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GoCardless

London, UK Fintech Acquired

GoCardless is a bank-to-bank payment network enabling recurring and one-off payments via direct debit, ACH, SEPA, and other local bank payment methods across 30+ countries. The company processes over $30 billion in payments annually and provides APIs and integrations for businesses to embed bank payments into their workflows.

Acquired

GoCardless has been acquired

Acquired by Mollie December 11, 2025 $1.1B

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2011

Employees

900+

Total Funding

$530.2M

8 rounds

Latest Valuation

$2.1B

February 8, 2022

Funding

Total raised $530.2M across 8 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series G

Date

February 8, 2022

Amount

$312M

Valuation

$2.1B

Lead Investors

Permira
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
February 8, 2022 Series G $312M $2.1B Permira
December 1, 2020 Series F $95M Bain Capital Ventures
February 18, 2019 Series E $75M Adams Street Partners, GV, Salesforce Ventures

Prominent Investors

Permira BlackRock Private Equity Partners Black Rock

Leadership

  • Hiroki Takeuchi

    Co-founder & CEO

    LinkedIn
  • Catherine Birkett

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Duncan Barrigan

    Chief Product & Growth Officer

  • Alan Cairns

    Chief People Officer

  • Jenn Gonzalez-Naudin

    US Chief Compliance Officer

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • Stripe

    Global payment processing platform handling cards, ACH, SEPA, and 135+ currencies with integrated payment processing.

  • Mollie

    European payment platform with embedded payment capabilities for platforms and marketplaces, now parent company of GoCardless.

  • Adyen

    Global payment platform supporting multiple payment methods and currencies for merchants and platforms.

  • Dwolla

    US-based payment platform specializing in bank transfers and ACH Direct Debit for business payments.

  • Braintree

    Payment gateway combining cards, PayPal, Venmo, and ACH in a single integration.

  • PayPal

    Global payments company offering multiple payment methods and payment processing solutions.

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