Fintech
The neobank that took five years to earn a licence — and turned early investors into centimillionaires.
Europe's most valuable private company. $75B valuation. Full UK banking licence March 2026. 70M customers. $4B revenue.
The only federally regulated prediction market in the US. Trade on whether things will actually happen — elections, rate cuts, product launches — with real money.
Stripe processes $1 trillion annually. But they didn't win on rates or features. They won because integrating payments went from a six-month project to an afternoon. Developer experience as competitive moat.