Worth and Fulcrum Equity Partners Announce $30 Million Series A for SMB Onboarding Platform
ORLANDO, United States – March 25, 2026 — Worth announced a $30 million Series A funding round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners with participation from Amex Ventures and TTV Capital to streamline small business onboarding and underwriting. The investment will refine AI technology for faster, auditable decisions. This builds on $25 million raised in March 2025.
Announcement Specifics
Worth’s AI platform integrates credit assessments, Know Your Business (KYB), Know Your Customer (KYC), banking, and fraud protection using agentic AI, verified data, and machine learning models for compliant decisions. The Orlando-based company processes over 1,200 data points through its explainable AI to accelerate credit decisions. Funds will support technology refinement, Know Your Agent frameworks, and product updates including Worth Wallet for one-click global onboarding. Worth expanded to healthcare with PatientFi in September 2025 and was adopted by Priority in October 2025.
Stakeholder Perspectives
“With our agentic AI-powered Decision Intelligence, we’re enabling automated, auditable, real-time decisions that give financial institutions confidence in every outcome.”
— Sal Rehmetullah, CEO at Worth
Why it matters: The statement underscores AI’s role in reducing onboarding friction for SMBs and unlocking capital access through explainable automation.
“a critical gap in financial services that no one else was addressing.”
— Jim Douglass, Fulcrum Equity Partners
Why it matters: Investor backing validates the platform’s innovation in addressing a fragmented market where manual processes create bottlenecks.
Industry Context
SMB onboarding remains a significant bottleneck for banks and fintechs, with manual processes delaying revenue generation and increasing operational costs. As non-bank financial institutions target $60 billion in SMB transaction revenues by 2027, automation through verified data and explainable AI becomes critical infrastructure. Worth’s approach addresses compliance requirements while accelerating time-to-decision for financial institutions serving small businesses.
No MENA operational hubs were disclosed for Worth. However, the company’s scalable AI infrastructure could benefit underserved SMBs in regional financial centers like Riyadh and Dubai, where fintech growth accelerates amid government-led digital transformation initiatives and open banking frameworks.
Conclusion
Worth aims to deliver instant, trustworthy onboarding processes that could transform global SMB financing infrastructure. Expect accelerated product launches and strategic partnerships as the company scales its Decision Intelligence platform across additional verticals and geographic markets.
Sources: PYMNTS, GlobeNewswire, Biz Journals
