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Wirex raises £3.7m through crowdfunding

Wirex, the next-gen payments platform sending waves through the fintech and crypto spaces, has raised £3.7 million and surpassed its crowdfunding target by 370%.

Nearly 7,000 investors took part to support Wirex on its mission to democratise access to cryptocurrency.

Having closed their crowdfunding 15 days early, the amount raised makes Wirex the best performing crowdfunding campaign by a crypto company in history undertaken in partnership with leading equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.

Aiming to give fintech fans and it’s 3.1 million customers the opportunity to invest in Wirex before they scale-up, this funding will help to solidify Wirex’s ambitious plans in the coming months.

The company has ambitious plans to diversify their user base, with an exciting launch in the US and Japan in the pipeline.

Pavel Matveev, CEO and co-founder of Wirex, described how pivotal this moment is in Wirex’s history: “Since opening pre-registration for the private sale, we’ve had an overwhelming response from users around the world wanting to invest in Wirex. Our performance so far has proven to investors that we are making incredible advances in the fintech and crypto spaces, and this growth will only continue.”

Wirex have demonstrated their innovation in the space, developing a product that allows customers to buy, hold, exchange and sell multiple crypto and traditional currencies from one platform. The company launched the crypto-enabled debit card as well as the first crypto rewards scheme.

With the core aim of bridging the gap between the traditional and digital economies, the platform aims to bring cryptocurrency to a mainstream audience, as cryptocurrency adoption rates continue to sky-rocket.

Matveev added, “It’s great that our customers have had the opportunity to own a part of Wirex, and we can’t wait to share our upcoming successes with them. Our mission is to democratise access to cryptocurrency, and this successful crowdfunding campaign is one step further in achieving this goal.”

Following the success of the crowdfunding, Wirex will open an exclusive waitlist for the upcoming European launch of their Mastercard debit card on Wednesday 21st October.

The post Wirex raises £3.7m through crowdfunding appeared first on UKTN (UK Tech News).

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