September 23, 2026 — Atum has completed a $13.5 million seed funding round led by Variant, with participation from PayPal Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Road Capital, Mirana Ventures, First Commit and Credibly Neutral.
The company provides infrastructure for global capital flows across stablecoins and blockchains without issuing tokens or custodying funds.
Atum’s coordination layer
Atum operates as a coordination layer that handles authorization, routing and confirmation for cross-chain stablecoin transactions. The platform also supports AI agent payments through protocols including x402 and MPP.
Founder and CEO Pete Cooling previously led Visa’s crypto product team before establishing the startup.

