Startup

Starling Bank

Award-winning UK digital bank built from scratch

  • FinTech
  • London, UK
  • Series C+

About Starling Bank

Starling Bank is a UK-based digital bank founded in 2014 by Anne Boden. It received a full UK banking licence in 2016 and launched its first mobile current account in 2017, offering personal, business, joint and children's accounts via its app. It also runs Engine, a banking-as-a-service platform for other banks. Starling reports its fifth consecutive year of profitability, with group revenue of £887.4 million and over 6.2 million platform accounts.

Founders

  • Anne Boden

    Founder

  • Raman Bhatia

    Group Chief Executive Officer

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Industry
FinTech
Based in
London, UK
Stage
Series C+
Founded
2014
Team
3,000 people
Total raised
€322.0m

Funding rounds

DateRoundAmountLead investors
Series C+UndisclosedGoldman Sachs
Series C+€322.0mFidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, RPMI Railpen, Millennium Management, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity