Bottlepay is on a mission to make Bitcoin accessible to all. We are headquartered and operational in the UK, but have global plans.
The app facilitates safe, secure, and social micropayments, in a way that benefits both businesses and consumers. Our aim is to rewrite the rules when it comes to cross-border transactions by making them instant, fast, and cost-effective. The app enables the instantaneous transfer of any amount, making sending and receiving payments a seamless experience. We’ve cut out the middleman, and their hefty fees, meaning that no transaction amount is too small.
Our technology leverages the lightning network, a payment protocol that operates on top of a blockchain-based cryptocurrency (bitcoin). This is what gives speed to our transactions, and payments can be made in either bitcoin or GBP (Euro coming soon). Using Bottlepay means you can also choose how you receive your funds - you can either hold on to bitcoin or have it converted into the currency of your choice on receipt.
The app facilitates safe, secure, and social micropayments, in a way that benefits both businesses and consumers. Our aim is to rewrite the rules when it comes to cross-border transactions by making them instant, fast, and cost-effective. The app enables the instantaneous transfer of any amount, making sending and receiving payments a seamless experience. We’ve cut out the middleman, and their hefty fees, meaning that no transaction amount is too small.
Our technology leverages the lightning network, a payment protocol that operates on top of a blockchain-based cryptocurrency (bitcoin). This is what gives speed to our transactions, and payments can be made in either bitcoin or GBP (Euro coming soon). Using Bottlepay means you can also choose how you receive your funds - you can either hold on to bitcoin or have it converted into the currency of your choice on receipt.
Location: United Kingdom, England, Newcastle upon Tyne
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $15.58M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | FinTech Co... | fintech.io |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 23.02.2021 | Seed | $15.58M | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
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| 29.03.2023 | The best early stage tech startups from across the UK revealed in Tech Nation’s final Rising Stars competition | This year’s Rising Stars 5.0 winners are Purrmetrix, digiLab, VidiVet, Trumpet, Augnet, Stratigens, BioLedger, IncluTech, OneShot AI and JUST: Access. The 10 companies span AI, Health Tech, Safety Tech, Law Tech and Marketing Tech subsector... |
| 14.09.2021 | Crypto Exchanges – Will they last? | There is immense media as well as retail interest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin with celebrities capitalists like Elon Musk constantly creating news around it. While the older forms of trading assets like gold, stocks and even commoditie... |
| 08.06.2021 | UK Fintech Bottlepay to Allow European Consumers to Perform Instant Bitcoin, Euros, GBP Payments | Bottlepay, an international payments app provider, has introduced its services across Europe, enabling clients to perform instant, cost-effective cross-border transactions with Euros and Bitcoin (BTC). The Bottlepay app leverages the Lightn... |
| 24.02.2021 | Billionaire fund manager Alan Howard backs the €12.8M funding round of UK bitcoin payments app Bottlepay | Tyne, UK-based Bottlepay, an app that provides mobile payment, mobile banking, and financial services, has raised £11M (approx €12.8M) at a post-money valuation of £51M (approx €59.4M) in a Seed round of funding.Investors The round saw part... |
| 23.02.2021 | Fiat & Crypto Payments Startup Bottlepay Secures £11 Million Through Seed Funding Round | BottlePay, a UK-based fiat and crypto payments platform, has reportedly raised £11 million through its Seed funding round. According to Coindesk, the round involved participation from Alan Howard, founder of hedge fund manager Brevan Howard... |
| 23.02.2021 | Bottlepay Raises $15M in Seed Funding | Bottlepay, a UK-based global payments app, raised £11m ($15m) in seed funding. Backers included British fund manager Alan Howard, venture capital firm FinTech Collective, and financial services firm NYDIG and tech entrepreneur Phil Doye. Th... |
| 10.07.2020 | Bitcoin App Bottlepay Is Back From the Dead With a New Lightning App | The social payments app Bottlepay (née Bottle Pay) aims to relaunch in the next few weeks, after shuttering due to regulations in December 2019. After restructuring the bitcoin wallet product to fit Europe’s anti-money laundering directive ... |
| - | Bottlepay raises £11 million for fiat and crypto micropayments app | UK-based fiat and crypto payments network Bottlepay has raised £11 million in a seed funding round backed by British fund manager Alan Howard, present and former Goldman Sachs partners, FinTech Collective and Nydig. Built on the Lightning N... |