Form3 Valuation, Funding & Investors

Form3 is valued at $570M as of September 2024.

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Last Form3 valuation

$570M

Series C · Sep 2024

Last Form3 funding round

$62M

Series C · Sep 2024

Cumulative funding Form3 raised

$269M

across 6 funding rounds

Key investors in Form3

Form3 Overview

About Form3

Form3 is a London-headquartered payment processor offering cloud-based APIs for real-time payments across UK Faster Payments, SEPA Instant, and US FedNow schemes. The platform handles clearing and settlement for banks and fintechs including Revolut and Starling Bank. Built on AWS microservices, Form3 processes billions in transaction volume annually with 99.99 percent uptime.


Founded

2016

HQ

United KingdomLondon

Website

form3.tech

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Usage-based, Subscription

Valuation

$570M (Sep 2024)

Form3 Valuation

Form3 is currently valued at $570M, based on its Series C in September 2024.

The $62M round was led by British Patient Capital, with participation from Visa, Goldman Sachs, Molten Ventures, Barclays, Mastercard and 1 other investor.

Form3 valuation by funding round

Form3 valuation by funding round
DateStageValuation
Sep 2024Series C$570M

Form3 Funding History

Form3 has raised a total of $269M across 6 funding rounds.

Form3's first fundraising round was a $5M Series A in July 2017. The most recent completed round was a $62M Series C in September 2024.

Form3 funding rounds

Form3 funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Sep 2024Series CBritish Patient Capital (lead); Visa; Goldman Sachs; Molten Ventures; Barclays; Mastercard; 83North$62M$570MForm3 is a London-based cloud-native payment technology company providing an API-based account-to-account (A2A) payments platform that enables banks and financial institutions to process real-time payments, replace legacy infrastructure, and scale operations. The platform supports connections to multiple payment schemes, including the UK's Faster Payments, SEPA Instant, and the US FedNow system, serving major clients like Klarna and established banks. Launched in 2016, Form3 has positioned itself as a leader in modernizing payments infrastructure amid global digital transformation challenges. On September 10, 2024, Form3 closed a $60 million Series C extension led by British Patient Capital (£10 million investment), with participation from existing investors including Visa, Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, Barclays, Molten Ventures, and 83North. This tranche brought the total Series C to $220 million, following a $160 million base round in 2021 led by Goldman Sachs and investments from Lloyds, Nationwide, and others, plus a Visa strategic investment in 2023. Sources indicate a post-money valuation of $570 million for this extension. The funding will support product development, new services, scaling operations, and expansion into key markets including the UK, Europe, and US. Form3 has achieved notable recognition, including inclusion in the 2024 Lazard T100 Index, Top 100 Scale-ups in Europe, and multiple awards such as PayTech of the Year and Engineering Team of the Year at UK and European Fintech Awards in 2024.
Sep 2023Strategic investmentVisa--Visa made a strategic minority investment in Form3 in September 2023, taking a stake in the London-based account-to-account payments platform as part of a wider commercial partnership between the two companies. The size of the investment was not disclosed and Form3 remained an independent, privately held business controlled by its founders and existing venture and growth investors, with Visa joining the shareholder register as a corporate partner rather than acquiring control. The commercial agreement gives Visa's financial institution clients access to Form3's platform so they can modernise their payments infrastructure, and combines Form3's financial crime orchestration service with Visa's deep-learning artificial intelligence and real-time risk scoring in order to reduce the high levels of fraud seen in instant account-to-account payments. Form3 said the proceeds would fund continued product development and expansion into new territories where real-time payment schemes are being introduced. The company was founded in 2016 and operates a cloud-native, payments-as-a-service platform that connects banks and financial institutions to domestic and international payment schemes through a single API, handling processing, clearing, settlement and fraud screening as a managed service. Form3 is used by tier one banks and financial institutions in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States to run critical payments architecture, and had by then been processing traffic on instant payment rails for close to six years.
Sep 2021Series CGoldman Sachs (lead); Nationwide Building Society; Molten Ventures; Barclays; Mastercard; Lloyds Banking Group; 83North$156M-Form3 is a London-based cloud-native payment technology platform founded in 2016 that provides account-to-account payment processing, clearing and settlement services. The company serves major financial institutions, neobanks like Klarna and N26, and banking-as-a-service providers, processing more than 50% of the UK's non-cash payment volume. In September 2021, Form3 closed a Series C funding round of $160 million led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, with participation from existing investors including Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society, Barclays, Mastercard, 83North, and Draper Esprit. This brought Form3's total equity fundraising to $220 million at that time. The company used the Series C proceeds to expand geographically, particularly targeting the US market where it was in advanced conversations with several banks. The 2021 Series C marked the beginning of Form3's global rollout strategy, enabling it to scale its cloud-native infrastructure for handling growing payment volumes across multiple markets.
Jul 2020Strategic investmentNationwide Building Society; Molten Ventures; Lloyds Banking Group; 83North$33M--
Nov 2018Series BMolten Ventures (lead); ACF Investors; Barclays$13M-Form3 is a UK-based cloud-native payment processing platform providing banks and fintechs with real-time payment services via a Payments-as-a-Service model. Clients at the time included Ebury, N26, Tandem Bank, LHV Bank, and myPOS. The company raised $13 million in a Series B round on November 20, 2018, led by Draper Esprit (now Molten Ventures), with participation from existing investor Barclays, Angel Co-Fund, and individual investors. This brought total funding to $18 million following a prior $5 million Series A in 2017 led by Barclays and Angel Co-Fund. Form3 planned to use the proceeds to develop additional services and expand internationally.
Jul 2017Series AACF Investors (lead); Barclays (lead)$5M--

