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Utila has been recognized for achievements in providing stablecoin and digital asset infrastructure to institutions:
NEW YORK, October 23, 2025 – CB Insights today named Utila to its eighth annual Fintech 100, showcasing the 100 most promising private fintech companies in the world.
The list features early- and mid-stage startups driving the evolution of fintech. Utilizing the CB Insights Strategy Terminal, the 100 winners were selected based on several factors, including CB Insights datasets on deal activity, industry partnerships, investor strength, hiring momentum, and private company signals such as Commercial Maturity and Mosaic Scores. We also reviewed Analyst Briefings submitted directly to us by startups and leveraged Scouting Reports, powered by CB Insights’ Team of Agents.
Bentzi Rabi, Co-founder and CEO of Utila, said:
We are honored to be recognized by CB Insights on the Fintech 100 list, alongside some of the most innovative companies in the world. This acknowledgment validates our mission to provide the critical infrastructure for institutional digital asset operations, particularly in powering the rapidly growing stablecoin economy. To be listed alongside fintech giants reinforces our belief that robust digital asset rails are fast becoming a fundamental pillar of the global financial ecosystem.
Laura Kennedy, Principal Analyst at CB Insights, commented:
This year’s Fintech 100 showcases a new generation of companies turning AI, automation, and digital assets into the backbone of financial infrastructure. This year’s winners are building the infrastructure that will shape the future of financial services.
Utila provides institutional digital asset infrastructure for fintechs, payment firms, banks, and enterprises. More than 250 global organizations use Utila to securely build, manage, and scale stablecoin and digital-asset operations. The platform processes over $15B in monthly volume and has secured $90B+ in transactions to date.
Built on MPC wallet architecture with a robust policy engine and seamless connectivity across DeFi and CeFi, Utila gives institutions a governed, auditable way to move, manage and build on digital assets at scale – linking traditional finance with the digital economy.
Following its recent funding round, Utila has raised over $51.5M to accelerate this mission. Inclusion in CB Insights’ Fintech 100 underscores growing market recognition of Utila’s role in building foundational infrastructure for next-generation financial services.
Quick facts on the 2025 Fintech 100
The 100 winners include 20 companies across digital assets solutions, 16 in financial operations and HR, 14 payments companies, and 13 in wealth management.
60+ companies on the list deploy AI in their solutions, and AI agents in particular are moving from workflows to financial infrastructure.
$5.6B in equity funding raised over time, including more than $2B in 2025 so far (as of 10/22/2025).
60 companies from outside the United States, across 26 countries on 6 continents.
640+ business relationships since 2021, including with industry leaders like Mastercard, Visa, Worldpay, Coinbase, and Circle.
About CB Insights
CB Insights is the leader in predictive intelligence on private companies. It delivers instant insights that help you source and analyze private companies, focus on the right markets, and stay ahead of competitors. Our Al agents are powerful because they translate signals into the exact outputs your teams need to move first – defensible, sourced, and board-ready. To learn more, please visit www.cbinsights.com.
About Utila
Founded in 2022 by Bentzi Rabi (CEO) and Sam Eiderman (CTO), Utila is the secure, all-in-one digital asset operations platform for institutions. Utila enables organizations to securely manage and build on digital assets. Utila offers secure MPC wallets, granular policy controls, robust APIs, payments and tokenization engine, and integrations with banking, AML, exchanges, DeFi, and more. Trusted by 200+ global institutions, Utila processes more than $15 billion in monthly volume and has secured over $90 billion in transactions. Learn more at https://utila.io/
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