Checker raises $8M from Galaxy Ventures to unify stablecoin infrastructure for global financial institutions!

Stablecoin infrastructure startup Checker has closed $8 million across pre-seed and seed rounds, with Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures, and Framework Ventures as anchor investors. Regional participants include Bitso and Airtm in Latin America, DFS Lab in Africa, and Onigiri Capital, SNZ Capital, and Velocity in Asia — a deliberately global cap table that mirrors the corridors Checker is targeting.

The company's pitch is a single API that lets regulated financial institutions launch and scale stablecoin products without stitching together separate liquidity providers, local-license holders, and compliance vendors. Checker currently serves more than 30 regulated institutions and has processed over $3 billion in volume over the past 12 months — roughly 1% of annual global B2B stablecoin payments volume. Clients include Braza Bank in Brazil, Belo in Argentina, and Rail, which was acquired…