Pre-Seed · €2.4M
SolvaPay
The payment layer for AI agents
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When AI Agents Need a Wallet
AI agents can already browse the web, book flights, and negotiate deals. But when it's time to pay, they hit a wall — traditional payment infrastructure wasn't built for autonomous systems. SolvaPay is building the world's first payment layer designed specifically for the agentic economy, where AI agents autonomously find, negotiate, and pay for digital services on behalf of users and businesses.
The €2.4M pre-seed was led by Redstone, with participation from MS&AD Ventures, Antler, and Greens Ventures. The three co-founders — CEO Viggo Stenseth (ex-Spotify, Handelsbanken), Ingemar Svensson (ex-Bank of America, FIS), and Tommy Berglind — bring over 50 years of combined experience across payments, banking, and technology.
Guardrails Built In
Rather than retrofitting traditional payment rails for autonomous systems, SolvaPay is building from scratch with safety baked in: spend limits, merchant allow-lists, and real-time policy controls so AI agents can transact without human intervention on every step. Their platform provides payment APIs and an MCP server that let developers embed financial transactions directly into AI agent workflows — turning autonomous agents from browsers into buyers.
About Viggo Stenseth
Viggo Stenseth is the CEO and Co-Founder of SolvaPay, the Stockholm-based fintech building the world's first payment layer for autonomous AI agents. Before founding SolvaPay, Stenseth held roles at Spotify and Handelsbanken. He co-founded the company alongside Ingemar Svensson (ex-Bank of America, FIS) and Tommy Berglind.
The three co-founders bring over 50 years of combined experience across payments, banking, and technology. Stenseth recognized early that while AI agents could already browse the web, book flights, and negotiate deals, they hit a wall when it came time to pay — because traditional payment infrastructure was never built for autonomous systems.
Under Stenseth's leadership, SolvaPay raised a €2.4M pre-seed led by Redstone, with participation from MS&AD Ventures, Antler, and Greens Ventures. The company is building payment APIs and an MCP server that let developers embed financial transactions directly into AI agent workflows, complete with safety guardrails including spend limits, merchant allow-lists, and real-time policy controls.
50+ yrs
Combined Experience
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