The problem
Retailers can't easily get USDA approval or the tech to take food-stamp payments, so low-income shoppers get shut out
What they do
Payments API that lets grocers and delivery apps accept SNAP EBT online and in-store
Traction Payments volume up 13x in a year; used at 100,000+ stores in all 50 states
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 8
- Ops roles
- 1
- Headcount
- ~55-70
Headcount ~70 (Aug 2026, LeadIQ) vs 17 at 2022 Series A; ~+30% YoY (est.); 5 of 9 open roles posted in the last 10 days
Glassdoor
4.6 ★ 17 reviews ↗Funding
- Last round
- $40M
- Stage
- Series B
- Date
- Jun 2026
Led by Mouro Capital
- Hiring+18 open roles on the live job board (3–9 roles = +1)
- Funding recency+1.5Series B · $40M, Jun 2026 (4 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: Payments volume up 13x in a year; used at 100,000+ stores in all 50 states
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total4.01 + 1.5 + 1.5 − 0 = 4.0 → Tempo (3.5–4.24)
Distance (Half) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Half · edge: hard to leave
One of only three USDA-approved online SNAP processors (with Fiserv and Worldpay) and the modern one, live on Uber Eats, DoorDash, Dollar General, Instacart and Adyen; that approval plus deep integrations is hard to copy. Still small next to the incumbents, and online SNAP depends on federal policy as enrollment declines.
Sources: Forage: $40M Series B, payments volume 13x, 100,000+ stores (Jun 2026) ↗ · WSJ Pro: Forage $40M Series B at $225M valuation despite declining SNAP enrollment (Jun 2026) ↗ · Forage and Adyen partner on SNAP EBT (Jan 2026) ↗ · Forage: 6 reasons Congress should make online SNAP permanent (Aug 2026) ↗
Open ops roles · 1
Last checked Oct 25, 2026