Who has invested in Form3?

10 investors have backed Form3 across its funding rounds, including Molten Ventures, Barclays, 83North, Goldman Sachs, ACF Investors and Mastercard.

Lead investors include British Patient Capital, Goldman Sachs, Molten Ventures, ACF Investors and Barclays.


Form3 Investors

Investors in Form3 by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
Molten VenturesUnited KingdomLondon4LeadNov 2018
BarclaysUnited KingdomLondon4LeadJul 2017
83NorthUnited KingdomLondon3ParticipantJul 2020
Nationwide Building SocietyUnited KingdomSwindon2ParticipantJul 2020
ACF InvestorsUnited KingdomSheffield2LeadJul 2017
VisaUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA2ParticipantSep 2023
Goldman SachsUnited StatesNew York City, NY2LeadSep 2021
MastercardUnited StatesPurchase, NY2ParticipantSep 2021

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Form3 Competitors

Form3 competitors include listed companies like Optasia, Intelligent Wave, eFinance and Densan System Holdings Co, and private ones like Spreedly and M2P Fintech.

Public and private companies comparable to Form3
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
SpreedlyUnited StatesUnited StatesPrivate--$500M-
M2P FintechIndiaIndiaPrivate$54M-$701M13.0x
OptasiaUAEUAEPublicly listed$265M$79M$1.1B3.6x
Intelligent WaveJapanJapanPublicly listed$109M$24M$256M2.1x
eFinanceEgyptEgyptPublicly listed$121M$63M$1.4B-
Densan System Holdings CoJapanJapanPublicly listed$432M$28M$224M0.2x

Form3 Public Comps

Form3 is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Shanghai Amarsoft, AMTD Digital, Worldline, FINEOS, Global Infotech, Linkage Software, Sunyard Technology, Alfa Financial Software, JinXianDai Information and Qualco Group.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
Shanghai Amarsoft$154M$8M3.5x-69.0x-
AMTD Digital$59M$18M19.0x-61.5x-
Worldline$4.5B($5.1B)0.6x0.6x(0.5x)3.6x
FINEOS$155M$34M3.0x2.8x13.7x11.5x
Global Infotech$155M$7M4.0x-89.4x-
Linkage Software$158M$24M2.6x4.1x17.1x13.8x
Sunyard Technology$309M$10M2.0x-61.9x-
Alfa Financial Software$169M$58M3.8x3.6x11.1x11.2x

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Common questions about Form3

When was Form3 founded?Form3 was founded in 2016.
Where is Form3 headquartered?Form3 is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Is Form3 publicly listed?No, Form3 is a private, VC-backed company.
What is Form3's valuation?Form3 was last valued at $570M in its Series C in September 2024.
How much funding has Form3 raised?Form3 has raised $269M across 6 funding rounds.
What was Form3's last funding round?Form3's last funding round was a $62M Series C in September 2024, led by British Patient Capital.
Who are Form3's investors?Form3's investors include Molten Ventures, Barclays, 83North, Nationwide Building Society, ACF Investors, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, Lloyds Banking Group and British Patient Capital.
Which companies are comparable to Form3?Companies comparable to Form3 include Spreedly, M2P Fintech, Optasia, Intelligent Wave, eFinance and Densan System Holdings Co.

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