--- title: "Primer secures $100M Series C to fuel US expansion and autonomous AI payments" url: https://daily.dev/posts/primer-secures-100m-series-c-to-fuel-us-expansion-and-autonomous-ai-payments-qatmmjbek source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/primer-secures-100m-series-c-autonomous-ai-payments type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-05-20T16:03:48.573Z updated: 2026-05-20T16:04:08.513Z tags: ["ai-agents", "fintech"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Primer secures $100M Series C to fuel US expansion and autonomous AI payments **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Primer, a London-based payments infrastructure startup, has raised a €86.2 million ($100M) Series C led by Sofina and Peak XV Partners. The funding will support US market expansion — targeting over a third of total revenue by 2028 — and the scaling of its AI-native payments platform. Primer's platform unifies payment orchestration, reconciliation, FX, and financial operations into a single layer, recording 400+ data points per transaction. The company also launched an AI agent called AI Companion, designed to make autonomous payment decisions using complete, contextual transaction data. Founded in 2020 by ex-Braintree and ex-PayPal executives, Primer has now raised €146.6M total and operates across 30+ countries. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents](https://daily.dev/posts/prime-intellect-raises-130m-series-a-to-help-enterprises-build-their-own-ai-agents-obnk2m77j) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe](https://daily.dev/posts/natural-raises-30m-to-reinvent-payments-for-ai-agents-and-take-on-stripe-sobjswbmq) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Adfin raises $18m Series A from Index Ventures for agentic business finance](https://daily.dev/posts/adfin-raises-18m-series-a-from-index-ventures-for-agentic-business-finance-fl0cqnxew) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [HappyRobot raises $150m Series C to put AI agents to work across the enterprise](https://daily.dev/posts/happyrobot-raises-150m-series-c-to-put-ai-agents-to-work-across-the-enterprise-rvupsva2q) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Serve First secures €5.7M to scale its AI-driven customer experience platform](https://daily.dev/posts/serve-first-secures-5-7m-to-scale-its-ai-driven-customer-experience-platform-ctkoysgiq) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#fintech](https://daily.dev/tags/fintech) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/primer-secures-100m-series-c-to-fuel-us-expansion-and-autonomous-ai-payments-qatmmjbek)