Apis Partners’ Matteo Stefanel: Evaluating payments company deals in the age of agentic shopping; Accel-KKR’s Basware to buy payment fraud prevention biz

Published on August 26, 2026

Accel-KKR-backed Basware has signed a binding agreement to acquire Trustpair in a deal pairing Basware's invoice lifecycle management platform with Trustpair's payment fraud prevention technology.

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