Azamat Zharylkasyn is the founder of Partners Pay, a Kazakhstan-based service combining payments to external workers, electronic documents and accounting automation. In November 2025, the company raised $300,000 at a $4 million valuation. The product grew out of a taxi operator’s need to transfer drivers’ earnings quickly. (digitalbusiness.kz)
Who Azamat Zharylkasyn is
Before Partners Pay, Zharylkasyn worked in business automation. He established DATA Plus, where his team developed CRM and ERP systems and other software. One customer was Orange Taxi, for which the company built dispatch software and automated internal processes. (digitalbusiness.kz)
That relationship led to the payments idea. After the partner began working with Yandex Go, it needed a system for instant mass payments to drivers. Zharylkasyn saw an opportunity to offer the same capability to other businesses making regular payments to large groups of contractors. (digitalbusiness.kz)
Azamat Zharylkasyn’s early projects
The initial service was called Partners Go. Following a trial with the partner’s taxi fleet, it was offered to other operators. In autumn 2021, Zharylkasyn also participated in launching Yassy Taxi, a regional service in Turkestan. That project closed in January 2022 after investors withdrew. (digitalbusiness.kz)
During 2022, he worked at Relog and later reKassa while continuing to develop his own product. The venture received $100,000 from an angel investor in August that year. The team subsequently rebuilt the service’s technical architecture with Alabs, launching the replacement on 28 December 2023. (digitalbusiness.kz)
That rebuilding period shaped the product’s subsequent development. A mass-payment service needed to fit into corporate customers’ processes. In his December 2024 interview, Zharylkasyn described the move to a more robust architecture and an expanding set of services around payments to external workers. (digitalbusiness.kz)
How Partners Pay works
The company’s website presents three connected functions: transferring money, handling electronic workforce documents and automating accounting. It addresses taxi businesses, delivery services, marketplaces and other organisations using external workers. An Open API lets customers integrate payment functionality into their own systems. (partnerspay.co)
In this arrangement, the corporate customer organises payments and documents, while the worker accesses earnings through an application. Zharylkasyn explained in 2024 that workers joined through businesses connected to the platform. The service was built around concrete corporate processes, from documenting a working relationship to paying the money earned. (digitalbusiness.kz)
The current website also offers integration for SaaS and ERP platforms. This allows payment infrastructure to become part of software a customer already uses. The company lists trade, services, construction and hospitality among its target sectors, alongside its original taxi and delivery audience. (partnerspay.co)
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Accelerators and payment partners
In 2024, Zharylkasyn participated in MOST Business Intelligence’s Investment Readiness Accelerator. Speaking to ER10, he highlighted preparation for working with investment funds and raising capital. The programme helped him structure the investment side of building the service. (er10.kz)
Partners Pay also took second place in the 2024 Fintech Stars competition organised by Visa and its partners. In February 2025, the team visited Visa’s innovation centre in Dubai. Kazinform reported discussions about business-payment solutions and possible uses of virtual cards. (forbes.kz, inform.kz)
The visit gave the team an opportunity to examine its own product questions with Visa specialists. Zharylkasyn spoke about applying that experience to the service. The ideas discussed concerned further product development and work with payment partners. (inform.kz)
Investment and operating figures
In October 2024, Partners Pay announced $200,000 in investment. Participants included Astana Technology Fund, managed by Axiom Capital, and entrepreneur Talgat Ismail. (digitalbusiness.kz)
The next disclosed round came in November 2025, when Askhat Sagdiev invested $300,000 at a $4 million valuation. Zharylkasyn linked the investment to developing financial services for external workers and further business expansion. (digitalbusiness.kz)
As checked on 22 October 2026, Partners Pay’s website reported KZT 11.2 billion in cumulative payouts and more than 835,000 transactions. It also listed 22 corporate clients and over 65,000 application downloads. These figures describe distinct aspects of the platform: money transferred, transactions processed, customer organisations and app distribution. (partnerspay.co)
Timeline
- Autumn 2021 — Participated in the launch of Yassy Taxi in Turkestan. (digitalbusiness.kz)
- August 2022 — Received $100,000 from an angel investor. (digitalbusiness.kz)
- December 2023 — Launched the payment service’s rebuilt architecture. (digitalbusiness.kz)
- 2024 — Participated in the IRA accelerator. (er10.kz)
- October 2024 — Partners Pay raised $200,000. (digitalbusiness.kz)
- February 2025 — The team visited Visa’s innovation centre. (inform.kz)
- November 2025 — Raised $300,000 at a $4 million valuation. (digitalbusiness.kz)
Frequently asked questions
Who is Azamat Zharylkasyn?
He founded Partners Pay after developing business-automation software through DATA Plus. His early payment product grew out of a taxi customer’s requirements. (digitalbusiness.kz)
Who uses Partners Pay?
The service targets businesses managing payments and documents for external workers, including drivers, couriers and self-employed contractors. (partnerspay.co)
What does Partners Pay’s $4 million valuation refer to?
It is the company valuation reported for the November 2025 investment. Askhat Sagdiev’s investment amounted to $300,000. (digitalbusiness.kz)
What operating figures does the company publish?
On 22 October 2026, its website showed KZT 11.2 billion in payouts, over 835,000 transactions, 22 corporate clients and more than 65,000 downloads. (partnerspay.co)
