# Michael Wu

> Michael Wu is the founder and CEO of Interlace (interlace.money), a Singapore-based card issuance and digital-asset payments platform that has issued more than 6 million cards across 180+ countries for over 12,000 enterprise clients. A Stanford-trained engineer who built software at Google, Dropcam, and PalmDrive before turning founder, Wu set out to collapse the months-long process of issuing branded payment cards into an API call, positioning stablecoins as the bridge between Web3 and traditional finance. In December 2024 Interlace raised $10 million in Series B1 funding led by Bitrock Capital.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Interlace (interlace.money)
- **Organizations:** Interlace (interlace.money), PalmDrive Inc., Google, Dropcam, AiLingual
- **Education:** Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Interlace to over 6 million cards issued across 180+ countries and regions., Built an enterprise client base of more than 12,000 companies with 60M+ annual transactions., Raised $10M Series B1 (Dec 2024) led by Bitrock Capital, with backers including alumni of Klarna and Robinhood.

## Career timeline

- **pre-2019** — Worked as an engineer at Google and Dropcam, and as CTO / full-stack engineer at PalmDrive Inc.; also associated with AiLingual.
- **2019** — Founded Interlace, a card issuance and digital-asset payments platform based in Singapore.
- **2024-12** — Interlace raised $10M in Series B1 funding led by Bitrock Capital and expanded its leadership team.
- **2025-04** — Interlace debuted at Token2049 Dubai, showcasing Card-as-a-Service APIs for the PayFi sector across MENA.
- **2025-10** — At Token2049 Singapore, Interlace announced it had issued over 6 million cards for 12,000+ enterprise clients across 180+ countries.

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Interlace to over 6 million cards issued across 180+ countries and regions.
- Built an enterprise client base of more than 12,000 companies with 60M+ annual transactions.
- Raised $10M Series B1 (Dec 2024) led by Bitrock Capital, with backers including alumni of Klarna and Robinhood.
- Achieved PCI-DSS Level 1 certification and assembled 30+ card BIN resources spanning 40+ fiat and crypto currencies.
- Engineering background spanning Google, Dropcam and PalmDrive before founding Interlace.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — At Token2049 Singapore, Interlace announced surpassing 6 million cards issued and spoke on stablecoin-compliant payments at the Stablecoins & RWA Strategy Forum.
- **2025-04** — Interlace debuted at Token2049 Dubai, expanding its Web2-Web3 integration push across MENA with CaaS APIs for PayFi.
- **2024-12** — Closed $10M Series B1 led by Bitrock Capital and expanded the leadership team to accelerate global growth.

## Links

- Website: https://interlace.money
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wu-278a0a21/

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Last updated: 2026-06-10