Currencycloud Secures $25M (£20M) From GV and Existing Investors to Boost Further Global Expansion
London and New York – Currencycloud, the world’s leading cross border payments platform today announced $25 million (GBP £20M) in Series D funding with a new investment from GV (formerly Google Ventures) and additional funding from the existing investors – Notion Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Rakuten FinTech Fund, and Anthemis. Total investment in the five-year-old company now stands at £44 million ($61 million).
Currencycloud provides the tools to build cross-border products and applications, driving a wave of innovation across the FinTech industry. The company counts over 200 customers in 35 countries and millions of end-users have access to its platform through their payment providers. Klarna, Standard Bank, Revolut and Azimo, have all built products using Currencycloud’s APIs. Users of the platform include challenger banks, pre-paid cards, digital payment firms and PSPs. To date, $25 billion has been sent through Currencycloud’s infrastructure to over 200 countries.
This new funding will be used to fuel the company’s continued growth and ongoing global expansion, as it reimagines the way money flows through today’s digital economy, using its flexible APIs to remove the friction and costs of traditional cross-border payments.
GV General Partner Tom Hulme commented: “We believe in empowering developers by making it easier for them to add scalable services to their products, ideally with simple APIs. Currencycloud is the leader in providing cross-border payment services in this manner, a real need as companies globalize.”
Mike Laven, CEO of Currencycloud adds: “In recent years we have seen the rise of the building block economy. Companies can combine services such as AWS, Google Maps, Stripe and Twilio to build innovative new businesses fast and without the overhead of expensive proprietary systems. Currencycloud provides a set of multi-currency payment and conversion tools that are helping hundreds of companies globalize fast. We are seeing massive and increasing demand for these services, with volumes growing over 150% last year.”
As a reflection of the continued confidence in the company, existing investors also substantially increased their investment.
Jos White, Partner at Notion Capital commented: “Currencycloud is powering the global economy of the future enabling customers to do business around the world without the usual cost and friction we associate with this. We are very happy to continue to back the company.”
Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel, Managing Partner at Rakuten FinTech Fund adds: “We see huge opportunity for Currencycloud which is reflected in our increased investment. 2016 saw Currencycloud sign several flagship deals, further validating the market opportunity and marking a huge momentum in 2017.”
This funding builds on £12M ($18M) raised in 2015, £7M ($10M) in 2014 and £5M ($8M) in 2012.
About Currencycloud
Currencycloud‘s Payment Engine is the power inside countless businesses, driving the transformation of the global payments landscape. The company is reimagining the way money flows through the global digital economy, allowing payment firms to remove the friction and inefficiencies of traditional cross-border payments using its flexible APIs. Launched in 2012 Currencycloud is based in London and is regulated in Europe, the USA and Canada. For more information about the company, please visit www.currencycloud.com.
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