Bottlepay says it aims to disrupt the payments space with an app offering international payments in bitcoin and fiat currencies in real time. Users can also make micropayments of “as little as a penny” and send funds via messages on Twitter, Reddit, Discord.

Bottlepay said on Tuesday it had raised £11m ($15.5m) in seed funding from backers including Howard. The London-based startup said money also came from "present and former Goldman Sachs partners"

UK-based bitcoin payments app Bottlepay has closed an £11 million seed round from investors including acclaimed fund manager Alan Howard.

The company raised GBP 11m (USD 15.5m) in seed funding from backers, valuing it at GBP 51m, the money also came from "present and former Goldman Sachs partners" but declined to name them, the report added.

The fintech firm aims to change the payments landscape with its app that allows users to transfer BTC and fiat currencies in real-time via popular social media platforms such as Reddit, Discord, and Twitter.

Billionaire hedge fund mogul Alan Howard and a selection of current and former Goldman Sachs partners are among the backers of a new British startup developing a bitcoin-payments app

UK-based fiat and crypto payments network Bottlepay has raised £11 million in a seed funding round backed by British fund manager Alan Howard, present and former Goldman Sachs partners, FinTech Collective and Nydig.

A NORTH-EAST startup company is making waves in the finance sector with its payment technology that allows people to pay in Bitcoin - but users may never know they are doing so.

Bottlepay raises $15M in new round.

Bitcoin payments platform for social networks Bottlepay raised £11 million.

Bottlepay, a U.K.-based fiat and crypto payments app, raised £11 million ($15 million) in seed funding. Investors included Alan Howard

The app’s services offer instant payments, including micropayments and cross border transactions, through a real-time open payment network