Tom Blomfield: How I Created Two Billion-Dollar Fintech Startups

There aren’t a ton of people in the world who can say they founded a billion dollar company. There are far fewer that can say they did it twice. YC Group Partner Tom Blomfield is one of them.

Each episode of our series Backstory will introduce you to one of YC’s Group Partners and the path they took to get here. If you aspire to change the world with your startup, Tom’s story exemplifies the joys and trials of pursuing these ambitious ideas.

Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/Backstory-apply
Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/Backstory-jobs

Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) –
00:00 – Intro
02:52 – GoCardless
05:07 – Starting Monzo
08:46 – COVID challenges
10:24 – Stepping away from Monzo
13:10 – Joining Y Combinator
13:54 – Outro

Directors:
Ryan Loughlin
Zach Both

Director of Photography:
Matt Piniol

Editors:
Hoku Uchiyama
Zach Both
Ryan Loughlin

Additional footage provided @jakewrightnet