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 Finance 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 Finance Companies & Startups (London)
Monese
| Founders | Norris Koppel |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Monese is a digital banking option that provides mobile-only, multi-currency accounts in countries across the European Economic Area.
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.
Bought By Many
| Founders | Guy Farley, Steven Mendel |
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Bought By Many is a pet InsurTech company that provides insurance products and a streamlined customer experience.
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.
LATOKEN
| Founders | Valentin Preobrazhenskiy |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
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.
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.
TradingView
| Founders | Constantine Ivanov, Denis Globa, Stan Bokov |
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TradingView provides traders and investors with charts, tools, and social networking.
Reef Finance
| Founders | Denko Mancheski |
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Reef Finance is a DeFi platform that enables cross-chain integrations across various DeFi protocols.
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.
LANDBAY
| Founders | Gray Stern, John Goodall |
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Landbay is a specialist Buy to Let mortgage lender using peer-to-peer technology to fund its loans.
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.
Kwanji
| Founders | Leslie Onyesoh, William Lorenz |
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Online FX Comparison Platform Bridging Emerging & Traditional Markets
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.
Kin and Carta
| Founders | J Schwan |
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Kin + Carta is a global digital transformation business that advises, creates, and connects marketing and customer experience.
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.
Ondato
| Founders | Andrej Vistorskij, Liudas Kanapienis |
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Complete KYC and AML management suite that helps businesses onboard clients, authenticate users, and safely conduct their remote processes.
Trussle
| Founders | Ishaan Malhi, Jonathan Galore |
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Trussle is a free online mortgage broker that works with much-needed transparency.
Pi Labs
| Founders | Dominic Wilson, Faisal Butt, Mary Criebardis |
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Europe’s first and most active VC firm investing in early-stage proptech entrepreneurs.
HSBC
| Founders | Thomas Sutherland |
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HSBC is a banking and financial services organization that offers a comprehensive range of services.
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.
Kingsway Capital
| Founders | Manuel Stotz |
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Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.
Calastone
| Founders | Ian Taylor, Philip Goffin |
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Calastone is a global transaction network for the mutual fund industry.
Countingup
| Founders | Tim Fouracre |
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The one that does your books. Countingup is the UK’s #1 banking & accounting app. Dead easy. Super fast. Self sorting.
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.
APEXX Global
| Founders | Peter Keenan, Rodney Bain, Toreson Lloyd |
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APEXX consolidates global payment providers into a single integration point, optimising the cost of complex payment ecosystems.
Gro
| Founders | Hannes Graah |
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Gro develops protocols or autonomous programs designed for a simple and friendly DeFi experience.
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.
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.
Fnality International
| Founders | Jan Schoombee |
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Fnality International provides a digital cash system that uses blockchain technology to settle financial transactions.
Koyo
| Founders | Thomas Olszewski |
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Koyo uses machine learning to serve customers with competitively priced credit
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
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.
AllBright
| Founders | Anna Jones, Debbie Wosskow |
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AllBright is a funding and education network that provides the support and finance needed for female-led businesses to launch and scale.
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.
Elliptic
| Founders | Adam Joyce, James Smith, Tom Robinson |
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Elliptic makes cryptocurrency transaction activity more transparent and accountable.
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.
Applied Blockchain
| Founders | Adi Ben-Ari |
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Applied Blockchain builds private and secure business applications
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.
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.
Butter.co.uk
| Founders | Stefan Hobl, Timothy Davis |
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Butter lets you spread the cost of shopping from any online store with a simple monthly instalment plan. Download the app now!
Notion Capital
| Founders | Ben White, Chris Tottman, Ian Milbourn, Jos White, Stephen Chandler |
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Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Bumper
| Founders | Jack Allman, James Jackson |
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Bumper is a payment platform for car dealerships.
Old Mutual
| Founders | John Fairbairn |
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Old Mutual Group is an international investment, savings, insurance, and banking group.
Neyber
| Founders | Ezechi Britton, Martin Ijaha, Monica Kalia |
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Neyber is financial wellbeing provider that helps UK employees to be better with their money.
Hoxton Ventures
| Founders | Hussein Kanji, Rob Kniaz |
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We back Europe’s best global tech companies, before the rest of the world believes
Keebo
| Founders | Matthew Hallett, Michael Vanaselja |
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Hey, we’re Keebo, the credit card designed for the new generation to build better credit and improve financial wellbeing.
Capitalise.com
| Founders | Ollie Maitland, Paul Surtees |
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Capitalise uses a little funding magic to identify the best financing options available for your business.
Parfin
| Founders | Alex Buelau, Cristian Bohn, Marcos Viriato |
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Parfin is a Fintech company building the services and infrastructure needed to unlock the digital assets revolution.
LDC
| Founders | Unknown |
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LDC is a private equity company which provides funds for buyouts and development capital transactions in UK unquoted companies.
