Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Financial Services companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Financial Services Companies & Startups (London)
Selina Finance
| Founders | Andrea Olivari, Hubert Fenwick, Leonard Benning |
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Selina Finance provides loans to small and medium businesses in the form of flexible credit facilities.
Soldo
| Founders | Carlo Gualandri |
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Soldo is a multi-user expense account helping companies manage their budgets.
Monese
| Founders | Norris Koppel |
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Monese is a digital banking option that provides mobile-only, multi-currency accounts in countries across the European Economic Area.
Codat
| Founders | Alex Cardona, David Hoare, Peter Lord |
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Codat is an API platform that provides real-time connectivity to the financial software used by small businesses.
FlowBank
| Founders | Charles Henri Sabet |
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FlowBank is a multi-asset trading platform that offers a wide range of online banking & investment services to brokers & corporate clients.
Token
| Founders | Marten Nelson, Steve Kirsch, Todd Clyde, Yobie Benjamin |
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Token is an open banking payments platform driving the shift from traditional payment methods to bank payments.
Rapyd
| Founders | Arik Shtilman, Arkady Karpman, Omer Priel |
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Rapyd is a payments platform that inserts fintech services into any app and simplifies the complex offering of local payment methods.
SFC Capital
| Founders | Stephen Page |
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Early-stage investor combining its own angel syndicate & seed funds to provide investors with diversified exposure to SEIS/EIS businesses.
Bud
| Founders | Edward Maslaveckas, George Dunning |
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Bud is a financial network combining APIs & data to create a new species of connected experiences.
Form3
| Founders | Michael Mueller |
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Form3 is a cloud native payments-as-a-service platform that designs, builds, and runs the technology that powers the future of payments.
DIEM
| Founders | Geri Cupi |
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Twig is a fintech startup that provides a mobile banking app.
Zepz
| Founders | Catherine Wines, Ismail Ahmed, Richard Igoe |
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Zepz is a money transfer service that helps migrants send money to their loved ones all over the world.
LATOKEN
| Founders | Valentin Preobrazhenskiy |
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LATOKEN is the leading platform for multi-asset tokenization and cryptocurrency exchange.
LocalGlobe
| Founders | Robin Klein, Saul Klein |
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LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments.
Startupbootcamp
| Founders | Aldo de Jong, Alex Farcet, Carsten Kolbek, Marc Wesselink, Patrick Zeeuw, Ruud Hendriks |
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Startupbootcamp is a global network of industry-focused startup accelerators that provides investment and mentorship services.
Outlier Ventures
| Founders | Aron van Ammers, Jamie Burke |
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The World’s Leading Open Metaverse Accelerator
Atomico
| Founders | Niklas Zennström |
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Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Seedrs
| Founders | Carlos Silva, Jeff Lynn |
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Seedrs is a UK-based investment and crowdfunding platform.
Generation Home
| Founders | Sophia Guy-White, William Rice |
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Generation Home is a new mortgage lender dedicated to making homeownership work better for everyone.
Fintern
| Founders | Dr Michelle He, Gerald Chappell |
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Fintern is a lending startup looking to offer an AI-driven alternative to costly payday loans.
Moneybox
| Founders | Ben Stanway, Charlie Mortimer |
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Moneybox is a mobile savings and investment app that offers a range of saving and investment products including Lifetime ISAs and Pensions.
Ziglu
| Founders | Mark Hipperson, Niall McConnell, Philip Goffin |
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Ziglu provides a digital platform that enables customers to exchange fiat currency for cryptocurrency.
LemonEdge
| Founders | Gareth Hewitt, Jamie Nascimento |
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LemonEdge is a low-code development platform with integrated accounting engine, designed for financial services.
LMAX Group
| Founders | Martin Thompson |
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LMAX Group: Delivering a transparent, neutral, global marketplace for all participants
Collective Benefits
| Founders | Anthony Beilin, Benjamin Hay |
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Insurance and benefits to make independent work, work for everyone.
