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Monzo Series H

UK Banking Survivor | Reviewed by Barrie Crownstein | January 12, 2026
5.5
Deal Information
Company: Monzo
Round: Series H
Amount: $430M
Valuation: $4.5B
Date: March 2024
Investors: CapitalG, GIC
Sector: Fintech

The Series H for Monzo lands in that uncomfortable middle ground where you can't call it genius or catastrophe. CapitalG, GIC are deploying $430M at $4.5B, which feels like a price negotiated by people who read the same three analyst reports and decided to split the difference. uk banking survivor—that's literally what they're betting on. The fintech thesis makes sense on a whiteboard, but the execution risk is substantial and the competitive moat is more of a competitive puddle. Will this work? Maybe. Will early investors get liquidity? Eventually. Will anyone remember this deal in five years? Absolutely not.

VERDICT: UK Banking Survivor valued at $4.5B—either visionary timing or expensive optimism.