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Airwallex

Backed by Blackbird, Square Peg and AirTree · airwallex.com ↗

Founded
2015
Head office
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Fintech

Airwallex is a financial platform for businesses that operate across borders. It offers global business accounts, transfers between countries, cards that hold multiple currencies, online payments and embedded finance tools, which let other software companies build financial services into their own products.

Why it matters in Australia: Square Peg has backed Airwallex since its 2017 Series A, Blackbird and AirTree both first invested in 2025, and 41 of the company's 508 open roles are in Australia.

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The summary above was written with AI from the company's own site and its backers' listings, and checked by an editor. Backers, years and rounds are as each fund lists them. Founded year, head office, founders and offices are as AirTree and its website state them. Open roles are read daily from the funds' jobs boards.