Lanistar, founded in 2019 by Gurhan Kiziloz, is developing a banking-alternative product using polymorphic technology to streamline personal finance for customers. The company is positioning itself as a customer-centric alternative to incumbent personal finance offerings and plans a winter 2020 launch. It has announced partnerships with Mastercard and Jumio to support its product and operations. Lanistar employs 45 full-time staff and intends to grow a 150-person customer support team in Greece. The company will use new funding to expand its operational and customer support teams and to scale toward product launch. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article. Lanistar is a London-based banking alternative fintech founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneur Gurhan Kiziloz. The company is developing a new debit card product aimed at customers aged 18–35 to help them streamline their money through technology. The product was expected to be officially launched in winter 2020. Lanistar is based in Hammersmith and had over 45 full-time staff, with plans to add about 150 support staff. The company said it would use raised funds to launch the product and expand operations and the product itself.

Total raised

$21M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jul 2020