Fintech payments

GoCardless

Website
Founded 2011Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

At GoCardless we believe that bank payments are the best way to pay and get paid. We help businesses collect both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees.

We’re building a global bank payment network that lets people make and collect payments straight from their bank account, across multiple countries and currencies. 75,000+ businesses around the world trust us to power their payments. We enable them to collect payments from 30+ countries, processing over $30 billion each year.

Our suite of add-on products are helping businesses face their payment challenges head on. From automatically recovering failed payments, to challenging charge backs and fighting fraud - all without compromising their customer’s payment experience.

Our open banking leadership unlocks the ability to make and accept direct bank payments confidently and securely. And our acquisition of Nordigen means we’re also helping businesses make faster and more informed decisions by accessing and generating insights from their customers’ bank account data.

We’re also backed by some of the world’s leading investors including Accel Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Balderton Capital, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Notion Capital, Passion Capital, Permira and Salesforce Ventures. We're a global team, with offices in London, Paris, Riga, Melbourne and New York.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Hiroki Takeuchi

Founder/CEO

Hiroki is co-founder and CEO of GoCardless, a global leader in direct bank payment solutions. Prior to founding GoCardless, he worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co before succumbing to the entrepreneurial bug and enrolling in the Y Combinator program. He studied Mathematics at Oxford University where he served as Vice President of Oxford Entrepreneurs.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Tom Blomfield

Founder

Cofounded GoCardless (YC S2011) and Monzo (YC Continuity). Now a partner at YC, based in San Francisco.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
900team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2011 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Accel · Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedLondon, England, United Kingdom
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Not assessed · 4 of 6 areas documented

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