Lydia
Lydia is a French mobile banking app that offers fee-free international payments, shared accounts and multi-bank management, with $260M in funding and 430 employees.
The growth story
Lydia grew from 271 to 430 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $260M along the way, most recently a Series C in December 2021.
About
Lydia provides a digital current account with features like contactless payments, instant money transfers between phone numbers, and shared expense tracking. It consolidates multiple bank accounts in one app and issues virtual cards for online purchases.
The company raised $260M through a 2021 Series C with investors including Accel and Dragoneer. It employs 430 people, drawing talent from traditional banks and telecoms like BNP Paribas and Orange.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function with 38 employees. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate turnover.
The Lydia org chart
Cyril C. (Co-founder & CEO) leads 53 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 54 (-4% YoY), Community and Social Services 49 (-6% YoY), Business Development 36 (+24% YoY), Sales 36 (+3% YoY), Customer Success and Support 33 (-13% YoY), Finance 25 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Lydia hires heavily from French financial and telecom firms, with BNP Paribas (7), Orange (6) and Bouygues Telecom (6) as top sources. Alumni frequently move to fintech competitors like Qonto and Revolut.
Most common previous employers of Lydia staff: BNP Paribas (7), Orange (6), Bouygues Telecom (6), EDF (5), McDonald's (4), Carrefour (4). Former Lydia employees most often moved to Qonto (4), sunday (4), Ecair (2), Revolut (2), Microsoft (2), Accenture (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Lydia mafia
Lydia alumni have founded 28 companies including mobile gaming firm Voodoo (994 staff) and fintech WeTransact (78 staff). Two ex-employees started Y Combinator-backed Metreecs.
29Camil Haroune, was Senior Operations Manager until 2022Johan Aussenac, was Campus Business Developer until 2016Alexandre Duval, was Brand Ambassador until 2018Martin Dimitrov, was International Expansion until 2021
Timothé Genreau, was Product Owner until 2021
Maxime Robles, was Account Executive until 2017
Emmanuel Euverte, was Brand Ambassador - Student Job until 2015
Wilfried Bapte, was Business developer campus until 2020
Edgar Chaput, was CMO until 2016
Raphaël Courivaud, was Data Scientist until 2020
Antoine de Saint Leger, was Business Developer until 2018
Romain Sessine, was Brand Ambassador until 2024
Sam Woodhams, was Brand Ambassador until 2019
Alfonso Sainz de Baranda y López-Artamendi, was Global User Growth until 2023
Clément LEMERLE, was Ambassadeur marque until 2017
Ségolène Mouterde - Haas, was Country Manager until 2018
Charles Fouchault, was CFO until 2020
Angus Rogers, was Sales Representative until 2019
Mathieu Vagogne, was Brand ambassador until 2025
Damien Tamazout, was Marketing Specialist until 2017
Antoine Msika, was Head of Communications until 2016
Gautier Gédoux, was Senior tech engineer until 2018
Yves D., was Key Account Manager until 2015
Cyril Marchand, was Manager sales ecommerce until 2016
Joice J., was Student Ambassador until 2020
Myriam Chah, was Customer Success Manager until 2021Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 46% direct, 18% search, 23% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Lydia: English (105), Project Management (103), Management (80), Communication (76), Teamwork (72), Microsoft Office (69), Prott (63), Sales (60).
Where the team actually sits
Lydia people are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (62), France (43), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (31), Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (26).
Search footprint
Lydia attracts about 549 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1K a month if bought through ads. It gained 39 ranking keywords and lost 38 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.20 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Lydia has 430 employees as of September 2026.
Lydia has raised $260M in total, most recently a Series C round in December 2021.
Lydia was founded in 2011 by Cyril C..
Cyril C. (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Lydia's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Lydia staff are BNP Paribas (7 people), Orange (6 people), Bouygues Telecom (6 people).
Former Lydia employees most often move to Qonto (4), sunday (4), Ecair (2).
At least 28 companies have a founder who previously worked at Lydia, including Voodoo, WeTransact, Entalpic.
Lydia attracts about 549 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Lydia staff are English, Project Management, Management, Communication, Teamwork.
Lydia staff are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (62), France (43), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (31).
Lydia has about 54 people in Engineering, down 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Lydia has about 49 people in Community and Social Services, down 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 239 current and 287 former Lydia profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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