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Websitetransferwise.com
Blogtransferwise.com/...
Twitter@transferwise
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone+44 20 719 33211
Email
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Founded3/10
Descriptionforeign payments

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TOTAL $1.3M
VENTURE FUNDING TOTAL $1.3M
Seed, 4/12
Index Ventures
$1.3M

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finance, currency, transfer

TransferWise

TransferWise was founded in London in March 2010 by Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann. Taavet was part of the small team that started Skype in 2003 and has recently worked with a number of startups as an angel investor and advisor. Kristo had financial services background from Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers. TransferWise is registered as Exchange Solutions Ltd and is licensed by the UK Financial Services Authority.

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  1. TransferWise Raises $1.3M From Index, Others For The Next Disruption In Money Transfer: Crowdsourcing (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. TransferWise Sees $1M In Transactions, Opens Up To Businesses (techcrunch.com) [edit]
    TransferWise wants to be the Skype of currency exchange (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
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