# Tamaz Georgadze

> Tamaz Georgadze is the Georgian co-founder and CEO of Berlin-based savings and investment marketplace Raisin. After academic studies in Georgia and Germany and a career advising banks at McKinsey, he helped build a platform connecting savers with deposit-taking banks across national markets.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Raisin
- **Organizations:** Raisin, McKinsey & Company, Bank of Georgia, Lion Finance Group, Ameriabank
- **Nationality:** Georgian
- **Education:** International economics studies; PhD in Economics, Tbilisi State University, PhD in Agricultural Economics; law degree with honours, Justus Liebig University Giessen
- **Known for:** Co-founded a cross-border savings marketplace operating in Europe and the United States., Led Raisin through its merger with Deposit Solutions in 2021., Raisin reported more than €75 billion in platform assets in June 2025.

## Career timeline

- **1994-1995** — Aide in the Georgian president’s Foreign Relations Department.
- **2009-2013** — Partner at McKinsey & Company, following earlier consulting work.
- **2012** — Co-founded Raisin with Michael Stephan and Frank Freund.
- **2013** — Launched the WeltSparen savings platform.
- **2018** — Appointed independent non-executive director of Bank of Georgia Group.
- **2021** — Raisin merged with Deposit Solutions to form Raisin DS.
- **2023** — Raisin announced a €60 million Series E funding round.
- **2025** — Raisin announced a unified international brand and more than €4 billion in cumulative saver returns.
- **2026** — Raisin entered Italy; Georgadze discussed continued bank partnerships and Berlin hiring at FIBE.

## Achievements

- Co-founded a cross-border savings marketplace operating in Europe and the United States.
- Led Raisin through its merger with Deposit Solutions in 2021.
- Raisin reported more than €75 billion in platform assets in June 2025.
- Completed high school at 12 and international economics studies at 15.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — FIBE published an interview in which Georgadze discussed Europe’s fragmented financial markets, bank partnerships and Berlin as a hiring base.
- **2026-05** — Raisin announced a Giro d’Italia cycling activation supporting its Italian market entry.
- **2025-06** — Raisin announced global brand unification and reported more than €4 billion in cumulative returns for savers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.raisin.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamas-giorgadse-91a33b2/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TamazGeorgadze

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