Metal raises nearly $50M in seed round led by Airwallex and Capital 49 to build infrastructure for tokenized financial products and stablecoin payments.
Amount Raised
$50 Million
Round Type
Seed
Investors
Description
Metal, a company building infrastructure for tokenized financial products and stablecoin payments, raised nearly $50 million in its seed funding round. The round was led by Airwallex and its venture capital arm, Capital 49, as joint leads. Co-founded by Melbourne-based entrepreneur Loong Wang and former Meta executive Catherine Porter, Metal is expanding its presence in the United States market. The funding will support the company's development of blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
Who else raised in Payments and Fintech around the same time
Companies in the same sectors as Metal that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.
- WasabiCard raised $10M (Series A) on October 1, 2026.
- Diameter Pay raised $10M (Series A) on September 3, 2026.
- Nova raised $24M (Series A) on November 12, 2026.
- Alta raised $80M (Series A) on November 11, 2026.
- Wafr raised an undisclosed amount (Pre-Seed) on November 10, 2026.
- Enza raised $6.8M (Seed) on November 9, 2026.
Who to call at Metal, and when
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- The decision-makers there, with verified emails
- Who you already know at Metal, from your own LinkedIn network
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