Sorted Wallet

Summary active Updated May 22, 2026

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Location Hong Kong
Founded 2022
Latest Stage Seed
Total Raised $5.9M
Website https://www.sorted.io/
Sector
crypto web3 fintech stablecoins mobile emerging-markets wallet

Founders

Stephen Browne CEO & Founder

About

Sorted (Sorted Wallet) is a Hong Kong-based crypto wallet purpose-built for feature phones and entry-level smartphones, founded in 2022 by Stephen Browne 123. At 10MB it is the lightest crypto wallet on app stores, has been downloaded 500,000+ times, and is growing fastest in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Bangladesh, and Madagascar 12. The $4.4M seed round announced May 20, 2026 includes $3.4M in equity from Tether and Gnosis (co-leads) with participation from Movement, Angel Invest Group, and angels including the founders of RWA.io, plus $1M in strategic support from Vox Solutions for mobile-operator integrations 123. Tether previously backed Sorted’s $1.5M pre-seed in September 2024 2. Proceeds will expand coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and deepen telecom integrations 12.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2024-09 Pre-Seed $1.5M Tether — 2
2026-05-20 Seed $4.4M Tether, Gnosis Movement, Angel Invest Group, Vox Solutions (strategic), RWA.io founders 123

What Investors Say

“To achieve true inclusion, we must reach hundreds of millions of people who cannot afford smartphones or data plans.”

— Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, in the Sorted seed announcement, May 2026 1

“Gnosis views Sorted as a key distribution layer for bringing stablecoin-based payments into real-world use.”

— Daniele Pinna, General Partner at Gnosis VC, in the Sorted seed announcement, May 2026 1

What Founders Say

“Three years ago we built a wallet for a $20 phone. Nobody else thought it was worth building for. 500,000 downloads later, we know better.”

— Stephen Browne, CEO of Sorted, TechCabal coverage of the $4.4M raise, May 20, 2026 1

Sources

  1. TechCabal, “Sorted raises $4.4m to bring stablecoin wallets to the phones that fintech forgot,” May 20, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://techcabal.com/2026/05/20/sorted-raises-4-4m-to-bring-stablecoin-wallets-to-the-phones-that-fintech-forgot/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  2. The Block, “Tether, Gnosis co-lead $4.4 million seed round for lightweight mobile-friendly Sorted Wallet,” May 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.theblock.co/post/401929/tether-gnosis-co-lead-4-4-million-seed-round-lightweight-mobile-sorted-wallet↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  3. Crypto Times, “Tether and Gnosis Co-Lead $4.4M Seed Round for Sorted Wallet,” May 20, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/05/20/tether-and-gnosis-co-lead-4-4m-seed-round-for-sorted-wallet/↩↩↩