Tech Company Financing Transactions
Airwallex Funding Round
On 5/2/2017, Airwallex raised $13 million in Series A funding from Tencent Holdings, MasterCard and Sequoia Capital.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
5/2/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$13,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
FinTech
Mailing Address
230 California St. 508
San Francisco, CA 94111
USA
San Francisco, CA 94111
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
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
Social Media
Company News
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jack Zhang
Chief Financial Officer
Kai Wu
Chief Technical Officer
Xijing Dai
President
Lucy Liu
Vice President
James Butland
Vice President
Rylan Dawes
Vice President
Gajia Parsons
Vice President
Willie Xia
VP - Bus. Development
Sean Huang
VP - Bus. Development
Dinghua Liu
VP - Bus. Development
Neil Luo
VP - Bus. Development
David Stein
VP - Customer Service
Max Li
VP - Engineering
Craig Rees
VP - General Counsel
Jeanette Chan
VP - Human Resources
Sascha McPherson
VP - Operations
Toshi Kameoka
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