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Timeline
May 22, 2019
$292 million secondary sale of shares.
November 2017
$280m Series E
Brought the company to a post-money valuation of just under $1.6 billion.
May 13, 2013
TransferWise raises a $6,000,000 series A round from Index Ventures, Valar Ventures, IA Ventures, SV Angel, The Accelerator Group, Seedcamp and Kima Ventures.
April 2012
TransferWise raises a $1,300,000 seed round from Index Ventures, IA Ventures, Max Levchin, The Accelerator Group, Seedcamp and Kima Ventures.
August 1, 2011
TransferWise raises a $72,075 seed round from Seedcamp.
Funding rounds
Funding round
Funding type
Funding round amount (USD)
Funding round date
Investment
Lead Edge Capital
Lone Pine Capital
Series A round6,000,000
May 13, 2013
Index Ventures
Seedcamp
SV Angel
Valar Ventures
IA Ventures
Kima Ventures
The Accelerator Group280,000,000
November 2017
Merian Global Investors
Institutional Venture Partners
Sapphire Ventures
Mitsui & Co.
World Innovation Lab
Max LevchinPeople
Name
Role
LinkedIn
Abigail Daniels
Employee
Aditi Ramesh
Employee
Akis Papageorgiou
Employee
Alain Falys
Investor
Aleksandr Zhuikov
Employee
Alena Danyliuk
Employee
Allison Barkley
Employee
Alvar Lumberg
Employee
Amadeus Junqueira
Employee
Amanda Lipshutz
Employee
Amelia Grace
Employee
Anand Venu
Employee
Andero Tõnissoo
Employee
Andrei Muresan
Employee
Andrew McCormack
Investor
Andrii Kravets
Employee
Anil Hansjee
Investor
Anna Roe
Employee
Anna T. Kang
Employee
Anna Zawilska
Employee
Arsen Khadikov
Employee
Artyom Fedenko
Employee
Balázs Barna
Employee
Ben Horowitz
Investor
Ben Russell
Employee
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Steve O'Hear
July 9, 2020
TechCrunch
Radix, a U.K. startup that's building a decentralised finance protocol on which new financial apps can connect and be built on top of, has raised $4.1 million in new funding. Backing the company, which counts the Ethereum network and a number of other "DeFi" projects as competitors, is London-based seed-stage VC LocalGlobe and TransferWise co-founder [...]
JD Alois
July 8, 2020
Crowdfund Insider
Click HERE to find out ⭐ Stealth Bank Transferwise Sees Valuation Hit $5 Billion - Report. | Crowdfund Insider: Global Fintech News, including Crowdfunding, Blockchain and more.
JD Alois
July 1, 2020
Crowdfund Insider
Click HERE to find out ⭐ Stealth Bank: Transferwise Preps Investment Features with UK Roll Out Later this Year. | Crowdfund Insider: Global Fintech News, including Crowdfunding, Blockchain and more.
Steve O'Hear
June 30, 2020
TechCrunch
TransferWise, the London-headquartered international money transfer service recently valued at $3.5 billion, has secured an additional license with U.K. regulators to enable it to offer investment products in the future. This will mean that U.K. customers who have money deposited in a TransferWise multi-currency or so-called "borderless" account will be given the option to make [...]
Omar Faridi
June 28, 2020
Crowdfund Insider
UK Fintech TransferWise and N26 now helping consumers in Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, the Philippines with fast, cheap cross-border payments.
Omar Faridi
June 18, 2020
Crowdfund Insider
Consumers losing billions in hidden remittance payments costs, Nick Catino from Fintech TransferWise reveals.
JD Alois
June 9, 2020
Crowdfund Insider
Click HERE to find out ⭐ Even Easier: TransferWise Users Can Now Make Instant Payments with Phone Contacts, No Bank Needed. | Crowdfund Insider: Global Fintech News, including Crowdfunding, Blockchain and more.
Omar Faridi
May 31, 2020
Crowdfund Insider
UK Fintech TransferWise enables Australian dollar (AUD) direct debits, introduces "Pay with TransferWise" with Xero.
Omar Faridi
May 13, 2020
Crowdfund Insider
UK Fintech TransferWise enables instant money transfers to Pakistan (PKR), Sri Lanka (LKR), Thailand (THB).
Steve O'Hear
April 16, 2020
TechCrunch
A leaked Santander internal memo in 2017 likely set wheels in motion. Reportedly written by the bank's head of innovation, the missive warned that a large chunk of the Spanish incumbent's profits were at risk -- specifically, those generated via international money transfers - because of the growing success of fintech challengers, such as London-headquartered [...]
Steve O'Hear
February 24, 2020
TechCrunch
Chattermill, the London startup that offers what it calls a "customer understanding" platform that uses machine learning to gain scalable insights into customer feedback, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is DN Capital, alongside Ventech and btov Partners. Silicon Valley Bank also participated, in addition to a number of angel [...]
Kim Darrah
December 3, 2019
Sifted
A hand-picked selection of some of the most prominent angel investors in Europe, featuring Xavier Niel, Oleg Tscheltzoff and Jacques Antoine-Granjon.
Steve O'Hear
November 6, 2019
TechCrunch
GoCardless, the London fintech that makes it easy for businesses to offer recurring bank payments, has partnered with TransferWise for its currency exchange. The move sees GoCardless utilise the TransferWise API and the money transfer company's "TransferWise for Business" product and in turn provide TransferWise's FX rates to its own customers. More broadly, the partnership [...]
Alun John
November 5, 2019
U.S.
Money transfer company TransferWise has begun processing international payments into Asian digital wallets in a move that its CEO says reflects their growing use as an alternative bank account.
Shannen Balogh
September 18, 2019
Business Insider
TransferWise reported a surge in revenue and $12.7 million in profits for the year ending in March. The fintech firm is valued at $3.5 billion.
Catherine Shu
August 14, 2019
TechCrunch
International money transfer startup TransferWise's debit card is now available in Australia and New Zealand, with a Singapore launch expected by the end of this year as the company expands its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. TransferWise's debit card, which features low, transparent fees and exchange rates, first launched in the United Kingdom and Europe [...]
Anna Irrera
May 22, 2019
U.S.
Money transfer startup TransferWise has closed a $292 million secondary funding round which doubles its valuation to $3.5 billion, the company said on Wednesday.
Kristie Neo
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DealStreetAsia
Citibank Singapore CEO Han Kwee Juan has resigned after working for 27 years with the company.
Steve O'Hear
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TechCrunch
TransferWise, the London-headquartered international money transfer company, is applying for a new licence in Brussels, in a bid to navigate a possible "no deal" Brexit as the U.K. prepares to leave membership of the European Union on March 29 this year. One of the definite plusses of E...
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TransferWise
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CompanyCompany attributes
Consumer
Financial services
Financial technologyLocation
London
Kristo KäärmannAccelerator
Accelerator Batch
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Joint-stock companyCrunchbase
Marc Andreessen
Virgin Group
Fabric VenturesTotal funding amount (USD)
579,372,075
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