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Monzo, the UK digital bank with 16 million accounts (15M consumer, 1M business), is in talks over a potential sale to Brazil's Nu Holdings at a valuation between $10.5B and $13.2B, with Morgan Stanley and Qatalyst advising, per Sky News (9/28/26). The alternative under review is an equity fundraising round exceeding an $8B valuation to finance expansion into mainland Europe. Previously valued at $5.9B (Oct 2024 secondary). UK government officials and the London Stock Exchange have lobbied for a domestic IPO. The bank's latest product is Aura, a credit card directing cashback into investments.

  1. Veronique Merriam Barbosa in London (Stealth)

    1. Role: Head of Customer Loyalty Rewards @ Monzo (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Flux ($20M from Headline), 4th FTE & Head of Partnerships @ Revolut, LSE MSc, HEC Paris CEMS

    3. Description: Stealth since 7/26. Building "a generational AI wealth company."

  2. Oliver Beattie in Zurich (Stealth)

    1. Role: Early Team & VP Architecture @ Monzo (6 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder and CTO @ iterate, Principal Engineer @ Pleo, Principal Engineer @ Sequence, Head of Engineering @ Imprint

    3. Description: Stealth since 7/25

  3. Ilya Vorobiev in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Product Director, Banking for SMEs @ Monzo (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Lead PM @ Revolut, Head of Product @ Yandex, PM @ The Walt Disney Company, PM @ Microsoft

    3. Description: Stealth since 2026

  4. Andrew Ellam in London (Stealth)

    1. Role: Chief of Staff to CTO @ Monzo (1 yr 3 mos)

    2. Other Experience: Manager, TPM @ Facebook, Senior TPM @ Amazon, University of Cambridge BA, London Business School MBA

    3. Description: Stealth bioengineering startup since 8/26

  5. Robin Bilgil in London (Co-Founder & CEO @ Whirl)

    1. Role: Senior Backend Engineer @ Monzo (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer / Head of Engineering @ Packfleet ($21M from GC, Creandum, Voyager Ventures)

    3. Description: "Autopilot for your operations."

  6. Nathan Woo in SF Bay Area (Founder & CEO @ Halcy)

    1. Role: Head of Engineering, US @ Monzo (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Engineering Manager @ Cruise, Senior SWE @ Uber, Cornell University MEng, University of California, Berkeley BS

    3. Description: "The AI growth platform for healthcare."

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  7. Jhamat M., Robert Parrish, Sam Kelsey in London (Co-Founders @ Acorda)

    1. Roles: Lead ML Engineer (3 yrs); Fraud & Financial Crime PM (8.5 yrs), Sr Backend Engineer & Tech Lead, Fraud @ Monzo (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Associate @ Oliver Wyman, Yale BA, Oxford MSc.

    3. Description: "The best fraud defences prevent zero fraud."

  8. Ahmed A. in SF (Co-Founder @ Fabraix)

    1. Role: Data Science, Fraud @ Monzo (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Data Science, Fraud @ Two, UCL PhD Chemical Engineering

    3. Description: "Building the world's frontier hacker for AI agents."

    4. Funding: YC S26

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