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TransferWise

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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.

Milestones

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  TransferWise added Kristo Käärmann as founder.
  Posted 8/13/11 at 12:54am
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  TransferWise added Taavet Hinrikus as founder.
  Posted 1/20/11 at 3:42pm
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  TransferWise received $1.3M in Seed funding. (4/17/12)
  Posted 4/17/12 at 6:47pm via techcrunch.com
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  TransferWise — TransferWise wants to be the Skype of currency exchange (1/24/11)
  Posted 9/1/11 at 7:05am via techcrunch.com
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  TransferWise — TransferWise Sees $1M In Transactions, Opens Up To Businesses (5/4/11)
  Posted 5/4/11 at 5:58pm via techcrunch.com

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Sources

1. TransferWise Raises $1.3M From Index, Others For The Next Disruption In Money Transfer: Crowdsourcing (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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]