Facio Raises $5M for Early Payroll Loans

Facio, a Brazilian fintech, raised a $5M Seed round led by Monashees and ONEVC. Other investors in the round included angel investors Igor Marchesini of SumUp, Gabriel Braga of QuintoAndar, and Michael Seibel, CEO of YCombinator. 

“We started Facio because we saw the problem firsthand […] The low-salaried population is very large in Brazil, and we saw the difference the resources in the US had made and wanted to provide a similar scheme of early salary access,” said Saulo Tristāo, co-founder of Facio. “By creating value for both companies and employees, Facio is building a B2B2C platform that allows scaling and developing engagement with customers without depending on the competitive and expensive paid channels of consumption.”

Facio is a digital finance platform that facilitates payroll loans for low-income employees. The site acts as a Banking correspondent for employers, thus enabling early access to salaries through connecting a means of payment directly to a company’s payroll.

Announcement: Facio raises $5M for early payroll loans