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Revolut’s valuation jumps 53% to $115B in new share sale as it prepares to launch US bank

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In short

Investors including Coatue, Baillie Gifford, and T. Rowe Price Associates led the secondary transaction backing the company's continuous international scaling. Founded in 2015, the firm now serves over 80 million retail customers across more than 40 nations. Alongside its planned American rollout in early 2027, the enterprise banking arm has become a major growth engine, generating over £950 million in annualized revenue.

Key points

  • The secondary equity sale raised the company's valuation without bringing any fresh capit…: The secondary equity sale raised the company's valuation without bringing any fresh capital into the business.
  • Management is weighing a potential public market listing that would occur no earlier than…: Management is weighing a potential public market listing that would occur no earlier than 2028.
  • Corporate banking now accounts for roughly 20% of the firm's overall gross profit.: Corporate banking now accounts for roughly 20% of the firm's overall gross profit.

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Revolut’s investors have completed a secondary share sale that values the British fintech at $115 billion, 53% more than the price tag it had gained in another share sale a year ago, as the company prepares to launch a U.S. bank in 2027.

Investors including Glade Brook Capital Partners, Coatue, Durable Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price Associates, and Baillie Gifford led the share sale, which brought no new money into Revolut. The company declined to say how much stock was sold.

Founded in 2015 by Nik Storonsky and Vlad Yatsenko, Revolut has grown from a money-transfer app into a financial services platform with more than 80 million retail customers across over 40 countries. It has established banking operations across Europe, and launched banks in the U.K., Mexico, Australia and New Zealand this year, as well as secured banking licenses in France, Colombia and Argentina.

The company also began rolling out financial services in India earlier this year, and has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national bank, which it plans…

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