Axio knows that impenetrability is impossible, but cyber resilience is within reach.
We recognize that technology is only part of the solution, that insurance should be treated as a critical control, and that making risk-based decisions is the most optimal way to succeed. We help organizations effectively align controls and capabilities to minimize cyber risk and maximize the ability to recover fully when security failures occur.
Axio’s platform and services provide all stakeholders with a common framework to proactively manage cyber risk in terms that the entire organization can understand.
CISOs can continuously monitor the company’s cyber posture and confidently invest in the right capabilities to reduce risk. Risk officers can optimize their insurance portfolio and structure the right coverage to protect their business. Board members and executive leadership can now be confident that their cyber strategy will achieve and sustain resiliency.
Axio delivers Cyber Resilience Optimization.
We recognize that technology is only part of the solution, that insurance should be treated as a critical control, and that making risk-based decisions is the most optimal way to succeed. We help organizations effectively align controls and capabilities to minimize cyber risk and maximize the ability to recover fully when security failures occur.
Axio’s platform and services provide all stakeholders with a common framework to proactively manage cyber risk in terms that the entire organization can understand.
CISOs can continuously monitor the company’s cyber posture and confidently invest in the right capabilities to reduce risk. Risk officers can optimize their insurance portfolio and structure the right coverage to protect their business. Board members and executive leadership can now be confident that their cyber strategy will achieve and sustain resiliency.
Axio delivers Cyber Resilience Optimization.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $45M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | NFP Ventur... | nfpvf.com |
| 16.07.2020 | IA Capital... | iacapgroup... |
| - | Distribute... | distribute... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 24.08.2024 | - | $20M | Amazon |
| 09.08.2022 | Series B | $25M | - |
Mentions in press and media 32
| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.04.2025 | No Unicorns, No IPOs—But Strategic Acquisitions Hint at FinTech Maturity in Q1 2025 A tough macroeconomic environment, global trade tensions, rising inflation, U.S. tariffs, and bearish stock markets ... | India's FinTech sector had a mixed bag of a quarter in early 2025. While it proudly stood as the third-highest funded FinTech market in the world, just behind the U.S. and the U.K. However, the total funding raised during this period — USD ... |
| 21.01.2025 | Amazon and Axio confirmed their acquisition agreement | The fintech startup Axio (formerly Capital Float) is set to be acquired by e-commerce giant Amazon. After acquiring Emvantage, this will be the US-based company’s second acquisition in the Indian fintech market. “In December, after the succ... |
| 16.01.2025 | Amazon buys fintech Axio but few VC investors emerged as winners | Premium Credit: Reuters Ecommerce giant Amazon has agreed to acquire India's Axio in a transaction that will likely leave little on the table for the fintech company’s venture capital backers. Amazon signed an agreement to acquire A... |
| 26.08.2024 | Cyber leaders call for inclusivity in cybersecurity industry | In recognition of International Women in Cyber Day on 1 September, several leading voices in the cybersecurity industry have underscored the necessity of promoting inclusivity and addressing gender biases within the field. They emphasise th... |
| 24.08.2024 | Online lending platform Axio raised $20 M from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund | Axio, formerly known as Capital Float, is an online lending platform that has raised $20 million from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund. According to a press release from Axio, the money will be used to support future growth, which will include gr... |
| 23.08.2024 | The Surge of Online Lending and D2C Brands: A New Era of Growth | In the bustling world of startups, two companies have recently made headlines with significant funding rounds. Axio, an online lending platform, and Uppercase, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) luggage brand, are carving their paths in their respe... |
| 23.08.2024 | Axio Bags USD 20 Mn from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund to Scale Lending and Finance Solutions The Bengaluru-based brand aims to deploy the raised funds to expand its lending operations, checkout finance ... | Consumer finance startup Axio announced that it has secured USD 20 million in equity funding from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund. The fresh funds will be used to support further growth, including scaling lending operations, expanding use cases ... |
| 23.08.2024 | axio raises $20 Mn from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund | Update: Online lending platform axio (formerly Capital Float) has raised $20 million from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund. The funds will be used to support further growth, including scaling lending operations, expanding use cases of checkout fi... |
| 31.07.2024 | Axio almost fully acquired by Amazon in all-cash deal | Amazon, a major player in e-commerce, looks to be just a few steps away from acquiring Emvantage, its first fintech company in India. According to two sources who spoke to the media, the company is in advanced talks to buy online lending pl... |
| 19.06.2024 | Aye Finance raises $30 Mn in debt from FMO | Microlending platform Aye Finance has raised Rs 250 crore ($30 million) in debt funding from FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank. This is the second funding for the Gurugram-based company in the past six months. The proceeds fro... |
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