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Zilch Revenue, Valuation, Funding & Investors
Zilch is valued at $2B as of November 2025, a 13.6x multiple on its last reported $147M revenue.
Last Zilch valuation
$2B
Undisclosed stage · Nov 2025
Last Zilch funding round
$177M
Undisclosed stage · Nov 2025
Zilch revenue
$147M
Undisclosed stage · Nov 2025
Key investors in Zilch
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
M&F Fund
Chaos Ventures
Ventura Capital
Gauss Ventures
Simon Nixon
About Zilch
Zilch is a London-headquartered payments network offering buy-now-pay-later services with 0% APR over six weeks and no fees for UK consumers. Launched in 2020, it processes transactions for retailers like ASOS and Nike, generating revenue through advertising while serving 2 million users via its app.
Founded
2018
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2C
Revenue model
Commission
Revenue
$147M (Nov 2025)
Valuation
$2B (Nov 2025)
Zilch Valuation
Zilch is currently valued at $2B, based on its undisclosed-stage round in November 2025.
The $177M round was led by KKCG, with participation from BNF Capital.
Zilch's valuation has grown 4.0x from $500M at its Series A in September 2020 to $2B in November 2025, across 6 priced rounds.
Zilch valuation by funding round
Revenue multiple| Date | Stage | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | Undisclosed stage | $2B | 13.6x |
| Jun 2022 | Series C | $2B | 13.6x |
| Nov 2021 | Series C | $2B | - |
| Jul 2021 | Series B | $500M | 3.4x |
| Apr 2021 | Series B | $500M | 3.4x |
| Sep 2020 | Series A | $500M | - |
Zilch Revenue
Zilch's latest recorded revenue is $147M, as of its undisclosed-stage round in November 2025. At a $2B valuation, that implies a 13.6x revenue multiple.
Revenue moved from $147M in April 2021 to $147M in November 2025, while the revenue multiple moved from 3.4x to 13.6x.
Zilch revenue by funding round
| Date | Revenue * | Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | $147M | $2B | 13.6x | Undisclosed stage |
| Jun 2022 | $147M | $2B | 13.6x | Series C |
| Jul 2021 | $147M | $500M | 3.4x | Series B |
| Apr 2021 | $147M | $500M | 3.4x | Series B |
* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.
Zilch Funding History
Zilch has raised a total of $590M across 8 funding rounds.
Zilch's first fundraising round was a $10M Series A in September 2020. The most recent completed round was a $177M undisclosed-stage round in November 2025.
Zilch funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | Undisclosed stage | KKCG (lead); BNF Capital | $177M | $2B | Zilch is a UK-based consumer payments platform and BNPL fintech founded in 2018, offering advertising-subsidized buy now pay later services, flexible payment options via debit or credit cards with interest-free installments, personalized rewards, and AI-powered tools like its Intelligent Commerce platform and upcoming Zilch Pay one-click checkout. On 13 November 2025, Zilch raised over $175 million ($176.7m) in a mix of debt and equity financing led by KKCG with participation from BNF Capital and other strategic investors, including an expansion of its Deutsche Bank securitization facility previously at £100 million. The valuation remained unchanged at around $2 billion (£1.5bn) from the prior equity raise. Funds are earmarked for increased marketing to boost brand visibility, product development including AI-driven agentic commerce features, and pursuing strategic M&A opportunities, particularly in companies with strong consumer relationships or marketing/ad tech. Zilch has rapidly scaled to over 5 million registered customers since launch, positioning itself as the UK and EMEA's fastest-growing fintech unicorn backed by investors like Goldman Sachs, eBay, AWS, Visa, and Deutsche Bank. In its financial year 2025 results, it reported £110.3 million in revenue but £10.4 million in pre-tax losses. The company competes with Klarna and Clearpay by rewiring commerce economics through credit, AI, and data to improve consumer financial outcomes and help merchants acquire customers efficiently. CEO Philip Belamant highlighted the funding's reflection of confidence in the team's execution amid a tough capital market, crediting co-founder Sean O'Connor's network. KKCG US Advisory CEO Karel Komarek Jr. praised Zilch's tech-driven disruption of the credit landscape. CFO Hugh Courtney emphasized future-proof innovation, diversified revenue streams, and engaged users as growth drivers. Zilch eyes an IPO and plans launches like a physical Visa credit card and Zilch Pay in H1 2026. |
