A former Revolut duo have raised £4.3 million seed funding for their crypto startup Bleap.
Joao Alves and Guilherme Gomes worked at the FinTech giant as lead operations manager and product manager, respectively.
Alves claims to have scaled Revolut’s card issuing programme, from issuing less than 5m cards in five years to issuing 100m+ cards in the following three years.
The duo said they saw a growing disconnect between modern user interfaces and the infrastructure moving money behind the scenes.
Bleap uses blockchain technology as the settlement layer, effectively rebuilding this infrastructure from the ground up.
It offers a self-custodial financial account that allows users to spend, save, and move value globally from a single balance, without handing custody of funds to a bank or fintech.
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From that account, users can spend globally with no FX markups, receive cashback paid in stablecoins, transfer money instantly across borders without fees, and earn yield through savings vaults.
Bleap, which last year partnered with Mastercard, said Blossom Capital led the round. It plans to grow across Latin America and Europe.
It previously raised $2.3m in 2024, led by Ethereal Ventures, and has since grown to more than 20,000 users. It claims to have processed over $30m in transactions in 2025.