Lydia

About

Lydia is a P2P payment startup enabling users to get accounts, payment cards, loans, insurance, and gift cards.

Paris,Ile-de-France,France
101 - 250
https://lydia-app.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series C
Last Funding Money Raised: $103M
Industries: E-Commerce,Financial Services,FinTech,Mobile Payments
Founded date: Jan 1, 2013
Number Of Employee: 101 - 250
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Lydia Solutions Private Limited
Also Known As: Lydia Solutions

Lydia develops a mobile payment platform intended to make payments easier. Lydia is a social interface that connects phones with cards to pay anyone with one app, allowing users to make pain-free payments through a mobile wallet system without carrying any cheques or ATM card.

Lydia was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

7

$126.90M €114.20M

Lydia has raised a total of $126.90M €114.20M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 8, 2021 from a Series C round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Dec 8, 2021	Series C	$103M	5	Accel Dragoneer Investment Group Tencent	—	Detail
Dec 17, 2020	Series B	€70M	3	Accel	—	Detail
Jan 15, 2020	Series B	€40M	5	CNP Assurances NewAlpha Asset Management Tencent XAnge	—	Detail
Feb 15, 2018	Series Unknown	$16.10M	5	CNP Assurances	—	Detail
Sep 29, 2016	Series Unknown	$7.80M	2	NewAlpha Asset Management Oddo & Cie	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

11

13

Lydia is funded by 13 investors. Accel and Dragoneer Investment Group are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Accel	Yes	Series C
Dragoneer Investment Group	Yes	Series C
Tencent	Yes	Series C
CNP Assurances	Yes	Series B
NewAlpha Asset Management	Yes	Series B
XAnge	Yes	Series B
Echo Street Capital	—	Series C
Founders Future	—	Series C
AA Sons	—	Series B
Romain Afflelou	—	Series B