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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO, TrueLayer.\n\nFrancesco Simoneschi co-founded TrueLayer in London in 2016 with Luca Martinetti and is its chief executive. TrueLayer runs a Pay by Bank network across Europe and keeps one of its main engineering hubs in Milan.\n\n## What Francesco builds\n\n- [TrueLayer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/truelayer.md), graded B, 62.2/100, in Bank data \u0026 open banking. UK and EU open banking, regulated by the FCA and the Central Bank of Ireland. Co-founder and CEO, TrueLayer, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Luca Martinetti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/luca-martinetti/), Co-founder, TrueLayer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Northzone](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/northzone/)\n- [Connect Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/connect-ventures/)\n- [Anthemis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anthemis/)\n- [Tencent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tencent/)\n- [Temasek](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/temasek/)\n- [Addition](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/addition/)\n- [Visionaries Club](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/visionaries-club/)\n- [Surojit Chatterjee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/surojit-chatterjee/)\n- [Zack Kanter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zack-kanter/)\n- [Daniel Graf](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/daniel-graf/)\n- [David Avgi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-avgi/)\n- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)\n- [Stripe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stripe/)\n- [Cassa Depositi e Prestiti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cassa-depositi-e-prestiti/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Francesco Simoneschi?\n\nFrancesco Simoneschi co-founded TrueLayer in London in 2016 with Luca Martinetti and is its chief executive. TrueLayer runs a Pay by Bank network across Europe and keeps one of its main engineering hubs in Milan.\n\n### What does TrueLayer make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists TrueLayer from TrueLayer. UK and EU open banking, regulated by the FCA and the Central Bank of Ireland.\n\n### Who has invested in TrueLayer?\n\nThe sources our research read name Northzone, Connect Ventures, Anthemis, Tencent, Temasek, Addition, Visionaries Club, Surojit Chatterjee, Zack Kanter, Daniel Graf, David Avgi, Tiger Global, Stripe and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.\n\n### How are Francesco's tools graded?\n\nTrueLayer is graded B, 62.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://truelayer.com/\n- https://truelayer.com/about/\n- https://truelayer.com/contact/\n- https://truelayer.com/newsroom/announcements/italys-cdp-venture-capital-invests-in-truelayer/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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