| Jan 2023 | Undisclosed stage | - | $25M | - | Zilch, a UK-based consumer payments and buy now pay later (BNPL) platform founded in 2018, conducted a funding round in January 2023 for £20 million according to multiple sources, though the post-money valuation for this specific round was not publicly disclosed. The company's most recent publicly disclosed valuation stands at $2 billion as of a prior equity raise, though this figure predates the January 2023 round. For the financial year 2023, Zilch reported £33 million in revenue (described as £110.3m in source for FY 2025), demonstrating significant growth trajectory. By November 2025, the company had raised an additional $175 million in combined debt and equity led by KKCG and BNF Capital, maintaining its $2 billion valuation at that later stage. The company operates as a payment platform serving over 5 million customers through partnerships with major retailers including Amazon, eBay, and Tesco, and was preparing for a potential 2026 IPO as of mid-2024. |
| Jun 2022 | Series C | Chaos Ventures | $50M | $2B | Zilch is a London-based fintech company offering a consumer payments platform that combines debit and credit features, enabling personalized rewards, benefits, and discounts for users while helping retailers acquire customers efficiently. Launched as a 'double unicorn,' it achieved unicorn status rapidly and focuses on rewiring commerce economics through credit, AI, and data technologies. By June 2022, Zilch had partnerships with advanced fintech enablers like Amazon Web Services, Cross River, Checkout.com, Mastercard, and others. On June 30, 2022, Zilch announced a $50 million extension to its Series C funding round, bringing the total Series C to $160 million and overall funding to over $460 million in debt and equity. This extension maintained the company's $2 billion valuation, following a prior $110 million raise that established its unicorn status as Europe's fastest fintech unicorn at that time. Investors included Ventura Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Gauss Ventures, DMG Ventures, M&F Fund, and Limited Ventures. The funding supported scaling transaction volume and strengthening infrastructure amid impressive daily customer utilization. Zilch positioned itself as the best of debit and credit, witnessing strong growth in user engagement. |
| Nov 2021 | Series C | Ventura Capital (lead); Goldman Sachs Asset Management | $108M | $2B | Zilch is a UK-based fintech company offering an ad-subsidized payments network (ASPN) that enables consumers to pay over time with zero interest, using virtual card transactions to generate advertising revenue shared back as rewards, while helping merchants acquire customers efficiently through first-party data targeting. The platform connects users to major retailers like Amazon, eBay, Tesco, and Sports Direct, processing billions in commerce volume. In November 2021, Zilch raised an additional £82 million ($107.7 million equivalent) in Series C funding led by Ventura Capital and Gauss Ventures, following earlier tranches, achieving a post-money valuation of $2 billion USD and becoming Europe's fastest fintech to reach double unicorn status from Series A in 14 months. Prior funding included Series B of £83 million from Goldman Sachs and DMG Ventures in April 2021 at over £500 million valuation, plus a £125 million debt facility from Goldman Sachs in July 2021. By then, Zilch had reached 1 million registered users. Later metrics show strong growth: FY2025 revenues reached £110.3 million (up 93% YoY), with GMV at £1,893 million, credit revenue £75.7 million, and take rate at 6.08%; the company surpassed 5 million customers by 2025, saving consumers £750 million in interest/fees, and achieved profitability. Post-2021 developments include expansion of securitization facilities to £150 million by October 2024, a $175+ million debt/equity raise in November 2025 led by KKCG, and partnerships like with Arsenal F.C. Zilch continues scaling with AI-driven products like Intelligent Commerce and Zilch Pay, positioning as a leader in agentic commerce. |
| Jul 2021 | Series B | Goldman Sachs Asset Management (lead) | $111M | $500M | Zilch is a London-based fintech providing a regulated Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) app in the UK, enabling customers to make installment purchases anywhere online or in-store using sophisticated Open Banking technology to lend responsibly. The July 23, 2021, funding was a Series B extension raising an additional $110 million in combined debt and equity led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and DMG Ventures (venture arm of Daily Mail and General Trust), following an initial Series B of around $80 million/€66.7M/£79.9M in April 2021, bringing the overall Series B to approximately $200 million and total funding to around $230 million at that stage. This capital supported accelerated growth including nationwide UK media campaigns and initial US market entry preparations. Zilch emphasized