Startup profile for Loop: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.
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Loop funding, valuation and investors

Web3 recurring payments and subscription billing infrastructure for crypto merchants.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Seed

$4M · April 2022

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$4M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

seed

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Loop (Loop Crypto) is a Web3 payments infrastructure company enabling recurring subscriptions, billing, and checkout flows for crypto-native merchants. Founded to solve the gap between one-time wallet payments and subscription business models, Loop raised a $4M seed round in April 2022 led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Alchemy Ventures, CoinList, and A.Capital participating.

Why Loop is interesting

Loop Crypto (a16z portfolio) brings Stripe-like subscriptions to on-chain payments — a16z led $4M seed (2022) as merchants needed recurring billing for token economies and NFT memberships.

Product & use cases

Loop provides APIs and checkout widgets for recurring crypto payments — subscriptions, memberships, and usage-based billing — with automatic wallet charging and merchant dashboard for subscriber management.

  • NFT projects offering monthly membership tiers paid in stablecoins or ETH
  • SaaS and media companies accepting crypto subscriptions alongside fiat
  • DAOs billing members for premium access or tooling

Key facts

  • Seed (Apr 2022): $4M led by a16z (CoinDesk)
  • Recurring crypto payments and subscription billing for Web3 merchants
  • Alchemy Ventures and CoinList among seed participants

Funding history (newest first)

Seed

2022-04 $4M

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/06/loop-crypto-raises-4m-from-a16z-for-recurring-crypto-payments/

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Loop's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz

Competitive landscape

Edge: Loop focused early on recurring billing — a gap in crypto payments dominated by one-time connect-wallet flows. a16z seed lead validated infrastructure over consumer app plays.

Crypto subscription billing is niche but real for NFT communities and crypto-native SaaS. Loop's risk is stablecoin regulation and wallet UX friction; opportunity grows if on-chain recurring becomes standard for Web3 commerce.

  • Stripe (fiat subscriptions) incumbent

    Default subscription billing; Loop adds crypto-native rails incumbents don't prioritize.

  • Coinbase Commerce adjacent

    Crypto payment acceptance; limited recurring subscription features vs Loop's focus.

  • Request Network adjacent

    Crypto invoicing and payments; different UX for B2B vs Loop's subscription checkout.

Notable stories

  • Loop launched when NFT projects needed membership tiers but could only accept one-time wallet payments — a obvious infrastructure gap in the 2021–2022 Web3 commerce wave.
  • a16z's seed bet framed Loop as 'Stripe for crypto subscriptions' — recurring revenue infrastructure rather than speculative token tooling.

Industries

Crypto & Web3 Fintech

Related funding articles

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FAQs about Loop

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Loop provides recurring payment and subscription billing infrastructure for crypto merchants — APIs and checkout for on-chain memberships.
Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led Loop's $4M seed round in April 2022.
Stripe handles fiat subscriptions. Loop specializes in recurring crypto payments from user wallets.
April 2022 — $4M seed led by a16z.
Crypto-native merchants, NFT projects, and Web3 SaaS needing subscription billing.
Seed stage as of April 2022 round.
Loop supports common ERC-20 tokens including stablecoins for recurring charges; check loopcrypto.xyz for current asset support.
No — Loop Crypto is Web3 payments. Loop Returns is a separate e-commerce returns company.
No public profitability disclosure.
Most crypto checkout is one-time; subscriptions enable predictable revenue for Web3 businesses mirroring SaaS economics.
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