Stealthy London Startup Curve Raises $2M From Notable Fintech Backers
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Stealthy London-based fintech startup Curve has closed a $2 million seed round from a rather notable list of early backers. They comprise a number of individual investors with some serious fintech chops, including Taavet Hinrikus, who co-founded money transfer startup and reported ‘unicorn’ TransferWise, Ricky Knox of challenger bank Tandem, in addition to Ed Wray of Betfair and former members of the Google Wallet team. The capital sets up Curve in preparation for a full launch early next year. Meanwhile, the startup — which is currently running in a closed beta (although a limited number of TechCrunch readers can jump the line) — isn’t saying publicly what its product does, except that Curve aims to become the single touchpoint between you and your money, and in turn give you more control over your everyday finances. Meanwhile, Curve’s founding team is made up of three INSEAD MBA graduates: Israeli serial entrepreneur Shachar Bialick, Tom Foster-Carter, who was previously COO of children’s banking fintech company Osper, and Anna Mostyn Williams, who previously did marketing at Microsoft’s Xbox in the U.K.
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