Frekuent (formerly Orain) is a Barcelona-based fintech that provides cashless payment and loyalty technology for unattended retail — vending machines, laundromats, EV chargers, gyms, and self-service venues. Its stack combines Frekuent Spot (secure payment devices), Frekuent Space (a merchant analytics/operations platform), and a consumer loyalty app; the company reports 10,000+ systems installed and raised roughly €6M in early 2025 led by K Fund.
SectorsFintech, Payments, Unattended Retail Tech, Loyalty/CRM
Start-up MapFintech › Payments & merchant checkout
Founders
X
Xavier Sans Serra
CEO & Founder
Global models 5
NNayax
Israel · www.nayax.com ↗
Sells cashless card readers, a management platform and a consumer loyalty app to operators of vending machines, laundromats, EV chargers and other unattended retail, and earns hardware sales, SaaS fees and a cut of each payment, the same combination Frekuent sells.
undisclosed (VC-backed before its 2021 TASE IPO)Comparable
3365 Retail Markets
United States · www.365retailmarkets.com ↗
Sells self-checkout and cashless payment hardware, an operator management platform and a consumer loyalty wallet to vending, micro-market and unattended retail operators.
undisclosed (Warburg Pincus growth investment, 2021)Comparable
PPayRange
United States · www.payrange.com ↗
Adds mobile-app cashless payment and loyalty to vending machines, laundry machines and other unattended equipment, earning per-device fees and a cut of each transaction from operators.
~$40MComparable
PPayter
Netherlands · www.payter.com ↗
Makes secure cashless payment terminals and a cloud platform for unattended machines such as EV chargers, vending and coffee machines, sold to operators and OEMs, like Frekuent Spot plus Space.
undisclosed (investor-backed)Comparable
VVendon
Latvia · www.vendon.net ↗
Sells vending and coffee-machine operators telemetry, a cashless payment app and an operations/analytics SaaS platform, close to Frekuent's Space-plus-app model.
undisclosed (small venture rounds)Comparable
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Investors 6
Open as list →B
Bonsai Partners
www.bonsaiventurecapital.com
AAcurio Ventures
www.acurio.vc
KKfund
www.kfund.vc
AActyus
actyus.com/en
NNero Ventures
E
Enrique Domínguez
Funding rounds 3
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-28 | Pre-Series A | €6M |
Acurio Ventures, K Fund
+2 more
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| 2023-05-03 | Seed (estimated) | €3M |
Bonsai Partners
+2 more
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| 2017-12-15 | Pre-seed (estimated) | €1M | Nero Ventures |
News 3
Open as list →| Published | Article |
|---|---|
| 2025-07-23 |
Introducing the new Frekuent App ↗
Frekuent (press release)
2025-07-23 |
| 2025-05-03 |
Frekuent: Much more than a rebranding ↗
Frekuent (press release)
2025-05-03 |
| 2025-03-06 |
Our Investment in Frekuent: Pioneering the Future of Unattended Retail Payments ↗
K Fund
2025-03-06 |