About us
One connection to the world of payments.
We are cheaper, faster, more reliable and secure.
Our story
SendFriend was founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to reinvent the cross-border payments industry. The company is backed by leading partners and investors such as the European Union, Ripple, Techstars, the Barclays Accelerator, the MIT Media Lab, Celo, and others.
We are alumni of several top fintech start-up incubators
Our team is comprised of international finance experts and innovative technologists
We recently won a grant from a Polish-based EU innovation fund to build next-generation blockchain-based payment solutions for business and consumer customers
SendFriend Poland
SendFriend Poland sp. z o.o. based in Katowice is carrying out a project co-financed by European Funds entitled "SendFriend - an innovative system of cross-border transfers". The aim of the project is to create a global network of international payments, democratizing access to cheaper, fast and personalized payments 24 hours a day.
Project value:
14,945,666.00 PLN
EU funding for the project:
11,393,696.20 PLN
Leadership
[David Lighton
Cofounder/CEO
David Lighton is SendFriend's Co-Founder and CEO. David developed the concept for SendFriend in 2017 while getting his MBA from MIT Sloan's full-time program. David stewarded his early team into MIT's delta V Accelerator and Barclays Accelerator TechStars.](/content/leadership#david/index.html)
[Satwik Seshasai
Board Director
Satwik Seshasai is the head of AI Infrastructure Engineering at Compass. Previously he served as CTO at ShopSpring, an e-commerce business. He is the co-founder of Segovia Technology, an international payments platform, which was backed by Greylock Partners](/content/leadership#satwik/index.html)
[Sandra Ro
Board Director
Sandra Ro is the current CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council, and a recognized thought leader in the blockchain space, having built blockchain-based products at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. She holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from the London Business School.](/content/leadership#sandra/index.html)
[Rafal Petsch
General Manager of Polish Operations
Rafal Petsch is SendFriend's General Manager of its Polish subsidiary. He boasts over 25 years of experience working in the international banking sector. He started his career in 1994 in the Treasury Department of the Warsaw branch of ING bank.](/content/leadership#rafal/index.html)
[Michal Czaja
Director of Engineering
Michał has wide experience in IT gained in a broad spectrum of industries. He has been working in every level of the software development process and had the opportunity to try a variety of approaches and architectures designs](/content/leadership#michal/index.html)
[Robert Rudko
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Robert Rudko is a cloud and software engineer with experience in multiple financial software projects, from corporate finance platforms to virtual banks.](/content/leadership#robert/index.html)
[Natalia Sakowicz
Financial Expert
Natalia graduated in European administration from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University. She gained her professional experience in the European parliament, insurance company](/content/leadership#natalia/index.html)