Tyro - About the company
Tyro is a public company based in Sydney (Australia), founded in 2003 by Peter Haig, Paul Wood and Andrew Rothwell. It operates as a Provider of POS solutions for retail stores. Tyro has raised $103M in funding from Tiger Global Management and TDM Growth Partners. The company has 169 active competitors, including 10 funded and 23 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Square, Lightspeed and Afterpay.
Company Details
Provider of POS solutions for retail stores. It enables businesses for accepting payments using credit, debit, gift, loyalty, and medicare cards. It provides contactless payments with its tap-and-go features. It also provides a dashboard for monitoring and managing transactions.
- Website
- www.tyro.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@tyro.com
- Phone Number
- +61 **********
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2003
Location
Sydney, Australia
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$103M in 17 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
7th among 169 active competitors
Employee Count
657 as on May 31, 2026
Exit Details
Public
Tyro's IPO details
Tyro got listed on Dec 06, 2019.
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Tyro's funding and investors
Tyro has raised a total funding of $103M over 17 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 03, 2003. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Nov 29, 2015 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Tyro has 5 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Tyro:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Nov 29, 2015 | 3727755 | Series D | 1220183 | 2811472 | 4857663 | 4032020 |
Dec 11, 2011 | 8784546 | Series C | 3579307 | 4889132 | 5352365 | 5655993 |
Dec 11, 2009 | 9605284 | Series C | 5374209 | 7924219 | 7095199 | 7302602 |
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Tyro's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Tyro's key team members:
- Peter Haig: Co-Founder of Tyro. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.
- Paul Wood: Co-Founder of Tyro. They serve on the board of 1 company.
- Andrew Rothwell: Former Co-Founder of Tyro.
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Tyro's employee count trend
Tyro has 657 employees as of May 26. Here is Tyro's employee count trend over the years:
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Tyro's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Tyro include Square, Lightspeed and Afterpay. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Tyro, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Square 2009, San Francisco (United States), Public | Provider of integrated point of sale and business management solutions | $520M | 85/100 | |
2nd | Lightspeed 2005, Montreal (Canada), Public | Provider of point of sale and payment platform for businesses | $292M | 79/100 | |
3rd | Provider of buy now, pay later services with flexible options | $35.4M | 77/100 | ||
4th | Provider of an online platform for point-of-sale financing | - | 76/100 | ||
5th | Provider of payment solutions for e-commerce businesses | $456M | 73/100 | ||
6th | Cloud-based mPOS software and hardware solutions for businesses | $66.4M | 72/100 | ||
7th | Provider of POS solutions for retail stores | $103M | 70/100 | ||
8th | Manufacturer of retail interior fixtures lighting technology and service systems | - | 61/100 | ||
9th |  Revel Systems 2010, Atlanta (United States), Acquired | Restaurant POS solutions, payment processing, and technology to supercharge your business | $204M | 61/100 | |
10th |  Kasir Pintar 2017, Surabaya (Indonesia), Unfunded | Cloud-based mPOS software solutions for offline retailers | - | - | 53/100 |
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Tyro's Investments and acquisitions
Tyro has made 1 investment in Paypa Plane and acquired Thriday.Reports related to Tyro
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News related to Tyro
Filter this listMedia has covered Tyro for a total of 5 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about partnerships and 1 about people movement.
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Tyro Payments faces new takeover chatter as its market value tumblesThe Australian•Jun 02, 2026•Tyro
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Tyro to acquire Thriday to bolster SME financial management offeringProactive Investors•Dec 15, 2025•Tyro, Thriday,
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Tyro Payments Confirms Takeover Approaches Amidst CEO UncertaintyChannelNews•Aug 14, 2025•Shift4, Potentia, Tyro, Stripe
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