Tech Company Financing Transactions

Airwallex Funding Round

Airwallex, based in San Francisco, received $100 million in funding from DST Global, Gobi Partners and Hillhouse Capital Group.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
3/27/2019
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$100,000,000
Round
Series C
Proceeds Purpose
The new capital will be used to expand Airwallex's suite of international collection and payment products and to support global expansion into the US, UK / Europe and Southeast Asia.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
FinTech
Mailing Address
230 California St. 508
San Francisco, CA 94111
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Airwallex was founded in 2015 by a team of entrepreneurs who knew international payments could, and should, be better. So they developed a technology that uses machine learning to determine the most cost-effective way of settling every payment that comes through the platform.
Profile
Airwallex LinkedIn Company Profile
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Airwallex Company Twitter Account
Company News
Airwallex News
Facebook
Airwallex on Facebook
YouTube
Airwallex on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jack Zhang
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Chief Financial Officer
Kai Wu
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Chief Technical Officer
Xijing Dai
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President
Lucy Liu
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Vice President
James Butland
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Vice President
Rylan Dawes
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Vice President
Gajia Parsons
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Vice President
Willie Xia
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VP - Bus. Development
Sean Huang
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VP - Bus. Development
Dinghua Liu
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VP - Bus. Development
Neil Luo
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VP - Bus. Development
David Stein
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VP - Customer Service
Max Li
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VP - Engineering
Craig Rees
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VP - General Counsel
Jeanette Chan
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VP - Human Resources
Sascha McPherson
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VP - Operations
Toshi Kameoka
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