Forage is a payments company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2020. The company focuses on building financial and technological infrastructure to facilitate Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payments, particularly for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Forage aims to empower merchants to accept government benefits through a unified API, enhancing accessibility for recipients. Forage offers a variety of services to support EBT SNAP and EBT Cash payments. These include a unified API for seamless payment acceptance, rapid certification assistance for USDA approval, pre-built components for easy integration, and real-time analytics through a configurable dashboard. The company prioritizes security and compliance with a PCI-compliant fraud layer. Forage primarily serves the e-commerce sector, particularly online grocery stores, impacting millions of Americans who rely on government assistance for their grocery purchases. With a remote-first work environment, Forage fosters a culture of collaboration, diversity, and continuous improvement, emphasizing accountability and ownership among its team members. The company has raised over $22 million in funding to support its mission and expand its services.