Noah Raises $22M to Rethink Global Payments

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Noah Raises $22M to Rethink Global Payments With Stablecoin Infrastructure

London-based fintech startup Noah has raised $22 million in seed funding to develop a stablecoin-powered infrastructure aimed at radically simplifying international payments. The company’s stated mission: make cross-border money transfers as fast, low-cost, and seamless as sending a text.

The funding round brought together a slate of influential backers, including LocalGlobe, Felix Capital, FJ Labs, and notable angels such as Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and Unity founder David Helgason. Former Adyen CTO Alexander Matthey and DST Global’s Tom Stafford also participated, further strengthening Noah’s early-stage credibility.

Noah is not entering the payments race quietly. The company is positioning itself as an infrastructure-first fintech solution, targeting the pain points that have long plagued global transfers: delays, high fees, and inconsistent settlement processes. Rather than build on traditional banking rails, Noah will use stablecoins—digital tokens pegged to fiat currencies—as the backbone of its system.

With this approach, the firm joins a growing list of fintech players attempting to bring next-generation money movement into the mainstream. But Noah is distinguishing itself by focusing on infrastructure, not just front-end interfaces or consumer apps. Its goal is to become a foundational layer for other platforms and institutions to plug into, offering compliant, fast, and cost-effective rails for stablecoin-based remittances and B2B payments.

Experienced Leadership Enters the Fold

Alongside the funding announcement, Noah also introduced its leadership team. CEO and founder Shah Ramezani started the company to address long-standing inefficiencies in international transfers. He is joined by Thijn Lamers, former executive vice president of global sales at Adyen, who enters as co-founder and president.

Lamers brings decades of experience in building and scaling enterprise-grade payment platforms. His presence signals Noah’s ambition to operate not just as a startup with a bold idea, but as a serious infrastructure player capable of handling the regulatory and operational demands of enterprise clients.

This leadership combination—coupled with technical talent from firms like Adyen and deep pockets from top-tier investors—positions Noah as one of the more credible early-stage challengers in the stablecoin-powered payments category.

Stablecoins Move Toward Utility

While stablecoins have become a fixture in crypto markets, their real-world utility has been limited by regulatory ambiguity, fragmented infrastructure, and inconsistent user experiences. Noah is betting that the next phase of growth will come from solving exactly those issues—and doing so in partnership with the institutions that traditional crypto platforms often sidestep.

Rather than targeting crypto-native users, Noah is building for enterprises, platforms, and even financial institutions that need a better alternative to SWIFT and other systems. The company’s model assumes that businesses and consumers don’t need to understand stablecoins to benefit from them—they just need faster, cheaper, and more transparent ways to move money globally.

By abstracting away the technical complexity and offering a compliant, enterprise-ready API layer, Noah is positioning stablecoins as infrastructure.