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The Evolution of a Company Idea

In 2011, the founders started a company with a different idea to help collect payments for groups. They were inspired by their own experiences of struggling to collect payments for sports teams and student societies. One of the founders' brother, who was good at collecting payments for political fundraising events, served as inspiration. The founders' co-founders went on to start successful companies called Monzo and Nested respectively.

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