Poko
Seamless Fiat Payments for Web3
Founders
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Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
PayfuraS22Global payment gateway to buy/sell cryptoShared: crypto / web3, paymentsInactive
SatsumaS21Reliable blockchain indexing & querying for web3 engineering teams.Shared: developer tools, crypto / web3Acquired
StarS22Make games with AI - no coding requiredShared: gaming, creator economyActive
UpBanxW22Brex for D2C Brands and Content Creators in IndonesiaShared: crypto / web3, creator economyActive
KoyweW23Crypto On and Off Ramp for LatamShared: crypto / web3, paymentsActive
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BrainboardW22Visually design and manage cloud infrastructures.Active
ConvoyW22Webhooks Gateway for outgoing and incoming webhooks.Active
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.
Singapore, Singapore
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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