Venture Capital

Dec
17

Zilch scoops $30m equity round as customer numbers quadruple

London-based Zilch has closed its oversubscribed Series B funding round with an additional $30m equity top-up.

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Dec
13

Primer, the fintech helping merchants consolidate the payments stack, raises £14M Series A

Fintech Primer wants to help merchants consolidate their payments stack and easily support new payment methods, has raised £14m.

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Dec
13

Fintech star PrimaryBid secures £38 million in new funding from top backers to fuel expansion

Start-up PrimaryBid has secured £38 million in investment from top new shareholders including the London Stock Exchange Group.

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Dec
13

British fintech Acin secures €10.3 million to spearhead operational and non-financial risk revolution

Acin, the data standards firm that is digitising operational and non-financial risk, has secured around €10 million in Series A funding.

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Dec
13

Fintech startup TrueLayer raises $25 million

London-based fintech startup TrueLayer has raised $25 million from investors including Temasek, Anthemis, Connect Ventures and Northzone, the company said on Monday. The firm, which develops technology that enables financial technology companies to access account data from high street banks, said it will use the funding to continue to grow its business. Founded in 2016, TrueLayer is one of several startups seeking to take advantage of European Union and UK open banking rules which require lenders to open up their data to other companies so they can tailor products to their customers. “The company is growing,” said Francesco Simoneschi, TrueLayer’s chief executive and co-founder. “We wanted to continue to increase […]

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Dec
12

Fintech startup Lanistar raises £15 million

Lanistar, a personal financial management startup, has raised £15 million to support its forthcoming commercial launch in Winter 2020.

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Dec
12

Passion Capital has backed Fronted, the startup that wants to offer loans to cover rent deposits

Fronted, the new London-based startup aiming to make life easier for renters, has picked up seed investment from Passion Capital.

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Dec
03

London Fintech Updraft raises £16m to help people break up with their credit cards

Consumers will pay over £10b in fees and interests for overdraft and credit cards in 2020 alone. Updraft wants to reduce that amount.

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