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About us

We reshape how money moves

Solvara helps you spend, send, and grow with less friction — a calmer, clearer way to run everything money-related.

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42 million
personal customers, worldwide
380k+
business customers, worldwide
148
countries and regions served
29
in-app currencies supported

Let's make money make sense

Our mission is for every person and business to handle all things money — spending, saving, investing, borrowing, planning, and more — in a handful of taps.

Why we show up every day

Money matters are tangled. Whether it's paying a supplier overseas, holding a household budget together, or scaling a young company — most of us have felt how slow and scattered finances can be. That's the reason we exist. Solvara removes the friction sitting between you and the plans you've already made.

Better together

What we've built so far

We're building a platform so quick and so borderless that you'll never reach for another finance app. And we get there the way we always have: shipping faster, sharper, more useful products, quarter after quarter.

2025

2025

  • Passed 42m personal customers
  • Top-ranked finance app in 14 markets
  • Settled $840b in customer payments
2024

2024

  • Launched in CL & NZ, with local IBANs in PT & IE
  • Released Horizon, our top-tier plan, across the EEA
  • Top-ranked finance app in 7 markets
2023

2023

  • Reached 31m customers
  • Launched Credit in IE, RO & MX, and Split Later in IE & PL
  • Solvara Business cleared £64b in payments
2022

2022

  • Raised $610m in Series E funding
  • Launched Trips, to book travel, in the EEA
  • Shipped Expenses & QR invoicing for businesses
2021

2021

  • Raised $415m in Series D funding
  • Reached 12.8m customers and expanded into CA & JP
  • Launched deposit accounts in LT & PL
2020

2020

  • Reached 8.4m customers
  • Expanded into AU & SG
  • Launched Invest and Giving in the EEA
2019

2019

  • Granted a banking licence in Lithuania
  • Raised $190m in Series C funding
  • Launched Solvara Alloy in the EEA
2018

2018

  • Raised $52m in Series B funding
  • Launched Solvara Business in the EEA
  • Launched Plus and metals trading in the EEA
2017

2017

  • Raised $11m in Series A funding
  • Reached 84k customers
2016

2016

  • Our founders Marta Ivanek and Dario Peçanha launch Solvara

The board

The Group Board of Directors sets the overall strategy and culture of the Solvara Group, and oversees management in the day-to-day running of the business.

The Board is also accountable for making sure the Group keeps governance arrangements, policies, and practices in place that suit the size and nature of what Solvara does.

Meet our board of directors

Get to know the leadership team steering the group, and how Solvara applies the spirit of the Corporate Code Principles inside our own governance framework.

Portrait of Helena Marchetti — photo by Jake Nackos on Unsplash

Chair

Helena Marchetti

Helena Marchetti co-founded Ashgrove Asset Management in 1987 and led it for 29 years, including its 2016 merger with Calder Life. Until 2021 she chaired the practitioner panel of the UK prudential regulator, and she served as deputy chair of the board of Meridian Broadcasting until 2019. Before that she was chair of Halstead Group. Helena holds an LLB from the University of Larkmount and an MA in accountancy; she qualified as a chartered accountant in 1983.

Portrait of Marta Ivanek — photo by Thanh Xuan Nguyen Ly on Pexels

Co-founder & CEO

Marta Ivanek

Marta became fascinated by payments while working as a derivatives trader, where she watched cross-border transfers lose days and percentage points on the way. She spent six years building electronic trading desks before starting Solvara with Dario in 2016. Marta studied applied mathematics and economics, and still reviews the product roadmap line by line every Monday morning.

Portrait of Dario Peçanha — photo by Korede Adenola on Pexels

Co-founder & CTO

Dario Peçanha

Dario wrote his first payment gateway at nineteen, then spent a decade building settlement and risk systems for tier-one banks and travel booking platforms. Working inside those stacks convinced him that a genuinely modern banking service would have to be rebuilt from the ledger up. He holds an MSc in computer science and still reviews the core ledger's release notes himself.

Global governance

Solvara operates in line with the corporate governance, legal, and regulatory requirements of every market it serves. We choose to follow the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code Principles inside our own framework as industry best practice, even though we are not subject to them.

Choose your plan

Standard

Free

For the financial basics — everything you need to keep money in one place. Sending abroad or holding to a budget has never taken less effort.

Plus

£3.49/month

For the deliberate spender — extra headroom on limits abroad, plus cover on the things you buy, on our most affordable paid plan.

Premium

£6.99/month

For everyday range — exclusive subscriptions, sharper savings rates, and unlimited currency exchange whenever the rate suits you.

Alloy

£13.99/month

For frequent travellers and traders — travel cover, raised limits, and partner subscriptions worth around £1,840 a year.

Horizon

£39/month (introductory offer)

For those who want the whole of Solvara — unlimited lounge access, monthly global data, partner subscriptions, and cancellation cover.