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§ Private Profile · London, United Kingdom
Fintech payments company, bank payment network, direct bank payments, automated recurring Direct Debit for businesses.
GoCardless has raised $567.0M across 11 funding rounds.
Key people at GoCardless.
GoCardless was founded in 2011 by Hiroki Takeuchi (Founder/CEO) and Tom Blomfield (Founder).
GoCardless has raised $567.0M in total across 11 funding rounds.
Based in London, GoCardless operates a global bank payment network that provides direct bank transfer and automated recurring payment solutions for commercial enterprises. The financial technology company processes over $1 billion in transaction payments annually and maintains a workforce of approximately 900 employees across its international offices in cities like Paris and New York. By utilizing Direct Debit infrastructure, the platform enables small and medium-sized businesses to collect payments directly from customer bank accounts, while its strategic acquisition of Nordigen adds open banking data insights to its core product suite. GoCardless has raised $122 million in total funding from prominent venture capital firms including Accel Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, and Y Combinator, and integrates with business software partners like Kashflow. The organization was founded in 2011 by entrepreneurs Hiroki Takeuchi, Tom Blomfield, and Matt Robinson.
GoCardless is a global fintech company building the world’s bank payment network, specializing in bank payments such as recurring payments, Direct Debit processing, and Open Banking. It provides businesses with an API and pre-built integrations to automate payment collection, manage subscriptions, and handle invoices, serving sectors like e-commerce, real estate tech, and cloud computing. By enabling direct bank-to-bank payments without card network intermediaries, GoCardless offers a simpler, lower-cost alternative to traditional payment methods. The company processes over $130 billion annually across 30+ countries and serves nearly 100,000 organizations globally, demonstrating strong growth momentum with revenues increasing 38% in FY24 and achieving profitability in 2025[1][2][3][4].
Founded in 2011 by Oxford University students Hiroki Takeuchi, Matt Robinson, and Tom Blomfield, GoCardless began with a focus on helping small and medium-sized businesses collect recurring payments via direct debit. Early funding from prominent investors like Y Combinator, Google Ventures, Salesforce, and Accel Partners fueled its growth. The company expanded internationally, launching in the US in 2018 and later entering Australia and New Zealand. Key milestones include raising $312 million in 2022 at a $2.1 billion valuation and becoming a unicorn fintech startup[1][2].
GoCardless rides the global trend toward bank-to-bank payments and open banking, which are reshaping how businesses collect and manage payments. The timing is favorable due to regulatory mandates (e.g., UK banks enabling open banking for recurring payments by 2025) and growing demand for cost-effective, transparent payment solutions. By reducing reliance on card networks and leveraging open banking data, GoCardless influences the fintech ecosystem by promoting faster, more secure payments and enabling new financial products and services[2][3][4].
GoCardless is positioned to continue its growth trajectory, having recently achieved profitability and expanded its product capabilities to include payment disbursements. Future trends shaping its journey include broader adoption of open banking, increased demand for seamless global payment solutions, and evolving regulatory frameworks supporting bank payments. Its influence is likely to grow as it scales its indirect channels, deepens integrations, and drives innovation in recurring and real-time payments, reinforcing its vision of building the world’s bank payment network[3][4][6].
Key people at GoCardless.
GoCardless has raised $567.0M across 11 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $312.0M Series G in February 2022.
GoCardless was founded in 2011 by Hiroki Takeuchi (Founder/CEO) and Tom Blomfield (Founder).
GoCardless has raised $567.0M in total across 11 funding rounds.
GoCardless's investors include Alberto Riva, BlackRock, Bain Capital Ventures, Emergence Capital, Underscore VC, Adams Street Partners, Google Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Accel, aMoon Fund, Balderton Capital, Index Ventures.
