The digital wealth manager has raised £35m from a syndicate led by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures to expand its product range.
"Our mission is to help people build wealth with confidence so they can enjoy life today and tomorrow. This new round of investment enables us to create even better services to help our customers succeed across their home-buying, retirement, savings and investing missions. By continuing to focus on the large and under-served mass market we believe we are on a path to create the UK’s category-defining wealth platform. We celebrate this moment with deep gratitude for our amazing team, our loyal customers, and our supportive investors."
Permira and BlackRock Private Equity Partners backed the financing round, which values the company at $2.1bn.
"The rise of open banking presents a once-in-a-generation shift, one that will change the way payments happen all over the world. I am delighted to have partners like Permira and BlackRock Private Equity Partners on board, with their global footprint and strong expertise in tech, to support us in building a direct bank payment network that lets payments flow freely, without cards, expiration dates or extra costs. I look forward to working with them and our new board members to accelerate the future development of GoCardless."
The $1bn financing round was supported by a consortium of global investors led by firms such as Altimeter and GIC.
"At our core, we help enterprise merchants to navigate the complexity of moving money around the world, whether in fiat currency or bridging the gap to Web3,"
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the equity investment with additional debt financing provided by HSBC and Barclays.
"2022 is set to be another impressive year for Gousto, as we capitalise on the accelerated mega trends driving change in the grocery market: convenience, health, sustainability. This successful raise is further testament to the relevance and appetite for our recipe box solution."
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