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 Apps 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 Apps Companies & Startups (London)
DIEM
| Founders | Geri Cupi |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Twig is a fintech startup that provides a mobile banking app.
Bonnet
| Founders | Eliot Makabu, Patrick Reich |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
One subscription for all EV charging networks
ANNA : Absolutely No Nonsense Admin
| Founders | Andrei Pachai, Boris Dyakonov, Daljit Singh, Eduard Panteleev, Nikita Filippov, Slava Akulov |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Business Banking and Admin service
Second Nature
| Founders | Chris Edson, Michael Gibbs |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Second Nature is a digital programme that helps people lead healthier lives
nuUnlimited
| Founders | Tim Sandford |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
It’s about the food, not the order
Childsplay London
| Founders | Ana Dada |
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The Netflix Of The Ed-Tech World Offering Curated Educational Outcome-Led Content To Nurture An Independent Child And Happy Family.
Her
| Founders | Robyn Exton |
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Her is a dating application for lesbians, bisexual and bi-curious women, allowing users to connect with each other and their community.
Raylo
| Founders | Jinden Badesha, Karl Gilbert, Richard Fulton |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Raylo is on a mission to shake up the UK mobile sector.
Wheely
| Founders | Anton Chirkunov, Pavel Bocharov |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Wheely is a luxury ride-hailing service, allowing customers to book chauffeur-driven journeys both on-demand and pre-booked through an app.
Thursday
| Founders | David Sutherland, George Rawlings, Matthew McNeill Love |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Thursday is a dating app that wants to solve problems created by, well, too much time spent using dating apps.
Reflaunt
| Founders | Felix Winckler, Philippe Benedetti, Stephanie Crespin |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Reflaunt gives fashion brands the technology to build and reclaim the secondary market.
Poq
| Founders | Jun Seki, Michael Langguth, Mike Hann, Oyvind Henriksen |
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Poq offers a SAAS platform to help large retailers join app commerce.
Paired
| Founders | Kevin Shanahan |
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Paired provides the steps needed by couples to improve their relationship each day.
Swapi
| Founders | Pete Howroyd |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Swapi is the only digital wallet globally that allows users to swap their loyalty rewards, cashback & gift cards between brands.
Flexion
| Founders | Jens Lauritzson, Per Lauritzson |
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Flexion is a monetization and distribution platform for developers and publishers.
CIRCA5000
| Founders | Matt Latham, Tom McGillycuddy |
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The investment platform of the human future
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.
Lingumi
| Founders | Adit Trivedi, Toby Mather |
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Lingumi is an edtech startup that teaches English to kids aged 2 to 6 using an app and a range of physical products.
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.
Mind Candy
| Founders | Michael Acton Smith |
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Moshi provides a sleep and mindfulness app for kids featuring melodic stories created to help kids drift off to sleep quickly.
Twin Science & Robotics
| Founders | Asude Altintas, Cemil Cihan Ozalevli, Mustafa Sapcili, Omer Gorgulu |
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Twin Science & Robotics is an award-winning UK company that develops children’s skills through purpose-led STEM learning.
Papercup
| Founders | Jesse Shemen, Jiameng Gao |
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Papercup translates videos using AI by generating voices that sound like the original speaker
Shift
| Founders | Jacob Corlett |
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On-demand technology platform for consumers and businesses focused on the logistics market
Rota
| Founders | Nick Bolton, Tom Williams, Will Taylor |
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SAAS Mobile and desktop Apps to provide Total Workforce Technology for the whole workforce (internal and external)
Minimum
| Founders | Chris Winchurch, Freddie Evans, Freddie Green |
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Minimum is a SaaS platform that lets you easily calculate, report on, and reduce the carbon footprint of your business.
Wrisk
| Founders | Darius Kumana, Niall Barton |
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Wrisk offers a customizable platform that enables businesses to create mobile-first insurance experiences for their customers.
