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April 23, 2024

Meet the Monzo millionaires

Monzo’s latest $430m funding round saw the UK-based digital bank valued at $5bn and confirm a share price of £14.41

Tom Matsuda

4 min read

Last month, UK neobank Monzo made headlines when it raised $430m, in a round led by Google parent company Alphabet’s venture arm CapitalG. 

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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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