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ORION PAY

Every Friday, three million US freelancers wait 3–5 days to get paid for work they finished on Monday.

The Infrastructure

ACH rails
1970s infrastructure
3-day float

The Economy

Freelance gig economy
$455B annually
growing 18% YoY

Employer Processor 3-DAY FLOAT Freelancer

The float is not a feature—it is $6.2B in annual interest captured by payroll processors.

Total Addressable Opportunity

$6.2B
SAM
$1.8B
US freelancers paid weekly
SOM
$180M
Tech/creative gigs, year one

Product Intuition

Instant Payout

Money hits your account the moment the invoice is approved. No waiting, no float.

Orion Card

Spend your earnings instantly. No transfer step, no delay between work and life.

AI Cash Flow

Predictive modeling tells you when the next check clears, so you can plan expenses.

Employer API

Two lines of code. Any payroll system. Instant settlement for contract workers.

Why Us

Freelance Domain Expertise → Fintech Rails Depth → Orion Pay Wagestream (UK, employee) Gusto (employer-only) Payoneer (cross-border)

The Team

Sofia Reyes, CEO

Ex-Adyen product lead. Built instant settlement infrastructure for 40,000 EU merchants. Knows the rails, knows the pain.

Andile Mokoena, CTO

Ex-Stripe infrastructure engineer. Owns two ACH-related patent filings. Can build compliant payroll tech in his sleep.

Chen Wei, Advisor

CFO of Robinhood pre-IPO. Guided regulatory strategy through hyper-growth. On our cap table, on speed-dial.

"I'd pay 1.5% for same-day. I already pay 3% to cash a check at a check-cashing shop."
— Jamal Brooks
Freelance Video Editor, Houston TX
214
waitlist signups · 48-hour cold outreach · zero paid ads

90-Day Plan

M1

Foundation

Close pre-seed round. Hire ACH compliance lead. Lock in banking partner.

M2

Private Beta

Launch with 50 hand-picked freelancers. Test instant payout flow. Gather qualitative feedback.

M3

First Transaction

Process first instant payout. Validate unit economics. Lock CAC and LTV assumptions.

Use of Proceeds

Category
Amount
%
Engineering
$825K
55%
Compliance & Legal
$375K
25%
Beta Operations
$300K
20%
Total
$1.5M
100%

Key Milestone: Revenue-positive unit economics by month 18

The Ask

$1.5M
Pre-seed · $9M post-money cap

This round closes July 15.

We have $750K committed.

Sofia Reyes

sofia@orionpay.io