# Tom Blomfield, Partner, Y Combinator; Co-Founder, Monzo

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Podcast: [The Social Radars](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-social-radars-6136331)
Published: 2026-02-17T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thesocialradars.captivate.fm
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## Resource

In today's episode of The Social Radars, we talk to Tom Blomfield, founder and original CEO of the transformative British fintech startup Monzo, and now a YC partner. The striking thing about this interview is simply how much has happened to him. Tom has spent his entire working life in startups and it has been a remarkably wild ride even by startup standards.

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