Wyre
CryptoUSAClosed 2023
Total Raised
$28M
Peak Valuation
$1.50B
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2023
Business model
Crypto payments infrastructure and on/off-ramp APIs for other companies to accept cryptocurrency.
In brief
Built widely-used infrastructure letting other fintech and crypto companies accept payments and convert between crypto and fiat currency. A high-profile acquisition by payments company Bolt at a reported $1.5B valuation in 2022 collapsed after Bolt failed to complete the promised…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2013
- Closed
- 2023
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, USA
- Industry
- Crypto
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Michael Dunworth, Ioannis Giannaros
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Often compared with: Circle, MoonPay.