IRIS achieves successful exit from SurePay – FinTech for payment security on course for expansion
IRIS achieves successful exit from SurePay – FinTech for payment security on course for expansion
The transaction is a strategic investment by Carlyle and historic investor Rabo Investments.
Berlin, June 3, 2025 — European Venture and Growth tech investor IRIS, announces its successful exit from SurePay, one of Europe's leading providers of payment security solutions. The transaction is part of a strategic investment by The Carlyle Group together with Rabo Investments. IRIS has been involved as an investor in the Dutch startup since the first financing round in 2021.
With its IBAN Name Check (Confirmation of Payee) infrastructure technology, SurePay helps banks and businesses prevent payment fraud and comply with regulatory requirements. Since its inception, the company has verified over ten billion payments and now counts more than 200 banks and 750 businesses among its customers, including in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, the Nordics and increasingly in Germany.
“When we invested in SurePay in 2021, real-time payment verification was still a niche topic. Today, it is an infrastructure standard across Europe and it is becoming mandatory in more and more countries. SurePay anticipated this development early on and played a key role in shaping it, becoming a leader wherever they launched their product,” says Thorben Rothe, Partner at IRIS.
The mission: Build a scalable product model
IRIS has supported SurePay since its Series A financing round in fall 2021, together with Connected Capital and Rabo Investments – the investment arm of Rabobank. The mission at the time was to accelerate European expansion and build a scalable product model that meets both regulatory and technological requirements.
With Carlyle entering the next phase of growth and Rabo Investments renewing its investment, the current transaction underscores the strategic value of payment security solutions, especially in the context of changing payment regulations across Europe.
SurePay was founded in 2016 as an in-house venture of Rabobank and has since become the European market leader in its segment. The company's technologies – including CoP (Confirmation of Payee), VoP (Verification of Payee) and FRI (Fraud Risk Indicator) – are increasingly becoming central building blocks in modern financial architectures.
A deliberate exit with foresight
Following successful exits in the fintech sector – including Kyriba in 2024, a leading global provider of treasury and liquidity management with a company valuation of over three billion US dollars – SurePay once again confirms IRIS's ability to identify technology-driven B2B financial companies at an early stage, provide them with strategic support and scale them internationally across multiple growth phases. Both examples illustrate IRIS' long-term commitment to bringing European tech champions together with strong, globally active growth partners.
Berlin, June 3, 2025 — European Venture and Growth tech investor IRIS, announces its successful exit from SurePay, one of Europe's leading providers of payment security solutions. The transaction is part of a strategic investment by The Carlyle Group together with Rabo Investments. IRIS has been involved as an investor in the Dutch startup since the first financing round in 2021.
With its IBAN Name Check (Confirmation of Payee) infrastructure technology, SurePay helps banks and businesses prevent payment fraud and comply with regulatory requirements. Since its inception, the company has verified over ten billion payments and now counts more than 200 banks and 750 businesses among its customers, including in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, the Nordics and increasingly in Germany.
“When we invested in SurePay in 2021, real-time payment verification was still a niche topic. Today, it is an infrastructure standard across Europe and it is becoming mandatory in more and more countries. SurePay anticipated this development early on and played a key role in shaping it, becoming a leader wherever they launched their product,” says Thorben Rothe, Partner at IRIS.
The mission: Build a scalable product model
IRIS has supported SurePay since its Series A financing round in fall 2021, together with Connected Capital and Rabo Investments – the investment arm of Rabobank. The mission at the time was to accelerate European expansion and build a scalable product model that meets both regulatory and technological requirements.
With Carlyle entering the next phase of growth and Rabo Investments renewing its investment, the current transaction underscores the strategic value of payment security solutions, especially in the context of changing payment regulations across Europe.
SurePay was founded in 2016 as an in-house venture of Rabobank and has since become the European market leader in its segment. The company's technologies – including CoP (Confirmation of Payee), VoP (Verification of Payee) and FRI (Fraud Risk Indicator) – are increasingly becoming central building blocks in modern financial architectures.
A deliberate exit with foresight
Following successful exits in the fintech sector – including Kyriba in 2024, a leading global provider of treasury and liquidity management with a company valuation of over three billion US dollars – SurePay once again confirms IRIS's ability to identify technology-driven B2B financial companies at an early stage, provide them with strategic support and scale them internationally across multiple growth phases. Both examples illustrate IRIS' long-term commitment to bringing European tech champions together with strong, globally active growth partners.