scaling to meet surging customer demand, positioning as one of Europe's best-funded Series B fintechs. Post-July developments included a Series C in November 2021 raising $110 million led by Ventura Capital and Gauss Ventures, achieving unicorn status at over $2 billion valuation, with customer base surpassing 1 million (added 185,000-200,000 monthly), headcount expanding 10x to 210 across UK, US, and Poland offices, and US expansion via NepFin acquisition, partnerships with Cross River, Marqeta, and Checkout.com. Later rounds included debt financing and a 2025 raise exceeding $175 million. Zilch differentiates with a merchant-agnostic BNPL model, direct customer relationships, and responsible credit practices in a market projected to reach $166 billion by 2023. |
| Apr 2021 | Series B | M&F Fund; Gauss Ventures | $80M | $500M | Zilch is a London-based fintech startup founded in 2018 that offers a merchant-agnostic Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service, allowing customers to make installment payments at any online or in-store retailer via a mobile app integrated with Mastercard for tap-and-pay functionality. It distinguishes itself by building direct consumer relationships, using soft credit checks via Open Banking with Credit Kudos for affordability assessments, and being the first fully FCA-regulated BNPL provider in the UK, authorized as a consumer credit provider in 2020. The company launched in beta in 2019 and rapidly scaled, approaching 500,000 customers with 4,000 daily sign-ups by April 2021, recently hitting number 2 on the UK App Store charts behind PayPal. On April 19, 2021, Zilch raised $80 million (equivalent to €66.7 million) in an all-equity Series B funding round led by Gauss Ventures and M&F Fund, with other unnamed investors, bringing total funding over the prior two years to more than $120 million and valuing the company at over $500 million. The post-money valuation was reported as $500M+ by TechCrunch, over $500M by Zilch's announcement, $500 million by Finextra, and over €417 million by EU-Startups. Proceeds were earmarked for UK growth through product innovation, hiring 100 more staff after quadrupling headcount to 80 in 2020, and international expansion into the US and Europe, including strategic hires like a Chief Data Officer from Klarna and a Chief Marketing Officer from Facebook. At the time, Zilch financed its operations from its balance sheet amid fast growth in the UK BNPL market, planning to secure tier-one debt lines for further scaling. This preceded later rounds, including a $110 million Series B in July 2021 and a Series C reaching $160 million by 2022 at a $2 billion unicorn valuation. |
| Dec 2020 | Series B | M&F Fund (lead); Simon Nixon; Umbra Capital Partners | $30M | - | Zilch is a UK-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) and consumer payments platform founded in 2018 that uses technology to connect its user base with retailers and brands. The company's model focuses on eliminating high-cost credit while rewarding consumers for retail value they create, offering personalized rewards, benefits and discounts alongside payment functionality. In December 2020, Zilch raised $30 million in its Series B funding round led by M&F Fund, with the capital intended to expand the payments network and strengthen core technology. The company continued rapid growth through subsequent funding rounds, including a €66.7 million Series B extension in April 2021, a £79.9 million round in July 2021 led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and additional capital raises through 2024 and 2025. By November 2025, Zilch had raised over $175 million in its latest debt and equity round led by KKCG, with participation from BNF Capital and other investors, reaching unicorn status as the UK and EMEA's fastest-growing fintech unicorn. The company has grown to serve over 5.3 million registered customers and is backed by leading global firms including AWS, Deutsche Bank, and Visa, with plans to launch new products including Zilch Pay in H1 2026 and explore strategic M&A opportunities. |
| Sep 2020 | Series A | - | $10M | $500M | Zilch is a London-based Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) firm founded in 2018 by CEO Philip Belamant. It competes with Klarna, Afterpay, and Affirm in the BNPL space and holds FCA approval. In March 2020, Zilch raised $80 million at a post-money valuation of $500 million USD. The round preceded further growth, leading to a Series C in November 2021 raising $110 million at over $2 billion valuation, quadrupling the prior figure. |
Who has invested in Zilch?
9 investors have backed Zilch across its funding rounds, including Goldman Sachs Asset Management, M&F Fund, Chaos Ventures, Ventura Capital, Gauss Ventures and Simon Nixon.
