Startup · $3.8m raised

Bless Payments

Perth, WA

Funding history

Seed : $3,750,000

Jul 2025

Khalil (Charlie) Shahin Forte Securities

Sources: Startup Daily (Fri 12 Dec 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 8 Dec 2025)

Investors

Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Bless Payments raised.

Investor	Rounds	Invested
Forte Securities	Seed	-
Khalil (Charlie) Shahin	Seed	-

What Bless Payments bought

Companies Bless Payments acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Bless Payments is not recorded as having acquired anything.

People

Name	Role	Sources
Affy Bhatti	Founder	Startup Daily (Fri 12 Dec 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 8 Dec 2025)
Mo Zaatar	Founder	Startup Daily (Fri 12 Dec 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 8 Dec 2025)
Omair Chodhry	Founder	Startup Daily (Fri 12 Dec 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 8 Dec 2025)
Peter Khoury	Chair	Startup Daily (Fri 12 Dec 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 8 Dec 2025)

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Bless Payments

Funding history

Investors

What Bless Payments bought

People

Coverage

Six ANZ startups that raised $568.1 million this week

Remittance fintech Bless Payments raises $3.75 million Seed round