UK profitable digital-only challenger bank for personal and business banking.
Fintech📍 London, United KingdomFounded 2014
Current Valuation
$5.4B
as of 2025-Q3
UNICORN
IPO Outlookrumored
Is Starling Bank going public in 2026?
An IPO is rumored for 2026, with nothing filed. Starling Bank remains private and the date is not the company's.
What is Starling Bank's valuation in 2026?
Starling Bank is valued at $5.4B as of 2025-Q3, set by its Secondary Sale (Sep 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Starling Bank filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Starling Bank as of 08/23/2026; the IPO is rumored.
Who are Starling Bank's investors?
Starling Bank's investors include Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, Harald McPike, Chrysalis Investments.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Starling Bank is a UK-licensed digital bank that has been profitable since 2021, posting £714M of revenue and £223M of pre-tax profit in FY2024. A September 2025 secondary share sale priced the bank at roughly £4B ($5.4B), and management has publicly signaled a 2026 IPO with London and New York both under consideration. Its Engine platform licenses Starling's core banking technology to banks in other markets.
Company Profile
CEO
Raman Bhatia
Founded
2014
HQ
London, United Kingdom
Employees
~3,200
Total Raised
$1.1B
Est. Revenue
$905M (2024-Q4)
Growth
~5% YoY
IPO Status
rumored
Fundraising Status
Secondary Sale · 11 mo ago
rumoredTotal raised $1.1B
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Secondary Sale
—
Sep 2025
Existing shareholders
—
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
● First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
55
via careers page
Product-build share
44%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
balanced build + GTM — 44% builders vs 56% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Counted from Starling Bank's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.