Berlin, June 3, 2025 — European Venture and Growth tech investor IRIS, announces its successful exit from SurePay, one of Europe's leading providers of payment security solutions. The transaction is part of a strategic investment by The Carlyle Group together with Rabo Investments. IRIS has been involved as an investor in the Dutch startup since the first financing round in 2021.
With its IBAN Name Check (Confirmation of Payee) infrastructure technology, SurePay helps banks and businesses prevent payment fraud and comply with regulatory requirements. Since its inception, the company has verified over ten billion payments and now counts more than 200 banks and 750 businesses among its customers, including in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, the Nordics and increasingly in Germany.
“When we invested in SurePay in 2021, real-time payment verification was still a niche topic. Today, it is an infrastructure standard across Europe and it is becoming mandatory in more and more countries. SurePay anticipated this development early on and played a key role in shaping it, becoming a leader wherever they launched their product,” says Thorben Rothe, Partner at IRIS.
The mission: Build a scalable product model
IRIS has supported SurePay since its Series A financing round in fall 2021, together with Connected Capital and Rabo Investments – the investment arm of Rabobank. The mission at the time was to accelerate European expansion and build a scalable product model that meets both regulatory and technological requirements.
With Carlyle entering the next phase of growth and Rabo Investments renewing its investment, the current transaction underscores the strategic value of payment security solutions, especially in the context of changing payment regulations across Europe.
SurePay was founded in 2016 as an in-house venture of Rabobank and has since become the European market leader in its segment. The company's technologies – including CoP (Confirmation of Payee), VoP (Verification of Payee) and FRI (Fraud Risk Indicator) – are increasingly becoming central building blocks in modern financial architectures.
A deliberate exit with foresight
Following successful exits in the fintech sector – including Kyriba in 2024, a leading global provider of treasury and liquidity management with a company valuation of over three billion US dollars – SurePay once again confirms IRIS's ability to identify technology-driven B2B financial companies at an early stage, provide them with strategic support and scale them internationally across multiple growth phases. Both examples illustrate IRIS' long-term commitment to bringing European tech champions together with strong, globally active growth partners.
IRIS achieves successful exit from SurePay – FinTech for payment security on course for expansion
The transaction is a strategic investment by Carlyle and historic investor Rabo Investments.
Berlin, June 3, 2025 — European Venture and Growth tech investor IRIS, announces its successful exit from SurePay, one of Europe's leading providers of payment security solutions. The transaction is part of a strategic investment by The Carlyle Group together with Rabo Investments. IRIS has been involved as an investor in the Dutch startup since the first financing round in 2021.
With its IBAN Name Check (Confirmation of Payee) infrastructure technology, SurePay helps banks and businesses prevent payment fraud and comply with regulatory requirements. Since its inception, the company has verified over ten billion payments and now counts more than 200 banks and 750 businesses among its customers, including in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, the Nordics and increasingly in Germany.
“When we invested in SurePay in 2021, real-time payment verification was still a niche topic. Today, it is an infrastructure standard across Europe and it is becoming mandatory in more and more countries. SurePay anticipated this development early on and played a key role in shaping it, becoming a leader wherever they launched their product,” says Thorben Rothe, Partner at IRIS.
The mission: Build a scalable product model
IRIS has supported SurePay since its Series A financing round in fall 2021, together with Connected Capital and Rabo Investments – the investment arm of Rabobank. The mission at the time was to accelerate European expansion and build a scalable product model that meets both regulatory and technological requirements.
With Carlyle entering the next phase of growth and Rabo Investments renewing its investment, the current transaction underscores the strategic value of payment security solutions, especially in the context of changing payment regulations across Europe.
SurePay was founded in 2016 as an in-house venture of Rabobank and has since become the European market leader in its segment. The company's technologies – including CoP (Confirmation of Payee), VoP (Verification of Payee) and FRI (Fraud Risk Indicator) – are increasingly becoming central building blocks in modern financial architectures.
A deliberate exit with foresight
Following successful exits in the fintech sector – including Kyriba in 2024, a leading global provider of treasury and liquidity management with a company valuation of over three billion US dollars – SurePay once again confirms IRIS's ability to identify technology-driven B2B financial companies at an early stage, provide them with strategic support and scale them internationally across multiple growth phases. Both examples illustrate IRIS' long-term commitment to bringing European tech champions together with strong, globally active growth partners.
