Pipe’s participation in the Unicorn Community will focus on promoting financial inclusion for small businesses.

Pipe, a fintech company offering embedded capital products for small businesses, announced today that it has joined the World Economic Forum's Unicorn Community, a designation reserved for private hyper-growth companies at the forefront of disruption and innovation in their industries. Pipe CEO Luke Voiles will attend the 2026 Annual Meeting taking place at Davos-Klosters from 19-23 January.

Pipe’s participation in the Unicorn Community will focus on advancing financial inclusion for small businesses by improving their access to essential capital and financial services that are too often out of reach through traditional institutions.

"We are delighted to welcome Pipe to the Forum's Unicorn Community," said Verena Kuhn, Head of the Innovators Community, World Economic Forum. "Small businesses are the backbone of communities globally, and when they thrive, we all do. We look forward to Pipe’s contributions to the Forum’s work in promoting financial inclusion.”

There are hundreds of millions of small businesses around the world. They make up a sizable proportion of the global economy yet struggle to access capital and cutting edge financial services from banks. Pipe is committed to enabling platforms to offer financial services to small businesses directly within the software they use every day, underwriting with live revenue data rather than relying solely on traditional bureaucracy and credit scoring requirements.

"We look forward to connecting with other industry leaders and policymakers as we work together to build a more inclusive financial services landscape for the small businesses the world relies on," said Luke Voiles, CEO at Pipe. "We’re also eager to leverage the Forum’s deep expertise to highlight the technological and regulatory framework needed to deliver the financial services small businesses deserve. We know what needs to be done, and the benefits of supporting small businesses in this way are clear.”

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, which facilitates rigorous and respectful dialogue to improve the state of the world through the power of human ingenuity, entrepreneurship, innovation, and cooperation. WEF's Unicorn Community is one of three Global Innovator Communities that provides a platform to engage with public- and private-sector leaders and contribute new solutions to overcome current crises and build future resiliency.

About Pipe

Pipe makes customer-friendly capital and smart financial tools accessible to growing businesses inside the software they use every day. Our embedded solutions are built to scale and give business builders across industries the power to grow on their own terms. To learn more, visit www.pipe.com or follow us on X @pipe.

About World Economic Forum:

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Pipe’s participation in the Unicorn Community will focus on advancing financial inclusion for small businesses by improving their access to essential capital and financial services that are too often out of reach through traditional institutions.