AEVI
| Founders | Unknown |
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AEVI provides a platform for merchant-facing businesses that enables them to upgrade to more agile, more data-driven propositions.
Limitless
| Founders | Megan Neale, Roger Beadle |
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The Limitless GigCX platform enables businesses to connect customers with qualified experts to solve customer service enquiries on-demand.
Mana
| Founders | Bobby Tang, James Lo |
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Mana is where you get lifehacks directly from relatable people through live sessions and digital content on any topic with anyone, anywhere.
tomato pay
| Founders | Andreas Signer, Diogo Terroso, Fatou Diagne, Nick Heller, Stephanie Heller |
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tomato pay is a QR-code based payments and invoice app used by businesses and sole traders.
Lapse
| Founders | Ben Silvertown, Dan Silvertown |
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Lapse is a social disposable camera app.
AppyWay
| Founders | Dan Hubert |
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AppyWay is a kerbside management & technology firm enabling intelligent mobility for cities.
Judopay
| Founders | George Karibian, Jan Farrarons |
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Judopay is a mobile-first payments platform.
Cera
| Founders | Mahiben Maruthappu, Marek Sacha, Martin Ocenas |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Cera is a digital-first healthcare-at-home company delivering care, nursing, telehealth and repeat prescription services in people’s homes.
Taptap Send
| Founders | Michael Faye |
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Taptap Send is an app that lets immigrants send money back home.
UFIN
| Founders | Lucid Hoang |
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Founded in October 2019 with the main business areas of financial technology market
Vitesse PSP
| Founders | Paul Townsend, Phil McGriskin |
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Vitesse is the smart way to make secure global money transfers.
EVIIVO
| Founders | Ian Griffin |
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EVIIVO is an online reservation and property management system provider for the independent accommodation sector.
365Scores
| Founders | Yevgeny Brener |
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365Scores is a cross-platform application that enables users to create their own personalized sports channel.
Masabi
| Founders | Ben Whitaker, Ed Howson, Tom Godber |
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Masabi is the global leader in transport mobile ticketing and payments.
Marmalade Technologies
| Founders | Eben Upton |
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Creators of the award winning Marmalade Platform, a cross-device game and app development technology that optimizes performance & file size.
Debut
| Founders | Charlie Taylor, Michele Trusolino |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Debut is an app for students to showcase their profile and skills.
Antavo Loyalty Management Platform
| Founders | Andras Bencsik, Andras Nemes, Attila Kecsmar, Gabor Csarnai, Zsuzsa Kecsmar |
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Antavo is the leading customer loyalty technology for fashion and retail.
The Sauce
| Founders | Emma Clark, Sachin Karia |
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The Sauce has a vision for bringing the next generation back together in real life using the power of social video profiles.
Laundrapp
| Founders | Antony Pink, Dominic Perks, Edward Relf, Jack Mason, Nick Bransby-Williams |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Laundrapp is the UK’s leading online laundry and dry cleaning service, offering unparalleled levels of quality cleaning right across London.
Yayzy
| Founders | Cristian Dan, Mankaran Ahluwalia, Pedro Cabrero |
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Yayzy is an application for carbon footprint calculator.
Shopperbird
| Founders | Paolo Casula |
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Upcycling waste into unique clothes on-demand!
SKOOT
| Founders | Greg Gormley, Mark Stringer |
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SKOOT is a platform for Climate Change helping businesses, communities and individuals to IDENTIFY, OFFSET & AVOID their CO2 footprints.
Tenzo
| Founders | Adam Taylor, Christian Mouysset |
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Tenzo is a management platform that gives hospitality and retail businesses actionable insights from their real time data.
Daisie
| Founders | Dom Santry, Maisie Williams |
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Daisie is where creators learn together.
BUMP
| Founders | Jack Ryder, Sam Howarth |
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BUMP is a social peer-to-peer marketplace for authentic streetwear and sneakers.
sync.
| Founders | Azahara Egea, Ricky Lee |
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We provide bank account aggregation and personal financial management service.
