Currensea
Overview
Currensea is a London financial technology company founded in 2018 that issues a travel debit card linked directly to an existing bank account. Using open banking, it charges spending abroad to the customer's normal account at a better exchange rate without requiring a new balance to be topped up. The company also offers business cards for firms with international expenses.
Funding and backers
Latest round
Venture round
Jun 2026 · 4 mo ago
Grants
$254k
1 grant · CORDIS
The money's age
Fresh money
4 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 22
Raised a round Venture round
Aug 5, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Jan 23, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Feb 1, 2024
Won a grant $254k · CORDIS
Jun 30, 2023
Raised a round Venture round
Mar 31, 2023
Raised a round Venture round
Dec 14, 2022
Raised a round Venture round
Apr 1, 2021
Raised a round Venture round
Nov 23, 2020
Raised a round Venture round
Dec 19, 2019
Raised a round Venture round
Jun 13, 2018
Founded per the company register
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.09%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jun 2026 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Aug 2025 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Jan 2025 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Feb 2024 | $254k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Jun 2023 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Mar 2023 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Dec 2022 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Apr 2021 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Nov 2020 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Dec 2019 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | CURRENSEA LIMITED | Companies House |
| Registered | 13 Jun 2018 |
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Financials
Total raised
$254k
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
10
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $254k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2021 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2019 | — | Details |
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
London
United Kingdom
HQ