AirTree Ventures, a venture capital firm, and Decade Partners, an investment firm, led a $25m Series A funding round in Zepto, a developer of an open banking and real-time payment management platform. “We are excited to partner with AirTree Ventures and Decade Partners on our first external funding round. From our roots as a bootstrapped Byron Bay upstart, Zepto has grown to become a market leader in the payments industry. We intend to use this capital to grow our team and technology in a meaningful, empowering way as we meet the demands of an ever-evolving domestic market, as well as accelerate our expansion into international markets,” Chris Jewell, Zepto CEO.