Left to right in the photo: Fredrik Hedberg (Co-founder), Amanda Hultman, Ruben Das (Lead Engineer), Daniel Kjellén (CEO, Co-founder), and Adam Ivarsson (Co-founder).

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Damisola Sulaiman

Damisola Sulaiman is Sifted's fintech reporter, based in London. She writes Sifted's weekly Fintech newsletter . You can find her on LinkedIn

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