Investor Group Led by LTVCo Acquires Kipp to Expand Declined-Payment Recovery
Kipp’s platform helps issuers and merchants recover transactions declined for insufficient funds; the company will continue operating under its current leadership after the acquisition.
NEW YORK — Kipp was acquired on Oct. 29, 2026 by an investor group led by The Lifetime Value Company, according to the companies. Kipp provides technology that helps card issuers and merchants recover transactions declined because of insufficient funds.
The platform works on a narrow but economically important part of payments: a failed authorization can represent a lost sale, a missed subscription payment or a customer relationship at risk. Recovery workflows may use timing, account signals and merchant or issuer rules to decide whether and how to retry a transaction.
Kipp will continue operating independently under its current leadership, including CEO Chanan Lavi and CTO Nir Levy. The parties did not disclose financial terms, so the acquisition should not be described as a valuation event or a measure of Kipp’s revenue.
The new ownership is intended to provide capital for U.S. expansion, technology investment and partnerships with merchants and issuers. The practical test will be whether recovery increases completed payments without creating duplicate attempts, customer friction or unnecessary financial pressure on account holders.