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John Lunn, CEO and Founder of Gr4vy: $27 Million Raised to Build the Future of Payments Infrastructure

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with John Lunn, CEO and Founder of Gr4vy, a payment orchestration platform that's raised over $27 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  John’s background as a marine biologist who’s worked in payments for decades and helped start other companies, including PayPal John's most admired individuals, and sci-fi books that have influenced him Why payments are a problem area for online retailers, and how Gr4vy helps them manage payments with ease and flexibility The current payment landscape, and why trying to sell a payment system to a company’s payments team is the wrong move Why it’s important to pick VCs that you like as people, and why John would advise his past self to grow his company slower   Favorite book:  The Culture (9 book series)

Broadcast on:
07 Dec 2023

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with John Lunn, CEO and Founder of Gr4vy, a payment orchestration platform that's raised over $27 Million in funding.

Topics Discussed: 

  • John’s background as a marine biologist who’s worked in payments for decades and helped start other companies, including PayPal
  • John's most admired individuals, and sci-fi books that have influenced him
  • Why payments are a problem area for online retailers, and how Gr4vy helps them manage payments with ease and flexibility
  • The current payment landscape, and why trying to sell a payment system to a company’s payments team is the wrong move
  • Why it’s important to pick VCs that you like as people, and why John would advise his past self to grow his company slower

 

Favorite book: 

The Culture (9 book series)