Curve

Founded by Shachar Bialick, Curve’s Over-the-top personal banking platform enables its 6 million users to spend, send, see, save and borrow – all from one place. Outward has been on the journey since 2017.

Banking Payments
Curve Pay takes on tech giants with alternative to Apple Pay
Apr 2025 The Times
Curve lands £37m investment led by Hanaco Ventures
Mar 2025 FinTech Futures
London fintech Curve to launch Apple Pay rival that could save banks ‘millions’
May 2024 City AM

Milestones

2017

Mar 2017
$10m Series A round
Investment

2019

Aug 2019
$55m Series B round
Investment

2022

Dec 2022
Secured $1bn credit facility from Credit Suisse
Commercial

2023

Mar 2023
Secured £58m in additional funding to take its Series C round to £133m
Investment

2025

Mar 2025
Surpassed 6m users
Commercial

Why we invested in Curve

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Apple Pay had launched only a month earlier, Neo Banks had yet to be born, Open Banking and PSD2 barely conceived
Shachar’s idea was audacious but he was honest enough to admit it was riddled with landmines
No entrepreneurial journey is ever easy but creating a new category requires a special resilience

Founders

Shachar Bialick
Founder

Outward team

Devin Kohli
Co-Founder and General Partner
Banking Payments Interview
22nd April 2025

In conversation Shachar Bialick, CEO & Founder of Curve

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