Movebubble
| Founders | Aidan Rushby, Logan Estop Hall, Tony Edwards |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Movebubble is a property rental app in London & Manchester
Mediatonic Games
| Founders | David Bailey, Paul Croft |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Mediatonic develops and publishes games for digital platforms such as smartphones, PCs and consoles.
Dent Reality
| Founders | Andrew Hart |
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Dent Reality develops an augmented reality platform that helps users find their favorite products on the market.
Springpod
| Founders | Oliver Fisher, Sam Hyams |
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Springpod is an early careers attraction, engagement and recruitment technology that helps young people discover their futures.
Quipper
| Founders | Mariko Tokioka, Masatomo Nakano, Masayuki Watanabe, Takuya Homma |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Quipper provides quiz-based e-learning apps for iPhone and Android platforms.
Scoodle
| Founders | Imdad Ahad, Ismail Jeilani, Mujavid Bukhari |
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Scoodle is connects students with teachers.
Maaind
| Founders | Dzera Kaytati, Martin Dinov, Oleg Lenive |
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Personalised wellbeing through biometrics and neuroadaptive AI
SafeToNet
| Founders | Georgina Pursey, Jack Pursey, Richard Pursey, Sharon Pursey |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
SafeToNet makes the digital world safer for children to explore and enjoy.
Zzish
| Founders | Charles Wiles, Daisy Hill |
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Zzish is a valuable classroom digital teaching tool for teachers that provides real-time feedback on the progress of their students.
7digital
| Founders | Ben Drury, James Kane |
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7digital is the global leader in B2B end-to-end digital music solutions.
Cake Technologies
| Founders | Charlotte Dales, Michelle Songy |
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CAKE is revolutionizing the way restaurants and bars engage with their customers.
Sona
| Founders | Ben Dixon, Oli Johnson, Steffen Wulff Petersen |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Sona is the employee app for tomorrow’s workforce.
SMARTIFY
| Founders | Anna Lowe, Nick Mueller, Ronald Vrijmoet, Thanos Kokkiniotis |
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SMARTIFY provides instant access to inspiring art commentary, straight to your smartphone.
Mush
| Founders | Katie Massie-Taylor, Sarah Hesz |
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Mush is an online social platform that enables mothers to meet other mothers with kids the same age.
PawaPay
| Founders | Unknown |
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PawaPay is a payments company that provides mobile payment solutions to African consumers or businesses.
Hoop
| Founders | Daniel Bower, Duncan Jennings, Max Jennings, Richard Foister |
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Hoop is a platform for kids activities.
Bits
| Founders | Faisal Khalid |
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Bits helps people build their credit score by providing them with a digital credit card that they pay off every month.
Zappar
| Founders | Caspar Thykier, Connell Gauld, Simon Taylor |
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Zappar is a clever little app that can see and recognise images and objects in the world around us.
Secret Spa
| Founders | Emily Ewart-Perks, Rider Latham |
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Luxury beauty treatments…any time and any place.
Macademia
| Founders | Douglas Lloyd, Estelle Lloyd |
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Macademia is an award-winning global EdTech company providing educational programming and games for children.
gigl
| Founders | Christian Ayerst, Dan Hudson |
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The Video / Mobile 1st Job platform that is changing the way people find work across Hospitatly, Retails & Enterntainment. Replacing generic Job descrptions and the need for a CV with super vast video content. Companies such as Hard Rock use GiGL to find staff in under 24 hours
HaikuJAM
| Founders | Dhrupad Karwa |
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Collaborative Poetry & Artistic Expression App
appScatter
| Founders | Philip Marcella |
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AppScatter is a B2B SaaS platform that distributes, manages, and monitors mobile apps across multiple app stores worldwide.
