How Endeavor Drives Nium's Unstoppable Global Expansion Across +190 Countries
"One of the biggest learnings for me has been the power of thinking globally from day one. When we started Nium, we didn’t want to be just another fintech in one market - we wanted to solve real, complex problems in cross-border payments that businesses face around the world."
Prajit Nanu
CEO & Co-Founder of Nium
When Prajit Nanu founded Nium in 2014, his vision was ambitious: create a platform capable of solving the most complex challenges in cross-border payments and scaling seamlessly across multiple markets.
Within two years, the company had secured licenses across Australia, Canada, India, and Singapore, moving billions of dollars across borders and laying the foundation for a global B2B payments infrastructure.
From Local Startup to Global Unicorn
Under Prajit’s leadership, Nium evolved from a scrappy remittance app into a borderless financial infrastructure provider. The company launched card issuance across Asia and Australia, introduced multi-currency accounts, and won licenses in key markets such as Japan and Indonesia.
Key milestones that shaped Nium’s global journey:
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2021: Raised $200M Series D, became a unicorn, expanded via acquisitions (Ixaris, Wirecard Forex).
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2023: Processed $25B annually, issued 75M cards, opened offices in London, San Francisco, Amsterdam.
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2024: Raised $50M Series E, entered new regulatory markets (Japan, New Zealand), cemented position as a borderless player.
Prajit Nanu Always Had a Global Vision, From Day One
With this vision in mind, today Nium enables banks, fintechs, and enterprises to collect, convert, and disburse funds across 190+ countries and 100+ currencies, with card issuance live in 30+ markets. Its infrastructure now powers payroll, travel, e-commerce, financial services, and more, making global money movement as seamless as sending a text message.
This growth has been accelerated by a team precisely built to execute Prajit’s vision: experts in cross-border compliance, payments engineering, and scalable fintech infrastructure, all working in perfect alignment.
As Prajit puts it:
"That global mindset required building a team that reflects that ambition, being comfortable with ambiguity, and learning how to scale culture, not just operations. Surround yourself with people who challenge you. Whether it’s co-founders, advisors, or early team members - the people you build with are everything."
Endeavor Plays an Important Role in Scaling His Vision
"Endeavor has been a game-changer for me. It’s not just a network - it’s a global community of people who truly understand what it takes to scale a business from emerging markets to the world. The mentorship, access, and support from other founders and business leaders have helped us navigate expansion, sharpen our strategy, and think bigger."
Prajit Nanu’s journey to becoming an Endeavor Entrepreneur was anything but easy; it was a multi-stage global vetting process designed to test the very limits of an entrepreneur’s vision, resilience, and scalability.
His selection began with the Second Opinion Review (SOR), where he was evaluated by global business leaders including Nicolas Aguzin and João Del Valle. From there, he advanced to the Local Selection Panel (LSP), where leading entrepreneurs and investors such as Pieter de Villiers and Abdulmajeed Alsukhan rigorously assessed his strategy, leadership, and impact potential. Each stage was a high-stakes filter—where only those with extraordinary promise and proven grit could move forward.
Finally, in October 2024, Prajit reached the 48th International Selection Panel (ISP), the ultimate milestone in Endeavor’s evaluation. In front of a panel chaired by Edgar Bronfman Jr., alongside global leaders such as Christopher Schroeder, Herve Cuviliez, Luis Lora, Drew McElroy, and Susan Saideman, Prajit demonstrated not only the strength of Nium’s business but also his own caliber as a world-class entrepreneur capable of scaling a company across continents.
Just months later, in 2025, Prajit was named to the Endeavor Outliers, a prestigious global cohort spotlighting the top 10% of entrepreneurs in Endeavor’s worldwide network—those who have reached milestones such as $100M+ in annual revenue, billion-dollar valuations, or IPOs. Being part of Outliers is a recognition that Prajit and Nium stand at the frontier of global entrepreneurship, setting the benchmark for what founders from emerging markets can achieve.
Endeavor operates in 45+ markets worldwide, with a singular mission: to identify and support high-impact entrepreneurs who can multiply growth for entire ecosystems
Prajit and Nium embody that ethos. Together, Endeavor and Nium share a global mindset: scaling beyond borders, navigating regulatory frontiers, and building the infrastructure for the next era of payments.
From London to San Francisco, from payroll to travel payments, Nium is setting the blueprint for how fintechs can redefine cross-border payments worldwide. With Endeavor’s platform, Prajit has the mentorship, community, and credibility to accelerate even faster.
This is not just the story of a company that became a unicorn. It is the story of how a founder from emerging markets is building the invisible pipes of global money movement, and how Endeavor is helping to fuel that ambition every step of the way.