Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson has been revealed as one of the investors in mobile payments company Square, which closed a $100m series C round in September.

Mobile payments company Square revealed on Tuesday that British entrepreneur and chairman of the Virgin Group Richard Branson was among the investors in the company, which closed its series B and C rounds in September, having taken its total funding to more than $140m.

Branson told technology venture website VentureBeat: "In recent years, thanks in part to Virgin America (being based in the Silicon Valley and doing a great job serving tech-savvy guests), I’ve learned more about tech in general…

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