CleverCards is the leading global platform for mobile-enabled digital payments. An innovative solution to existing and emerging payments challenges, from expense management and insurance payouts to the gig economy payments and gift, incentives and rewards, it is used around the world by businesses and Governments to send digital Mastercards instantly to employees, customers or suppliers by SMS, WhatsApp or email, which can be spent online or in-store using Apple pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay.
Accelerated by the covid-19 Pandemic, the mobile, social and eCommerce industries have experienced transformational shifts in how friends, family and businesses around the world communicate with each other and make payments.
The CleverCards platform makes the instant generation and distribution of mobile payment cards possible. A Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution that your business can plug & play to generate, distribute & manage worldwide payment cards for any use case you can imagine. Send-Receive-Pay. Instantly.
Founded by its CEO, Kealan Lennon, CleverCards has invested $10m in its technology, with funding led by Delta Partners and a number of angel technology investors from Ireland, the UK and US.
Email: hello@clevercards.com
Accelerated by the covid-19 Pandemic, the mobile, social and eCommerce industries have experienced transformational shifts in how friends, family and businesses around the world communicate with each other and make payments.
The CleverCards platform makes the instant generation and distribution of mobile payment cards possible. A Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution that your business can plug & play to generate, distribute & manage worldwide payment cards for any use case you can imagine. Send-Receive-Pay. Instantly.
Founded by its CEO, Kealan Lennon, CleverCards has invested $10m in its technology, with funding led by Delta Partners and a number of angel technology investors from Ireland, the UK and US.
Email: hello@clevercards.com
Location: Ireland, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $11.35M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Delta Part... | deltapartn... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 14.06.2024 | - | $8.65M | - |
| 14.04.2016 | - | $2.7M | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.03.2025 | Innovation in action: Ireland’s tech ecosystem | In 2024, tech companies in Ireland raised up to €400 million, with security companies leading the way (€101.3 million), followed by fintech (€75.1 million) and travel companies (€61.1 million). Ireland’s tech ecosystem is renowned for its s... |
| 14.06.2024 | Dublin-based CleverCards raises €8 million to double down on its global digital payments platform | CleverCards, a global digital payments platform, has announced an €8 million capital raise, including an investment from Pluxee, a global player in Employee Benefits and Engagement, and an additional investment from existing investors. The ... |
| 21.05.2021 | CleverCards to gain EMI licence via M&A, raises Facebook exec-led €10m round | CleverCards, a Dublin-based start-up helping large corporates pay their consumers, employees, and vendors with virtual cards, has made its first acquisition. Italian card management firm, ExpendiaSmart, will become part of the Irish fintech... |
| 11.02.2021 | Mastercard Boost For CleverCards | Payments platform Clevercards.com has signed up to a ‘strategic partnership’ with Mastercard to expand the use of digital cards in Europe. The purpose of the CleverCards platform is to simplify payments so that anyone can be be paid instant... |
| 14.04.2016 | CleverCards Raises €2.4 Million | CleverCards, the online and app-centred greetings cards business, has raised €2.4 million from shareholders in two allotments. Laytons Trustee Company in London, Delta Equity and clients of Davy invested €690,000 in December 2015. The same ... |
| 31.01.2014 | Cleverbug Raises $6M in Funding | Cleverbug, a Dublin, Ireland-based social gifting company, raised $6m in funding. The round was led by Delta Partners. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate business and product development and global expansion. To this end, th... |
| 30.01.2014 | Mobile Greeting Card Company Cleverbug Closes $6 Million Series A | Personalized greeting card company Cleverbug, whose CleverCards mobile app lets you customize cards using Facebook photos then share with friends either digitally or via postal mail, has raised an additional $6 million in Series A funding. ... |
| - | CleverCards | “CleverCards - One Card For All Payouts & Expenses” |