their own products on. Also building accounts for AI agents…

  • @cyndilailo JoyceOn X ↗

    I along with @pivotglobal_xyz are excited to be an investor in @Mural, which today $28M in total funding including from Tether and North Island Mural is the compliant system of record that fintechs and platforms like Deel and Opera build on to move, store, and grow money for… https://t.co/FeOWgpMfYG

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  • @stabledashOn X ↗

    RAISED: @mural_pay has raised $28M, including a $15M Series A led by @tether@sinclair_toffa shared the Palantir playbook behind Mural’s growth, back in May: “We will deploy forward deployed engineers with the customer who will then understand the edge cases of the use case…

  • @Crypto_Briefing Crypto BriefingOn X ↗

    💥 NEW: Fintech firm Mural has raised $28 million in total funding, including a $15 million Series A led by Tether, to expand payment infrastructure for global businesses and AI-powered financial services.

  • @FortuneMagazine FORTUNEOn X ↗

    Today, New York-based startup Mural, a platform for managing international payments, announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A funding round to connect banks to the emerging bot economy. https://t.co/ibFM8qNRwe

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