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September 20, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz leads London fintech Sequence’s $19m seed round

It’s the Instagram and Airbnb backer’s sixth fintech bet in Europe


Amy O'Brien

6 min read

Sequence raised a high-profile round for its B2B fintech product

UK-based business payments startup Sequence has announced one of the biggest seed rounds in European fintech this year. 

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Amy O'Brien

Amy O'Brien is a freelance reporter covering Italian tech. She was previously Sifted's fintech reporter

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