Ukrainian-founded · £300M facility
Carmoola
Carmoola is a half-British, half-Ukrainian car-finance platform that secured a £300 million asset-backed debt facility in 2025 to scale across the UK.
- Stage
- Series A ↗
- Hiring
- Hiring ↗
- Founded
- 2021
- Location
- London
- Focus
- Fintech · Car finance
- Status
- Active
Why it’s hot
£300M asset-backed debt facility in June 2025, tripling lending capacity as customer numbers doubled year over year.
Funding stage
Latest named equity stage is Series A; later capital includes large asset-backed debt facilities.
Verify stage ↗Hiring signal
Recent public hiring signals include customer operations and growth roles in London.
View jobs signal ↗Ukrainian connection
Carmoola was co-founded by Ukrainian engineering leaders Roman Sumnikov and Igor Gordiichuk alongside British founders Aidan and Amy Rushby.
Founders
Aidan Rushby
Co-founder and CEO · British co-founder who built Carmoola with a British-Ukrainian founding team.
LinkedIn profile ↗Amy Rushby
Co-founder · British co-founder of Carmoola’s cross-border founding team.
LinkedIn profile ↗Roman Sumnikov
Co-founder · Ukrainian engineering co-founder.
LinkedIn profile ↗Igor Gordiichuk
Co-founder · Ukrainian engineering co-founder.
LinkedIn profile ↗Sources
We use public primary sources where possible and identify exactly what each source supports.
- Carmoola secures £300M facility ↗Carmoola · Supports: financing, momentum, Western ties, growth.
- Carmoola team and milestones ↗Carmoola · Supports: founders, company history, traction, location.
Last reviewed: August 7, 2026. Read the methodology.