# Tink Labs: European subsidiary ordered wound up

Tink Labs group; event concerns Tink Labs Europe Limited · Hong Kong · Hospitality technology

Evidence reviewed Oct 26, 2026. Historical event record.

Tink Labs' European subsidiary received a winding-up order in January 2020. A later U.K. tribunal judgment records that its employees' jobs ended in August 2019 after promised successor employment failed to materialize.

## Historical private valuation

>$1bn reported · Nov 5, 2018

As reported November 5, 2018: completed private deal above $1bn in the preceding year; actual closing date unknown.

[TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/05/tink-labs-is-raising-300-million/)

## Documented event

European subsidiary ordered wound up · Jan 15, 2020

No transaction price shown. The High Court winding-up order concerned Tink Labs Europe Limited. The petition was filed November 19, 2019; the order followed on January 15, 2020.

[The Gazette](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3474143)

## What changed

The insolvency event is limited to Tink Labs Europe Limited, company 09356852. It is not evidence that every associated Asian company shut on the same date.

## Timeline

### Aug 1, 2019 — European employment ended

The employment tribunal's later judgment records the termination date and that promised jobs at another company did not materialize.

[U.K. Employment Tribunal](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6343e4c8d3bf7f587429dbe7/Mr_T_Roche___others_vs_T_Kwok_1.pdf)

### Jan 15, 2020 — Winding-up order

The Gazette records the High Court order against the European subsidiary.

[The Gazette](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3474143)

## Sources

- [Tink Labs, which gives free-to-use smartphones to hotel guests, is raising $300M](https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/05/tink-labs-is-raising-300-million/) — TechCrunch; published Nov 5, 2018; accessed Oct 26, 2026; financial reporting.

- [Winding-Up Orders: Tink Labs Europe Limited](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3474143) — The Gazette; published Jan 22, 2020; accessed Oct 26, 2026; primary source.

- [Roche and Others v Terence Kwok, case 2204682/2019 and Others](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6343e4c8d3bf7f587429dbe7/Mr_T_Roche___others_vs_T_Kwok_1.pdf) — U.K. Employment Tribunal; publication date not stated; accessed Oct 26, 2026; primary source.

Logo: [Tink Labs logo source](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tink-labs-limited). Company trademark rights remain.

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