Samir is CEO and Founder of Super Payments. Super was launched in 2022 to power free payments forever for businesses and more rewarding shopping for shoppers. The business raised £22.5m in one of the largest ever pre-seed funding rounds in Europe. It is backed by the same group of investors behind Facebook, Spotify, Stripe, Monzo, and Twitter, and high-profile angel investors including the former CEO of WorldPay and founder of Betfair.
Samir was previously a co-founder and CEO of Funding Circle from 2010 to 2021 which has lent c. £14bn to 120,000 businesses creating an estimated 135,000 jobs in 2021 alone.
Samir remains an NED at Funding Circle. Samir was awarded a CBE for services to financial services in 2016 and previously was a consultant and investor at BCG and Olivant.
Panel
15th August 2022 | John Reynolds
11th July 2022 | Marc Shoffman
6th June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs
21st April 2022 | Daniel Lanyon
5th January 2022 | Oliver Smith
9th September 2021 | Oliver Smith
25th June 2021 | John Reynolds
14th June 2021 | Aisling Finn
25th March 2021 | Oliver Smith
18th January 2021 | Aisling Finn
24th September 2020 | Daniel Lanyon
20th July 2020 | Daniel Lanyon
8th July 2020 | Oliver Smith
21st October 2019 | John Reynolds
8th July 2019 | Roger Baird
2nd July 2019 | Daniel Lanyon
5th April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon
20th January 2019 | Daniel Lanyon
7th December 2018 | Daniel Lanyon
27th September 2017 | Ryan Weeks
17th August 2017 | Ryan Weeks
10th April 2017 | Ryan Weeks
18th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks
21st July 2016 | Daniel Lanyon
13th July 2016 | Daniel Lanyon
7th July 2016 | Sam Griffiths
9th June 2016 | Ryan Weeks
23rd October 2015 | Ryan Weeks
29th June 2015 | Henry Thomas
18th March 2015 | Ryan Weeks
23rd February 2015 | AltFi
6th August 2014 | AltFi
13th January 2014 | Ryan Weeks
5th December 2013 | AltFi