3S Money
| Founders | Andrei Dikouchine, Eugene Dugaev, Ivan Zhiznevskiy |
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3S Money offers international business banking services in 190 countries.
Outfund
| Founders | Daniel Lipinski |
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Outfund is a revenue-based finance startup.
Stenn
| Founders | Andrey Polevoy, Greg Karpovsky, Walter Colebatch |
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Stenn is a non-bank trade finance provider that delivers innovative solutions to unlock working capital for buyers and suppliers.
Urban Jungle
| Founders | Greg Smyth, Jimmy Williams |
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Urban Jungle provides an insurance technology to help young people get cheaper, better home insurance.
Reef Finance
| Founders | Denko Mancheski |
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Reef Finance is a DeFi platform that enables cross-chain integrations across various DeFi protocols.
ANNA : Absolutely No Nonsense Admin
| Founders | Andrei Pachai, Boris Dyakonov, Daljit Singh, Eduard Panteleev, Nikita Filippov, Slava Akulov |
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Business Banking and Admin service
MMC Ventures
| Founders | Alan Morgan, Bruce Macfarlane |
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MMC Ventures is an investment firm that invests in technology companies at Seed and Series A.
GlobeDX
| Founders | Shaun Ng |
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GlobeDX is a startup, which has dubbed itself the “Coinbase for derivatives”.
Entrée Capital
| Founders | Aviad Eyal, Martin Moshal |
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Entrée Capital is a venture capital firm that funds multi-stage startups and companies all over the world.
DigiSEq
| Founders | Colin Tanner, Terrie Smith |
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DigiSEq is an innovative global FinTech company providing Programme Managers, Issuers or NFC wearable manufacturers.
Repay Solutions
| Founders | George Robbins |
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Over The Top payment platform connecting businesses to the latest real-time payments innovations without changing bank.
Kwanji
| Founders | Leslie Onyesoh, William Lorenz |
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Online FX Comparison Platform Bridging Emerging & Traditional Markets
Trillion Fund
| Founders | Michael Stein, Phillip Riches |
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Trillion is the UK’s biggest social crowdfunding platform.
Nucoro
| Founders | Antonio Melé, Jose Maria Carbajo, Lennart Asshoff |
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Nucoro enables financial institutions to build digital savings, investment and wealth management propositions at speed and scale.
9fin
| Founders | Huss EL-Sheikh, Steven Hunter |
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The leading data, news and predictive analytics platform for debt capital markets
Concentric
| Founders | Denis Shafranik, Kjartan Rist |
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Concentric invests in software technology business in the financial services, mobility, real estate, industrial, and logistics sectors.
Flagstone
| Founders | Andrew Thatcher |
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Flagstone is a UK starup developing a cash deposit marketplace that gives users easy access to hundreds of cash deposit accounts.
TaxScouts
| Founders | Dan Karger, Kaupo Kõrv, Mart Abramov |
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TaxScouts is a tax preparation platform that makes tax planning easier.
CRED Investments
| Founders | Chaitanya Shah, Jonathan Carr-Harris |
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CRED uses artificial intelligence to invest in the future of talent. Helping realize the commercial & financial potential of talent.
Trussle
| Founders | Ishaan Malhi, Jonathan Galore |
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Trussle is a free online mortgage broker that works with much-needed transparency.
Future Planet Capital
| Founders | Douglas Hansen-Luke |
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Future Planet is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in potentially high-growth companies from research centers.
Cushon
| Founders | Ben Pollard, Phil Hollingdale |
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Cushon is a fintech company that provides investment, pension, financial wellbeing and workplace savings.
Cryptopay
| Founders | Dmitry Gunyashov, George Basiladze |
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Cryptopay is a digital currency firms, offering crypto-wallets, debit cards, B2B payments, & investments.