WeWALK
| Founders | Gokhan Mericliler, Kürşat Ceylan, Sadik Unlu |
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WeWALK is a startup developing a smart cane for the visually-impaired.
savvy navvy
| Founders | Jelte Liebrand, Kevin O’Neill |
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savvy navvy is a startup working to build the best navigation solution for sailors worldwide.
Kindred
| Founders | Aaron Simpson, Alex Packham, Dan Bricken, Mike Gadd |
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Kindred is an impact driven tech company that has developed the world’s first sustainable app monetization network.
LuckyTrip
| Founders | Alex Burns, Tamer Q’taish, Tiff Burns |
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LuckyTrip is a travel inspiration app that lets you find a trip in one tap.
Youtility
| Founders | Charlie Quigley, Will Kostoris |
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Youtility allows you to manage all your home finances from a single place.
Fleksy
| Founders | Francisco José Garcia Ojalvo, Olivier Plante, Xavier Farrarons |
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Fleksy for business is a private white-label keyboard SDK enabling companies to create unimaginable products.
Paddle
| Founders | Christian Owens, Harrison Rose |
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We’re the only complete payments infrastructure provider for SaaS companies.
Upstream
| Founders | Alex Vratskides, Marco Veremis, Nikos Iatropoulos |
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Upstream is leading the mobile internet revolution in high growth markets.
Nosso
| Founders | Unknown |
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Nosso is a mobile-based financial planning platform for the future of children.
Logically
| Founders | Lyric Jain |
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Logically develops the latest in AI technologies to combat information overload, misinformation, fake news & other types of harmful content.
Guild
| Founders | Ashley Friedlein, Matthew O’Riordan |
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Guild is the platform for professional communities and networking.
Artfinder
| Founders | Chris Thorpe |
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Artfinder is the art marketplace.
Unlockd
| Founders | Christopher Kerrisk, Craig Watt, Matt Berriman |
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Unlockd is a mobile platform that rewards consumers when they unlock their digital device and view targeted ads, content or offers
Snatch
| Founders | Jamal Hirani, Joe Martin |
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Snatch is a computer game development company that provides a radical reinvention of the brand experience.
The Stack World
| Founders | Sharmadean Reid |
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The Stack World is a news, events and connections company.
Dorm
| Founders | Ranbir Arora, Taras Polischuk |
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Dorm is an audio learning app that aggregates and curates the world’s podcasting content.
Audiense
| Founders | Alfredo Artiles, Javier Burón, Luis Pablo Pardo |
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Audiense is a develops delivering unique consumer insight and engagement capabilities to many of the world’s biggest brands and agencies.
Summly
| Founders | Nick D’Aloisio |
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Summly is a web platform and smartphone app that provides algorithmically-generated summaries from thousands of sources.
Zebra Fuel
| Founders | Reda Bennis, Romain Saint Guilhem |
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Zebra Fuel is a mobile fuel delivery service that delivers fuel into a vehicle directly at a preferred delivery time.
Zesty
| Founders | James Balmain, Lloyd Price |
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Zesty is a multi-award winning European digital health company.
pepperhq
| Founders | Charles Hall, Matthew Scott, Simon Kelton, Stuart Hall |
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The Pepper platform supports white label apps for mobile payment, discovery, digital loyalty, social media marketing, and actionable data.
Flypay
| Founders | Chris Evans, Tom Weaver |
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Flypay is an app platform to transform the restaurant experience.
Oto Health
| Founders | Edmund Farrar, George Leidig |
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Mobile App, Digital Therapeutics
Flat
| Founders | Corentin Gurtner, Cyril Coutelier, Pierre Rannou, Vincent Giersch |
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Flat is an online and collaborative music score editor.
Squirrel
| Founders | Emanuel Andjelic, Mutaz Qubbaj |
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Squirrel is an award-winning smart banking app that empowers people to take control of their money.
XPO
| Founders | Franck Ndame, Lotanna Ezeike, Tomi Aiyeola |
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We pay creator invoices, crazy fast.
