Tom Blomfield

General Partner at YC and co-founder of Monzo and GoCardless.
Tom Blomfield

Tom Blomfield

Tom Blomfield is a General Partner at YC. He was co-founder of Monzo, one of the first app-based challenger banks in the UK. Monzo raised more than £500m, counts 10% of the UK population as customers, and was the #1 recommended brand in the UK for two years running. Previously, he founded GoCardless (YC S11), an online payments processor for the Direct Debit system. In 2019, he was awarded an OBE for increasing competition in the banking sector.

YC Stats

  • Tom has founded 2 companies valued at over $1B.
  • He's done more than 1,000 office hours with YC companies over the course of 4 batches at YC.
  • The companies he's worked with are worth a combined $5 billion.
  • He's advised top YC alumni including: Xendit, Titan, and Fintual.

In the News

Essays

  • Monzo CEO On Death Threats, Depression & Digital Banking Wars
  • Tom Blomfield: How I Created Two Billion-Dollar Fintech Startups
  • Twitter vs. X: Product Lessons For Startup Founders
  • How To Price For B2B | Startup School