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Monzo co-founder Blomfield spills on SoftBank’s bad manners

SoftBank’s ‘lead partner took meetings barefoot, and would pick his feet incessantly’, ex-Monzo boss alleged

Monzo bank founder Tom Blomfield
Monzo bank founder Tom Blomfield Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Bad manners were commonplace among members of SoftBank’s London investment team when it engaged in talks with Monzo co-founder Tom Blomfield over a potential investment, the digital banking entrepreneur alleged.

The Japanese mega investor’s London base, which is responsible for executing much of its Vision Fund cash in Europe, forced him to endure excessively long wait times in its lobby while displaying poor hygiene in investor meetings, Blomfield claimed in an 11 September blog post on his personal website.

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