Paymerang: #1 Best Tech Startup in RVA Two Years in a Row

Paymerang is honored to be named the #1 Best Tech Startup in Richmond, VA for the second year in a row! This award, from the The Tech Tribune, is further recognition of the amazing Paymerang team that continually delivers fantastic products and amazing customer experience.

2019 was a monumental year for Paymerang. We significantly grew our employee base, expanded our office space, acquired a company, and continued to develop our coast-to-coast client base.

Founded in 2017, The Tech Tribune delivers the latest technology news, in-depth technology articles, exclusive interviews with entrepreneurs, and insights on the hottest technology startups all over the world. In partnership with Crunchbase, the Best Tech Startupsseries is published for every major city and state in the US, and for the US as a whole, every year. Their mission is to recognize and honor the most exemplary young companies all across the country.

In doing research for this award, they consider several factors including but not limited to:

  1. Revenue potential
  2. Leadership team
  3. Brand/product traction
  4. Competitive landscape

Additionally, all companies must be independent (un-acquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.

We are in unprecedented times, and Paymerang is humbled by the opportunity to continue to provide our clients with cutting-edge technology and meaningful solutions to their ever-changing work environment and business payments needs.

Colleen Crist

Colleen Crist

Colleen leads our national portfolio of channel partners and owns new business development and channel strategies. She is focusing on accelerating partner growth and expanding our footprint nationwide by developing new partnership initiatives. Her strategy and execution expertise spans all aspects of business development, product development, launch, marketing, sales and partner development. She leads our partnership team that drives end-to-end execution of corporate partner programs and is responsible for identifying, forging, scaling and sustaining our partnership strategy. Colleen is currently earning her Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Business.