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Thought Machine: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Thought Machine is a Fintech company that builds cloud-native technology to revolutionize core banking. Its mission is to cure one of the banking industry's primary problems: its reliance on outdated IT infrastructure. Nearly every bank is stuck on a legacy IT platform, which cripples their ability to innovate and give their customers the type of service they deserve. The company provides a solution to this is Vault: a complete retail banking platform that is capable of being configured easily to suit the needs of any bank. They have built Vault from the ground up as a cloud-native, microservice API architecture platform. Thought Machine has a deep culture of engineering excellence, and they believe it is this which delivers a solution compelling enough to engender a seismic shift in the banking industry.

www.thoughtmachine.net LinkedIn London, United Kingdom 251-500 employees
Banking Enterprise Software Financial Services FinTech IT Infrastructure
Total raised
$539M
Rounds
4
Latest
Series D
May 2022

Thought Machine has raised $539M across 4 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series D of $160M announced in May 2022.

That round is above the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Thought Machine Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$539M
across 4 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
4
Latest funding round
Series D
$160M in May 2022
Employees
251-500
reported band
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom

Latest funding round on record: May 2022.

Thought Machine Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series D
$160M
Corporate Round
$54.1M
Series C
$200M
Undisclosed round
$125M

Thought Machine raised $125M in an undisclosed round announced in Jul 2020.

1.3 years later, a Series C of $200M was announced in Nov 2021.

3 months later, a Corporate Round of $54.1M was announced in Feb 2022.

3 months later, a Series D of $160M was announced in May 2022.

Thought Machine Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Paul Taylor
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Thought Machine team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Thought Machine Funding Compared to Other Financial Services Startups

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Thought Machine's latest round of $160M is above the median round in Financial Services. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Thought Machine Funding FAQs

What does Thought Machine do?

Thought Machine is a Fintech company that builds cloud-native technology to revolutionize core banking. Its mission is to cure one of the banking industry's primary problems: its reliance on outdated IT infrastructure. Nearly every bank is stuck on a legacy IT platform, which cripples their ability to innovate and give their customers the type of service they deserve. The company provides a solution to this is Vault: a complete retail banking platform that is capable of being configured easily to suit the needs of any bank. They have built Vault from the ground up as a cloud-native, microservice API architecture platform. Thought Machine has a deep culture of engineering excellence, and they believe it is this which delivers a solution compelling enough to engender a seismic shift in the banking industry.

How much funding has Thought Machine raised?

Thought Machine has raised $539M across 4 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series D of $160M announced in May 2022.

When did Thought Machine last raise funding?

Thought Machine's most recent funding round on record is a Series D of $160M, announced in May 2022.

Who is the CEO of Thought Machine?

Paul Taylor is listed as CEO at Thought Machine.

Where is Thought Machine headquartered?

Thought Machine is based in London, England, United Kingdom.

How many employees does Thought Machine have?

Thought Machine is in the 251-500 employee band.

How does Thought Machine's funding compare to other Financial Services startups?

Thought Machine's latest round of $160M is above the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies on FundedIQ across 5,745 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Thought Machine Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Thought Machine is left off this page rather than filled in.

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