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Alacriti Receives Growth Investment from Sageview Capital

May 21, 2026 | By Startuprise io

Alacriti, a fintech company based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, that focuses on payments technology, has received a strategic growth investment from Sageview Capital.

The round also saw participation from BMO Capital Partners and Curql Fund.

The company plans to use the funds to expand its Orbipay platform, including adding AI-powered intelligence and fraud prevention features, as well as programmable money capabilities such as stablecoins and tokenized deposits.

Alacriti provides payment infrastructure technology that help's financial institutions and businesses move money across different payment networks, including ACH, Wire, RTP®, FedNow®, Zelle® and Visa Direct. It's platform supports secure and efficient digital payment's across multiple channels.

The investment comes after a period of strong growth for Alacriti. The company now works with about 14% of the top 100 financial institutions in the United States and supports nearly 25% of U.S. credit unions with assets exceeding $1 billion.

Its Orbipay Platform processes over 96 million transactions each year, totaling more than $233 billion in value, and handled around 7% of all U.S. instant payment volume across the RTP network and FedNow Service as of Q4 2025.

BMO Financial Group is the eighth-largest bank in North America by assets, while Curql Fund is a group of more than 160 credit unions that invest together in fintech companies. Following its strong growth, the investment will help Alacriti accelerate the modernization of its payment infrastructure as financial institutions and businesses face increasing pressure to upgrade their systems.

“Alacriti is exceptionally well-positioned at the center of payments modernization, real-time money movement, and fraud prevention,” said Sasank Chary, Partner at Sageview Capital. “The Alacriti team has demonstrated sustained execution and a clear vision for where payments are headed, and we look forward to supporting the company as it scales into its next phase of growth.”

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“Unifying payment rails sounds straightforward until you're operating at enterprise scale, we have invested in Alacriti because of the company's ability to solve the unification problem,” said Rendhir Chandran, Managing Director at BMO Capital Partners. “Their platform addresses one of the most critical challenges facing financial institutions today—how to deliver a seamless, efficient multi-rail payments experience.”

“Credit unions exist to help members store, borrow, and move money quickly and safely. Many credit unions have built strength in the first two; Alacriti gives the infrastructure to lead in the third," said Nick Evens, President and CEO of Curql. "Allowing the technology to dictate the most efficient payment rail is the key to quicker, cheaper, and safer money movement, which is where credit unions will receive the most benefit from partnering with Alacriti. That's why we invested, and why we're excited to scale Alacriti's platform across our collective of 160+ credit unions."

“This investment accelerates our mission to drive innovation, scale and customer impact,” said Manish Gurukula, CEO of Alacriti. “Our 98% customer retention rate, along with clients expanding into new products across our platform, demonstrates the deep trust they place in us as they modernize their payments infrastructure. We have built a profitable foundation and this investment lets us move faster to expand our leadership in real time, unified, intelligent money movement.”

About Alacriti

Founded in 2003, by Manish Gurukula and Sai Raavi, Alacriti provides payment and money movement solutions for financial institutions, and businesses. It's platform enables secure, real time payments across channels, payment networks and devices, while integrating with existing systems to help organizations modernize how they move money.

About Sageview Capital

Founded in 2005 by Ned Gilhuly and Scott Stuart, Sageview Capital is a private investment firm that partners with software and technology-enabled companies to help them grow into long-lasting businesses. The firm manages more than $2 billion in assets and brings years of operational experience and a long-term investment approach, helping many portfolio companies reach IPOs or acquisitions.

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