Lead investors include KKCG, Ventura Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and M&F Fund.
Zilch Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lead | Dec 2020 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Jul 2021 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Nov 2025 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Dec 2020 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Nov 2021 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Apr 2021 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Jun 2022 | ||
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Start Free TrialAcquisitions by Zilch
Zilch has acquired 2 companies to date.
Last acquisition by Zilch was on January 7th 2026. Zilch acquired Fjord Bank for $45M.
Latest Acquisitions by Zilch
| Description | Fjord Bank is a fully digital consumer finance institution licensed in Lithuania that offers personal loans, credit lines, and deposit accounts through its mobile app and online platform. Operating across the European Economic Area, the bank provides instant loan approvals, competitive interest rates, and seamless digital banking experiences without physical branches. It focuses on underserved segments with quick application processes and flexible repayment options. | NepFin is a San Francisco-based commercial lending platform that offers growth capital loans to mid-market US businesses in technology and healthcare sectors. It provides asset-based lines of credit and equipment financing through an online application process. Backed by investors from LendingClub and SoFi ecosystems, the company leverages AI underwriting for deals up to $20 million. |
| HQ Country | ||
| HQ City | Vilnius | San Francisco, CA |
| Deal Date | 7 Jan 2026 | 11 Aug 2021 |
| Valuation | $45M | undisclosed |
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Zilch Competitors
Zilch competitors include listed companies like Kaspi.kz and PayPal, and private ones like Momo, Teya, Tamara and Sipay.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private | - | - | $2B | - | ||
| Private | - | - | $2.4B | - | ||
| Private | $360M | $52M | $1B | 2.8x | ||
| Private | $600M | - | $875M | 1.5x | ||
| Publicly listed | $9B | $3.2B | $18B | 2.0x | ||
| Publicly listed | $33B | $7.2B | $45B | 1.4x |
Zilch Public Comps
Zilch is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Zip, Flywire, Pine Labs, StoneCo, Evertec, Lakala, Payoneer, Euronet Worldwide, PagSeguro and Fawry.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $951M | $296M | 3.8x | 3.6x | 12.2x | 18.3x | |||
| $623M | $45M | 3.0x | 2.6x | 41.8x | 11.9x | |||
| $250M | $14M | 8.0x | 6.4x | 145.8x | 32.6x | |||
| $2.6B | $965M | 1.3x | 1.2x | 3.6x | 2.2x | |||
| $932M | $330M | 3.0x | 2.7x | 8.6x | 6.8x | |||
| $827M | $218M | 1.8x | 1.6x | 6.7x | 12.8x | |||
| $821M | ($43M) | 2.6x | 2.0x | (49.7x) | 7.5x | |||
| $4.2B | $648M | 0.7x | 0.7x | 4.9x | 4.2x | |||
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Common questions about Zilch
| When was Zilch founded? | Zilch was founded in 2018. |
| Where is Zilch headquartered? | Zilch is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. |
| Is Zilch publicly listed? | No, Zilch is a private, VC-backed company. |
| What is Zilch's valuation? | Zilch was last valued at $2B in its undisclosed-stage round in November 2025. |
| How much funding has Zilch raised? | Zilch has raised $590M across 8 funding rounds. |
| What was Zilch's last funding round? | Zilch's last funding round was a $177M undisclosed-stage round in November 2025, led by KKCG. |
| Who are Zilch's investors? | Zilch's investors include M&F Fund, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, KKCG, Simon Nixon, Ventura Capital, Gauss Ventures, Chaos Ventures, Umbra Capital Partners and BNF Capital. |
| What is Zilch's revenue? | Zilch's latest recorded revenue is $147M (November 2025). |
| What is Zilch's revenue multiple? | Zilch's latest valuation implies a 13.6x revenue multiple ($2B valuation on $147M of revenue). |
| Which companies are comparable to Zilch? | Companies comparable to Zilch include Momo, Teya, Tamara, Sipay, Kaspi.kz and PayPal. |
| How many companies has Zilch acquired? | Zilch has acquired 2 companies, including Fjord Bank and NepFin. |
| What was the largest acquisition by Zilch? | The $45M acquisition of Fjord Bank in January 2026 is the largest acquisition Zilch has made to date. |
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