Monolith
| Founders | David Hoggard, Mel Gelderman |
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Monolith is a decentralised banking alternative that integrates the DeFi economy into your daily life.
HSBC
| Founders | Thomas Sutherland |
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HSBC is a banking and financial services organization that offers a comprehensive range of services.
Vizolution
| Founders | Bill Safran |
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Vizolution develops a screen sharing technology for businesses to directly interact with their clients.
Wayhome
| Founders | Josef Wasinski, Nigel Purves, Ray Rafiq Omar |
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Start owning a home today from just 5% deposit
dopay
| Founders | Frans van Eersel |
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dopay provides a cloud-based payroll service that allows employers to calculate salaries and make payments electronically.
ezbob
| Founders | Tomer Guriel |
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ezbob is a UK based software provider for banks and other financial institutions.
Options Technology
| Founders | Nigel Kneafsey |
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Options is a global leader in financial technology managed services and IT infrastructure products.
Funding Options
| Founders | Conrad Ford |
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Funding Options is a business to business services marketplace platform operating in the UK and the Netherlands.
Kingsway Capital
| Founders | Manuel Stotz |
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Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.
Superfluid Finance
| Founders | Francesco Renzi, Zhicheng Miao |
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Superfluid Finance is on a mission to transform the way assets move in decentralized finance.
The Bank of London
| Founders | Anthony Watson |
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The Bank of London is a global clearing, agency, and transaction bank advancing the economic infrastructure of the future.
Cashaa
| Founders | Janina Lowisz, Kumar Gaurav |
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Next Generation Banking Platform
Upside Saving
| Founders | Andries Smit, Paul Russell, Steve Fourie |
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Upside is Intelligent Cashback as an API, fuelled by Open Banking.
Vyne Technologies
| Founders | Adam Rowland, Damien Cahill, Karl MacGregor, Nick Daniel |
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Vyne Technologies is the specialist account-to-account payments platform.
Nexus Mutual
| Founders | Hugh Karp |
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Nexus Mutual uses the power of blockchain technology and Ethereum to allow people from all over the world.
Nebeus
| Founders | Konstantin Zaripov, Sergey Romanovskiy |
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Nebeus is a cryptocurrency and crypto-backed lending platform that allows people to borrow, exchange, earn, and insure their crypto assets.
Calastone
| Founders | Ian Taylor, Philip Goffin |
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Calastone is a global transaction network for the mutual fund industry.
DigiDoe
| Founders | Alexandra VIdyuk, Avigail Slavin, Pavel Guzminov |
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DigiDoe is a UK-based fintech which has redesigned the world’s payments infrastructure for the 21st century.
REG
| Founders | Michael Phair |
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REG provides an intelligence, analytics, and risk management software to the global insurance and financial services market.
TreeCard
| Founders | Gary Wu, James Cox, James Dugan, Jamie Cox, Peter Francis |
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Treecard is a fullstack green finance platform, allowing consumers to spend, save and invest responsibly.
Octopus Ventures
| Founders | Unknown |
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Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Connectd
| Founders | Roei Samuel, Sam Luckett |
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Connectd is a product ecosystem that empowers founders, investors and advisors to make and manage connections.
Fluidly
| Founders | Caroline Plumb, Johnnie Ball |
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Fluidly is fundamentally rethinking the way businesses plan and manage cashflow, using data science, accounting domain expertise.
Jaja
| Founders | Jostein Svendsen, Kyrre Riksen, Per Elvebakk |
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Jaja is a fintech company that provides digital and physical credit cards and other financing services.
Trading 212
| Founders | Borislav Nedialkov, Ivan Ashminov |
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Trading 212 is a fintech company that provides free, smart apps to democratize the economic market.
Updraft
| Founders | Aseem Munshi, David Yalland, Matt Millar |
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Updraft is a part lending, part credit report, and part financial planning app for millennials. We turn borrowers into savers.
