# Daragh Murphy

> Daragh Murphy is the Irish-born co-founder and CEO of Imprint, a New York fintech that builds co-branded credit card and loyalty programs for consumer brands like Rakuten, Booking.com, Turkish Airlines and H-E-B. A former corporate lawyer and WeWork operator, he started Imprint in 2020 and grew it to unicorn status, reaching a $1.2 billion valuation in a $150 million Series D in December 2025.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Imprint
- **Organizations:** Imprint, WeWork, McKinsey & Company, WilmerHale
- **From:** Ireland
- **Nationality:** Irish
- **Education:** Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University College Dublin, Master of Laws (LLM), Duke University School of Law
- **Known for:** Built Imprint into a fintech unicorn valued at $1.2 billion within about five years, Grew annual revenue from roughly $15M in 2023 to about $70M in 2024, Signed major brand partners including Rakuten, Booking.com, Turkish Airlines, H-E-B, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer and Westgate Resorts

## Career timeline

- **pre-2015** — Arrived in the US on a J-1 visa; practiced corporate law at WilmerHale in New York
- **2015** — Joined McKinsey & Company as a management consultant
- **2017-2019** — Operating role at WeWork focused on pricing, sales and strategy; departed in 2019 before its failed IPO
- **2020** — Co-founded Imprint with Gaurav Ahuja and Michael Pechman
- **2021** — Raised $15M seed (Thrive Capital) and $38M Series A (Kleiner Perkins, Stripe)
- **2023** — Raised $75M Series B (Ribbit Capital); revenue around $15M
- **2024** — Grew revenue to ~$70M; raised $75M Series C at a $600M valuation led by Khosla Ventures; named to Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups
- **2025** — Raised $150M Series D at a $1.2B valuation led by Khosla Ventures, reaching unicorn status

## Achievements

- Built Imprint into a fintech unicorn valued at $1.2 billion within about five years
- Grew annual revenue from roughly $15M in 2023 to about $70M in 2024
- Signed major brand partners including Rakuten, Booking.com, Turkish Airlines, H-E-B, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer and Westgate Resorts
- Raised more than $900M in total funding across seed through Series D from Thrive, Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, Ribbit, Stripe and others
- Named to Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2024 list
- Cut Imprint's cost of capital from around SOFR + 1200bps to SOFR + 250bps by maintaining a prime credit portfolio

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Imprint raised a $150M Series D at a $1.2B valuation led by Khosla Ventures, reaching unicorn status and reporting 200% year-over-year cardholder growth.
- **2024-10** — Raised a $75M Series C at a $600M valuation and was named to Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups list.

## Links

- Website: https://imprint.co
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/daraghjmurphy

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Last updated: 2026-07-22