John Lunn, CEO and Founder of Gr4vy: $27 Million Raised to Build the Future of Payments Infrastructure

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with John Lunn, CEO and Founder of Gr4vy, a payment orchestration platform that's raised over $27 Million in funding.

Topics Discussed: 

• John’s background as a marine biologist who’s worked in payments for decades and helped start other companies, including PayPal
• John's most admired individuals, and sci-fi books that have influenced him
• Why payments are a problem area for online retailers, and how Gr4vy helps them manage payments with ease and flexibility
• The current payment landscape, and why trying to sell a payment system to a company’s payments team is the wrong move
• Why it’s important to pick VCs that you like as people, and why John would advise his past self to grow his company slower

 

Favorite book: 

The Culture (9 book series)