# Tom Blomfield, General Partner > Tom Blomfield, General Partner. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-blomfield (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Partner # Tom Blomfield General Partner at [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 4 +5 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Y Combinator - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=tom-blomfield)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=tom-blomfield) ## The firm [**Y Combinator** Accelerator · US **1043** cheques in 12 months **6397** all time **10** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Agave](https://millionrounds.com/company/agave) - [Peequal](https://millionrounds.com/company/peequal) - [theUp.co](https://millionrounds.com/startup/theup-co) - National MRI Scan ## Also at Y Combinator - [**Eric Chen** Senior Manager, Base Ad Operations *14 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/eric-chen-3) - [**Jessica Livingston** Director; y Combinator Management, LLC *7 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jessica-livingston) - [**Trevor Blackwell** Founder, Retired *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/trevor-blackwell) - [**Gustaf Alstromer** General Partner *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/gustaf-alstromer) - [**Harj Taggar** Managing Partner *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/harj-taggar) - [**Adora Cheung** Co-Founder *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adora-cheung) - [**Aaron Epstein** General Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaron-epstein) - [**Amy Li** MD, Finance *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/amy-li-2) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 13 May 2024 · 1h 5m 20VC: Behind the Scenes at Y Combinator: The Interview Process | What the Best & Worst Do in the Program | Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | Why the Value is in Application Layer AI with Tom Blomfield With [Tom Blomfield](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-blomfield) Mentions [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) About this episode Tom Blomfield is a Group Partner at YC. Before YC, Tom founded two unicorns in the UK. He was co-founder of Monzo (most recently valued at $5BN), one of the first challenger banks in the UK. Monzo raised more than £1bn and counts 15% of the UK population as customers. Before Monzo, Tom founded… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) · 25 Jan 2021 · 1h 15m 496. News: Tom Blomfield’s bittersweet departure & Marcus and Marqeta launch checking accounts With [Tom Blomfield](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-blomfield) Mentions [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures)[Oliver Prill](https://millionrounds.com/person/oliver-prill)[Tosin Agbabiaka](https://millionrounds.com/person/tosin-agbabiaka) About this episode Our expert hosts, David Brear and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Oliver Prill - CEO, Tide Tosin Agbabiaka - Early Stage Investor, Octopus Ventures. We also spkoe… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 30 Nov 2018 · 36 min 20VC: Monzo's Tom Blomfield on The 3 Phases of Startup Scaling, The Secret To Building a 1.2m Community with No Advertising & How To Use Boards As A Tool To Instil Operational Excellence With [Tom Blomfield](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-blomfield) Mentions [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[Harj Taggar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harj-taggar) About this episode Tom Blomfield is the Founder & CEO @ Monzo, in it's simplest words, the bank of the future allowing you to open a full UK bank account in minutes, from your phone. To date, Tom has raised over $190m in funding for Monzo from the likes of Thrive, Accel, General Catalyst, Stripe, Mike Moritz and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) · 12 Jan 2018 · 44 min Ep. 168. Interview: Tom Blomfield - CEO, Monzo With [Tom Blomfield](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-blomfield) About this episode From pre-paid card to fully fledged Current Account, Tom Blomfield details the journey of UK challenger bank Monzo with great enthusiasm and vibrance. Tom talks our host Simon Taylor through Monzo's viral growth and how their marketing team has managed to grow the company 1000% in the last year… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Tom Blomfield in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Tech.eu](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tech-eu) · 29 Nov 2023 · 28 min “There is no entrepreneurial gene”, says top VC and author of Start-up Century Mentions [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital)[Hiroki Takeuchi](https://millionrounds.com/person/hiroki-takeuchi)[James Wise](https://millionrounds.com/person/james-wise)[Nikolay Storonsky](https://millionrounds.com/person/nikolay-storonsky)[Tom Blomfield](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-blomfield) About this episode “There is no entrepreneurial gene, I don’t think,” says James Wise, partner at VC firm Balderton Capital and author of Start-Up-Century. He adds: “I don’t think it is in your DNA. But certainly, your upbringing and the role models you have around you do make a big difference.” Wise gives us the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [UKTN: The Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/uktn) · 9 Oct 2023 · 26 min AI is transforming the legal sector, but it can be a law unto itself – Robin AI founder Richard Robinson Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Tom Blomfield](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-blomfield) About this episode Richard Robinson, co-founder of Robin AI, discusses how artificial intelligence has the power to massively transform the legal sector – though not without considerable risks. The CEO explains why people will always be needed despite the rise of automation, how the government can regulate AI without… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) · 23 Dec 2019 · 1h 4m 385. News: Does anyone trust banks anymore? Mentions [Tom Blomfield](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-blomfield) About this episode In the last Fintech Insider News show of the year expert hosts, David Brear and Simon Taylor, are joined by a panel of awesome guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. Making his Fintech Insider debut: Bradley Riss - Chief Commercial… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) · 4 Nov 2019 · 1h 14m 371. News: Monzo responds to BBC expose Mentions [Jason Bates](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-bates)[Tom Blomfield](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-blomfield) About this episode Our expert hosts, David Brear and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Tom Blomfield - CEO of Monzo Edoardo Volta - VP, Head of Fintechs at Mastercard James Butland -… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 31 May 2019 · 32 min 20VC: Why You Must Have A Customer Acquisition Strategy From Day 1, How To Test and Validate Ideas At Speed & Why You Should Speak To Investors Before Starting Work On Your Idea with Kulveer Taggar, Founder @ CEO @ Zeus Living Mentions [Kulveer Taggar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kulveer-taggar)[Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant)[Patrick Collison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/patrick-collison)[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[James Currier](https://millionrounds.com/person/james-currier) About this episode Kulveer Taggar is the Founder & CEO @ Zeus Living, the startup providing a home of your own for business travel with smartly furnished homes for extended stays. To date, Kul has raised over $14m in VC funding from some dear friends of the show in the form of Garry and Alexis @ Initialized, James… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=tom-blomfield). ## Find people like Tom Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)