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September 13, 2019

The fintech IPO that nearly-was: what WeSwap did next

Last year, the UK startup scrapped its plans to list. CEO Jared Jesner reflects on a gruelling few months, going from breaking point to potentially breaking even.


Isabel Woodford

4 min read

It looked to be the perfect end to a successful year for WeSwap, the travel money-swap startup, which last December hoped to win not only the prestige of going public on the London markets but also a cool £20m in new funding.

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