# Hiroki Takeuchi

> Hiroki Takeuchi is co-founder of GoCardless. GoCardless Bank Account Data on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, GoCardless.

Hiroki Takeuchi is co-founder and CEO of GoCardless, a bank payment company that went through Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch. Takeuchi was previously a business analyst at McKinsey & Co and studied mathematics at Oxford, where he was vice president of Oxford Entrepreneurs.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hirokitakeuchi/

## What Hiroki builds

- [GoCardless Bank Account Data](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gocardless-bank-account-data.md), graded E, 41.8/100, in Bank data & open banking. The former Nordigen account information API, now sold by GoCardless. Co-founder, GoCardless, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Roberts Bernans](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/roberts-bernans/), Nordigen co-founder; former VP Connectivity at GoCardless
- [Rolands Mesters](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rolands-mesters/), Nordigen co-founder; appointed VP Bank Account Data in 2023
- [Tom Blomfield](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tom-blomfield/), Co-founder, GoCardless

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)
- [Balderton Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/balderton-capital/)
- [Notion Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/notion-capital/)
- [Passion Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/passion-capital/)
- [Adams Street Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/adams-street-partners/)
- [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/)
- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/)
- [Permira](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/permira/)
- [BlackRock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackrock/)

## Questions

### Who is Hiroki Takeuchi?

Hiroki Takeuchi is co-founder and CEO of GoCardless, a bank payment company that went through Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch. Takeuchi was previously a business analyst at McKinsey & Co and studied mathematics at Oxford, where he was vice president of Oxford Entrepreneurs.

### What does GoCardless make?

Anchor Terminal lists GoCardless Bank Account Data from GoCardless. The former Nordigen account information API, now sold by GoCardless.

### Who has invested in GoCardless?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Accel, Balderton Capital, Notion Capital, Passion Capital, Adams Street Partners, GV, Salesforce, Bain Capital Ventures, Permira and BlackRock.

### How are Hiroki's tools graded?

GoCardless Bank Account Data is graded E, 41.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://gocardless.com/blog/former-nordigen-executives-to-hold-leadership-roles-at-gocardless
- https://lv.linkedin.com/in/rolands-mesters-b60504325
- https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Roberts+Bernans%22+LinkedIn
- https://lv.linkedin.com/in/roberts-bernans-87264b17
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gocardless
- https://gocardless.com/about
- https://gocardless.com/
- https://bankaccountdata.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb

These 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.

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