Analysis

July 30, 2024

GoCardless founders factory: Meet the 10 former employees-turned-founders

GoCardless is proving to be a vital training ground for Europe's next generation of founders.


Tom Matsuda

4 min read

GoCardless CEO Hiroki Takeuchi

Since its founding in 2011, London-based GoCardless — which makes its money by facilitating direct debit payments for businesses in exchange for a fee — has raised more than £500m from investors including Passion Capital, Accel and Balderton and is currently valued at $2.1bn.  

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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