Mollie agrees GoCardless acquisition

The takeover follows GoCardless’s decision to halt a secondary share sale for investors and early employees earlier this year and instead pursue a full sale.

In October last year, GoCardless recorded its first Ebitda positive quarter on an adjusted basis, operating in the black in the final three months of FY25 (April to June 2025). This followed the termination of a fifth of its staff in the previous year and the relocation of some roles to Eastern Europe.

GoCardless counts Permira, BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Accel, Balderton Capital, and GV among its shareholders. It was last privately valued by investors at $2.1 billion before the fintech valuation crash in February 2022.

Blackstone-backed Mollie, valued at $6.5bn in 2021, processes payments for more than 250,000 European businesses and employs around 900 staff.

The combination creates one provider serving over 350,000 businesses that integrates card payments, local methods, and bank payments into a single solution.

Koen Köppen, CEO of Mollie, says: “We were founded on the vision to eliminate financial bureaucracy for every business. We see that bureaucracy creates challenges, especially for businesses with recurring revenue. A card-only approach has its limits, leading to high costs due to failed payments and customer churn. GoCardless built the definitive solution to optimize this process with its global bank payment network. By bringing them into Mollie, we take a huge step towards fulfilling our vision and creating one complete platform for sustainable growth.”