Digital Banking · United Kingdom
Sum of non-overlapping disclosed USD amounts in confirmed primary financing entries in this record, including separately labeled equity components; not verified lifetime funding. Excludes amounts already included in a later round, announced, reported, database-only, debt, secondary and unclassified events.
0 confirmed primary rounds with disclosed USD amounts · Record through 2026-09-29Starling is a UK-regulated digital bank offering personal, joint and business accounts through its app. Its products include payments, debit cards, savings, budgeting Spaces and business-account tools, subject to account eligibility.
Starling Bank account overview ↗Source checked Sep 24, 2026Valuations reported at the time of each round.
Funding rounds, debt and other financing events.
The 2021 Series D was first announced as GBP 272M on March 8 subject to regulatory approval, extended by Goldman Sachs GBP 50M on April 19, and reported by Starling as GBP 322M completed later in 2021. The 2022 GBP 130.5M existing-investor round is distinct from 2021 and was completed in April 2022; no Goldman-only lead is stated. February 2019 GBP 100M CIF grant is not equity or issuer investor capital. Historical GBP amounts have no assumed USD conversion. Issuer accounts distinguish April and September 2018 share issues and December 2015, July 2016 and April 2017 issues. Original reporting links the latter three to the initial milestone package; the reported aggregate is not additional proceeds or a single January 2016 cash receipt. No venture series is inferred from the B share class. The 2026 debt observation remains database-only; exact early subscriber vehicles, current holdings, current-P100 eligibility, source rights and independent complete-history review remain unresolved. This is not an independently reviewed complete legal financing register.
Investors undisclosed
Issuer release dated April 27 says completed April 26. All existing investors participated but does not assign a lead or individual allocations; annual report identifies Series D share issuance.
Goldman Sachs Growth Equity (lead)
April 19 release says the GBP 50M Goldman investment extended March's GBP 272M Series D to GBP 322M; regulatory approval remained pending. Starling later reports the round completed.
Fidelity Management & Research Company (lead) · Qatar Investment Authority · RPMI Railpen · Millennium Management
Announced March 8 subject to regulatory approval; later issuer reporting says GBP 322M total Series D completed after the separate GBP 50M Goldman extension.
JTC (lead) · Merian Chrysalis Investment Company (lead)
Merian Global Investors · JTC
Issuer says this GBP 60M and the later May GBP 40M together totaled GBP 100M raised during 2020; employee share awards are not additional external financing.
Merian Chrysalis Investment Company (lead) · JTC
Merian Chrysalis contributed GBP 20M and JTC GBP 10M; issuer says 2019's GBP 75M and GBP 30M rounds totaled GBP 105M.
Investors undisclosed
Capability and Innovation Fund grant awarded to support SME banking; not primary equity or investor capital.
Merian Global Investors (lead) · Harald McPike / JTC
Issuer describes GBP 60M Series C plus GBP 15M from an existing investor as GBP 75M new funding; this combined announcement is one observation, not two additive GBP 75M events.
Investors undisclosed
Issuer accounts disclose one B share issued September 26 for GBP 10M, separate from April. No named subscriber, lead, valuation or venture-series designation is established here; share quantity and nominal capital are not financing amounts or current ownership.
Investors undisclosed
Issuer accounts date this issue April 11; GBP 9.968M share premium is distinct from nominal capital and period-wide net proceeds. The approximate amount replaces the database's exact GBP 10M and venture-series label. No subscriber, valuation or current holdings are inferred.
Investors undisclosed
Included in Initial milestone funding package (reported); not added again to the confirmed-raised sum.
Issuer accounts establish the April 12 issue and receipt of third-tranche funding by that date. The amount is approximate; rounded share premium is not exact gross cash. Grouping relies on the separately cited reported package. Nominal capital is not proceeds; no named subscriber vehicle, venture series, valuation or current ownership is inferred.
Investors undisclosed
Included in Initial milestone funding package (reported); not added again to the confirmed-raised sum.
Issuer-backed issue date and approximate amount; rounded premium plus nominal capital supports the approximation, not exact gross or net cash. Grouping relies on the separately cited reported package. The report's share class does not establish a venture series, subscriber vehicle, milestone trigger, valuation or current holdings.
Investors undisclosed
Included in Initial milestone funding package (reported); not added again to the confirmed-raised sum.
Issuer-backed issue predates the January 2016 announcement. The approximate amount is not an exact cash figure. Grouping relies on the separately cited reported package. Nominal capital is not proceeds, and no subscribing vehicle, venture series, valuation or current ownership is established.
Harald McPike
Source published Apr 20, 2017; not a financing date
Original reporting links three payments to the January 2016 McPike package and reports spokesperson confirmation of milestone staging. This is an aggregate reference, not additional capital or one January cash receipt. Package closing date is unknown; April 20 is source publication. McPike's exact legal subscribing vehicle, lead status, allocation, current holdings and specific milestones are not established.
Harald McPike · FStech January 11, 2016 report of McPike's commitment ↗
These database claims have not been independently verified and are excluded from the sourced-event count.
Investor participation not independently verified
Investor participation not independently verified
Future Fifty participation is non-equity assistance, not an issuer share financing.
Investors, lenders and other parties named in funding announcements.
Series D extension (Goldman Sachs) · Apr 19, 2021 · Lead participant · primary · Announced · Announced source ↗
Series D initial announcement · Mar 8, 2021 · Lead participant · primary · Announced · Announced source ↗
Series D initial announcement · Mar 8, 2021 · Participant · primary · Announced · Announced source ↗
Series D initial announcement · Mar 8, 2021 · Participant · primary · Announced · Announced source ↗
Series D initial announcement · Mar 8, 2021 · Participant · primary · Announced · Announced source ↗
Existing-investor financing · May 29, 2020 · Lead participant · primary · Confirmed · Confirmed source ↗
Existing-investor financing · Feb 10, 2020 · Participant · primary · Confirmed · Confirmed source ↗
Existing-and-new-investor financing · Oct 23, 2019 · Participant · primary · Confirmed · Confirmed source ↗
Existing-investor financing · May 29, 2020 · Lead participant · primary · Confirmed · Confirmed source ↗
Existing-and-new-investor financing · Oct 23, 2019 · Lead participant · primary · Confirmed · Confirmed source ↗
Existing-investor financing · Feb 10, 2020 · Participant · primary · Confirmed · Confirmed source ↗
Series C · Feb 13, 2019 · Lead participant · primary · Confirmed · Confirmed source ↗
Series C · Feb 13, 2019 · Participant · primary · Confirmed · Confirmed source ↗
Initial milestone funding package (reported) · Date undisclosed · Participant · primary · Reported · FStech January 11, 2016 report of McPike's commitment ↗
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Starling Bank's latest public financing record lists GBP 130,500,000 in its Series D dated April 26, 2022 at a reported valuation of GBP 2,500,000,000. Captables places the event in the company's disclosed funding history.
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