Fintech · San Francisco, United States
OneText
OneText, founded by former PayPal Checkout leaders, is a payments, AI, and marketing platform enabling payment via a phone number. Backed by Y Combinator, Coatue, Citi Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and founders of Warby Parker, Allbirds, Harry's, and Matt Bellamy.
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- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Total raised
- $4.5M
- Seed · last round Jul '25
About OneText
OneText, founded by two former PayPal Checkout team leads in engineering and product, launched earlier this year and has secured pre-seed funding. Backers include Y Combinator, Coatue, Citi Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and the founders of Warby Parker, Allbirds, Harry's, and Matt Bellamy. The company positions itself at the intersection of payments, AI, and marketing and aims to enable paying with a phone number anywhere and everywhere with zero friction. Several brands are already using the platform.
Funding
$4.5Mtotal raised
- Jul 2025 · Seed$4.5M
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