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GoCardless

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Simple and cheap way to take payments online: no merchant account, no credit card fees, no hassle

London, United KingdomFounded 2011Fintech
Valuation $1–2.5B Last recorded · 2026
Revenue $100–500M Latest reported FY
Headcount 500–1k Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
2011
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Sector
Fintech
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

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News, research, reports and resources connected to this company by Dealroom
Analysis UK fintech has raised $64B since 2016, second only to the United States Sep 30, 2026 News Recruitment startup Spott raises $21M Series A led by Balderton Sep 22, 2026 Analysis Europe’s first-time exits, 2024 to 2026 Sep 1, 2026 Analysis Revolut is 78% of Balderton’s $10.7B in estimated holdings Aug 30, 2026 Market map European Fintech Landscape Market map CFO tech stack startups

Investors

18 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed5 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later13 investors entered at this stage

Talent

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Employees mapped 849 incl. 15 AI specialists
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 10 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia 12 alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Alumni founders

5 of 12 startups shown

Former GoCardless employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

Monzo BankEst. 2015
Tom BlomfieldUnited Kingdom
Signal score96
incident.ioEst. 2020
Pete HamiltonUnited Kingdom
Signal score93
NestedEst. 2015
Matt RobinsonUnited Kingdom
Signal score91
DuffelEst. 2017
Tom BatesUnited Kingdom
Signal score88
CariqaEst. 2023
Tamara CiulloGermany
Signal score88
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
17 countries with
team presence
🇬🇧 United Kingdom68.4%
🇱🇻 Latvia19.2%
🇫🇷 France6.3%
🇺🇸 United States2.3%
🇦🇺 Australia1.7%
Top 5 of 17 shown
Web traffic by country
1.9M monthly visits
across markets
🇬🇧 United Kingdom52.5%
🇫🇷 France7%
🇺🇸 United States5.3%
🇦🇺 Australia3.9%
🇩🇪 Germany3.7%
Top 5 markets shown

Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where GoCardless was the backer or acquirer, 2021–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

6 deals across GoCardless's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        GoCardless's portfolio, mapped.

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        6 of 6 deals

        Market sentiment

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        Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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