Glint
| Founders | Ben Davies, Jason Cozens |
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Glint is a FinTech with an app and debit card that enables clients to save, exchange, spend and send multi-currencies and physical gold.
Stubben Edge
| Founders | Chris Kenning |
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Stubben Edge is a technology-based financial services group that enables intermediaries & clients to make easy decisions about their risks
Fnality International
| Founders | Jan Schoombee |
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Fnality International provides a digital cash system that uses blockchain technology to settle financial transactions.
Yapily
| Founders | Stefano Vaccino |
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Yapily offers API-based software to enable innovative products to connect to banks.
Global Wealth Group
| Founders | Scott Picken |
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Global Wealth Group is a Meta-Marketplace Embrace a more accessible way of Creating Global Wealth.
Koyo
| Founders | Thomas Olszewski |
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Koyo uses machine learning to serve customers with competitively priced credit
Omnio
| Founders | Scott Lanphere |
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Omnio Group is a market leading provider of cloud-based banking and payment services.
Funderbeam
| Founders | Kaidi Ruusalepp, Urmas Peiker |
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Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes.
TAB
| Founders | Duncan Kreeger |
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TAB company provides short term bridging loans for property projects.
Mode
| Founders | Alex Ryvkin, Jonathan Rowland |
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Mode is building the next-gen financial ecosystem allowing consumers and businesses to connect in ways that have never before been achieved.
Pave
| Founders | Chris Butcher, Sho Sugihara |
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The proper path to good credit
CIRCA5000
| Founders | Matt Latham, Tom McGillycuddy |
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The investment platform of the human future
Fronted
| Founders | Anthony Mann, Jamie Campbell, Simon Vans-Colina |
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Fronted pay your deposit upfront, you pay us back in bite-sized chunks.
Monitise
| Founders | Alastair Lukies CBE |
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Monitise is a technology and services company that delivers mobile banking, payments, and commerce networks.
Lightyear
| Founders | Martin Sokk, Mihkel Aamer |
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Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.
Hambro Perks Ltd.
| Founders | Dominic Perks, Rupert Hambro |
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Hambro Perks is a London-headquartered international investment firm focused on private technology investing.
B-Social
| Founders | Nazim Valimahomed, Tim Brown |
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Kroo is a financial technology company that develops innovative services for a new generation of customers.
Flux Systems
| Founders | Matty Cusden-Ross, Tom Reay, Veronique Merriam Barbosa |
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Flux Systems develops software platform that keeps a track of payment receipts by automatically linking them to payment cards.
CreditEnable
| Founders | Nadia Sood, Philip Hua, Varun Sahni |
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CreditEnable provides data analytics, deep learning, AI and technology to build solutions to financial challenges.
Foresight Group
| Founders | Bernard Fairman, Peter English |
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Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.
Traydstream
| Founders | Achille D’Antoni, Gary Bhattacharjee, Uzair Bawany |
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Traydstream automates the most critical aspects of converting, checking and managing trade finance documents.
Oval Money
| Founders | Benedetta Arese Lucini, Claudio Bedino, Edoardo Benedetto |
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Oval offers an app for financial coaching and planning that helps people save according to their rules.
Marshmallow
| Founders | Alexander Kent-Braham, David Goate, Oliver Kent-Braham |
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Marshmallow is a full-stack insurance carrier driven by technology.
Chaser
| Founders | David Tuck, Mark Woodbridge |
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Chaser helps businesses get their invoices paid on time, automatically.
SparkChange
| Founders | Daniel Barry, Joff Hamilton-Dick, Steffen Buschbacher |
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SparkChange is a provider of specialist carbon investment products and data, serving global institutions and their clients.
Steadview Capital
| Founders | Kalp Parekh, Ravi Mehta |
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Steadview is a tech-focused investment firm that invests in technology oriented businesses.
CDC Group
| Founders | Clement Attlee |
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CDC is the UK’s development finance institution.