Berlin, June 3, 2025 — European Venture and Growth tech investor IRIS, announces its successful exit from SurePay, one of Europe's leading providers of payment security solutions. The transaction is part of a strategic investment by The Carlyle Group together with Rabo Investments. IRIS has been involved as an investor in the Dutch startup since the first financing round in 2021.
With its IBAN Name Check (Confirmation of Payee) infrastructure technology, SurePay helps banks and businesses prevent payment fraud and comply with regulatory requirements. Since its inception, the company has verified over ten billion payments and now counts more than 200 banks and 750 businesses among its customers, including in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, the Nordics and increasingly in Germany.
“When we invested in SurePay in 2021, real-time payment verification was still a niche topic. Today, it is an infrastructure standard across Europe and it is becoming mandatory in more and more countries. SurePay anticipated this development early on and played a key role in shaping it, becoming a leader wherever they launched their product,” says Thorben Rothe, Partner at IRIS.
The mission: Build a scalable product model
IRIS has supported SurePay since its Series A financing round in fall 2021, together with Connected Capital and Rabo Investments – the investment arm of Rabobank. The mission at the time was to accelerate European expansion and build a scalable product model that meets both regulatory and technological requirements.
With Carlyle entering the next phase of growth and Rabo Investments renewing its investment, the current transaction underscores the strategic value of payment security solutions, especially in the context of changing payment regulations across Europe.
SurePay was founded in 2016 as an in-house venture of Rabobank and has since become the European market leader in its segment. The company's technologies – including CoP (Confirmation of Payee), VoP (Verification of Payee) and FRI (Fraud Risk Indicator) – are increasingly becoming central building blocks in modern financial architectures.
A deliberate exit with foresight
Following successful exits in the fintech sector – including Kyriba in 2024, a leading global provider of treasury and liquidity management with a company valuation of over three billion US dollars – SurePay once again confirms IRIS's ability to identify technology-driven B2B financial companies at an early stage, provide them with strategic support and scale them internationally across multiple growth phases. Both examples illustrate IRIS' long-term commitment to bringing European tech champions together with strong, globally active growth partners.
Berlin, June 3, 2025 — European Venture and Growth tech investor IRIS, announces its successful exit from SurePay, one of Europe's leading providers of payment security solutions. The transaction is part of a strategic investment by The Carlyle Group together with Rabo Investments. IRIS has been involved as an investor in the Dutch startup since the first financing round in 2021.
With its IBAN Name Check (Confirmation of Payee) infrastructure technology, SurePay helps banks and businesses prevent payment fraud and comply with regulatory requirements. Since its inception, the company has verified over ten billion payments and now counts more than 200 banks and 750 businesses among its customers, including in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, the Nordics and increasingly in Germany.
“When we invested in SurePay in 2021, real-time payment verification was still a niche topic. Today, it is an infrastructure standard across Europe and it is becoming mandatory in more and more countries. SurePay anticipated this development early on and played a key role in shaping it, becoming a leader wherever they launched their product,” says Thorben Rothe, Partner at IRIS.
The mission: Build a scalable product model
IRIS has supported SurePay since its Series A financing round in fall 2021, together with Connected Capital and Rabo Investments – the investment arm of Rabobank. The mission at the time was to accelerate European expansion and build a scalable product model that meets both regulatory and technological requirements.
With Carlyle entering the next phase of growth and Rabo Investments renewing its investment, the current transaction underscores the strategic value of payment security solutions, especially in the context of changing payment regulations across Europe.
SurePay was founded in 2016 as an in-house venture of Rabobank and has since become the European market leader in its segment. The company's technologies – including CoP (Confirmation of Payee), VoP (Verification of Payee) and FRI (Fraud Risk Indicator) – are increasingly becoming central building blocks in modern financial architectures.
A deliberate exit with foresight
Following successful exits in the fintech sector – including Kyriba in 2024, a leading global provider of treasury and liquidity management with a company valuation of over three billion US dollars – SurePay once again confirms IRIS's ability to identify technology-driven B2B financial companies at an early stage, provide them with strategic support and scale them internationally across multiple growth phases. Both examples illustrate IRIS' long-term commitment to bringing European tech champions together with strong, globally active growth partners.