Abatable
| Founders | Maria Eugenia Filmanovic, Valerio Magliulo |
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Abatable is the robo-advisor for high quality carbon offsetting.
Fund Ourselves
| Founders | Nadeem Siam, Tuomas Hietanen |
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Short-term credit from the people to the people.
Zinc.VC
| Founders | Ella Goldner, Kim van Haalen, Paul Kirby, Saul Klein, Valeria Leonardi, Vivien de Tusch-Lec |
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Zinc.VC is a London-based business builder that runs 9 month mission-led programmes to build scalable commercial impact-led businesses.
MarketFinance
| Founders | Anil Stocker, Charles Delingpole, Ilya Kondrashov |
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MarketFinance is a FinTech company providing business finance solutions that help companies grow.
Molten Ventures
| Founders | Simon Cook, Stuart Chapman |
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Molten Ventures is Europe’s largest listed tech VC firm. We inject the most visionary companies with energy to help them transform and grow.
SoftBank Vision Fund
| Founders | Masayoshi Son |
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SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Barclays
| Founders | John Freame |
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Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Anthemis Group
| Founders | Amy Nauiokas, Nadeem Shaikh, Sean Park |
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Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.
Lykke
| Founders | Anton Golub, Richard Olsen |
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Lykke is building a global marketplace for all asset classes and financial instruments.
Rvvup
| Founders | David Nunn |
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Bridging the 3 Generations of Payments
Sparta Global
| Founders | David Rai, Tim Staton |
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Sparta Global provides high calibre graduates with intensive training in Testing, SDET, PMO, DevOps and Development
Creditspring
| Founders | Aravind Chandrasekaran, Neil Kadagathur |
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Creditspring is the UK leader in Subscription Finance, helping people save money on borrowing costs by not charging interest.
PremFina
| Founders | Bundeep Singh Rangar |
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PremFina is an innovative premium finance company providing insurance brokers with a high margin white-label premium finance solution.
Tradeteq
| Founders | Christoph Gugelmann, Nils Behling |
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The global hub for trade finance distribution
Coinfloor
| Founders | Amadeo Pellicce, James McCarthy, Mark Lamb, Obi Nwosu |
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Coinfloor is an established group of cryptocurrency exchanges for institutional or sophisticated investors and traders.
Knoma
| Founders | Brett Shanley |
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Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning.
IslamicFinanceGuru
| Founders | Ibrahim Khan, Mohsin Patel |
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IslamicFinanceGuru is a hub that helps Muslims with their investment, personal finance and entrepreneurial journeys.
Plend
| Founders | James Pursaill, Robert Pasco |
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Building a better way to borrow, where people are no longer held back by their credit history
Gryphon Group Holdings
| Founders | DANIEL PENDER, Simon Davis |
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A UK start-up insurer which is planning to sell life insurance in the UK.
Business Growth Fund
| Founders | Stephen Welton |
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Business Growth Fund is an influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses.
CloudMargin
| Founders | Stuart McHardy |
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CloudMarginwas is the cloud-based collateral management solution.
Bumper
| Founders | Gareth Ward, Jonathan DeCarteret |
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BUMPER is a DeFi price protection protocol that protects the value of crypto assets.
Netwealth
| Founders | Charlotte Ransom, Thomas Salter |
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Netwealth is an online wealth management service that brings together an experienced team, user-friendly technology and lower fees.
SPG
| Founders | Geoff Dunnett, Peter Janes, Tom Squire |
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Creating trusted payment experiences that customers love and a company that people love to work for. Assets include Shieldpay and Paycast
Arix Bioscience
| Founders | Robert Lyne |
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Arix Bioscience is a healthcare and life science company.
Huddlestock
| Founders | Michel van Tol, Murshid M. Ali, Oyvind Hovland |
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SaaS, Fintech, Mobile App, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Trading, Investing
Parkwalk Advisors
| Founders | Alastair Kilgour, Alun Williams, Enrico D’Angelo, Moray Wright, Neil Cameron |
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Parkwalk is an investment management firm focused on UK-based technology companies that are spun out of UK university and research centres.
Revix UK Limited
| Founders | Louis Buys, Sean Andrew Sanders |
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Revix is a platform that empowers everyday people to invest and manage their own wealth.
BB Energy
| Founders | Baha Bassatne |
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BB Energy expertise in trading, operations, chartering, logistics, storage, refining, and financing with energy trading services.
WestBridge Capital
| Founders | Alexander (Sandy) Smart |
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WestBridge Capital is a private equity firm that invests between £10m and £20m in SMEs.
Funding Xchange
| Founders | Katrin Herrling, Olivier Lomenie |
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Funding Xchange is transforming and connecting the SME funding eco-system through digital eligibility and affordability assessment tools.
RLC Ventures
| Founders | Reece Chowdhry |
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RLC Ventures is an award-winning VC which continues to back founders building global tech companies, from idea to exit.
Copper
| Founders | Dmitry Tokarev |
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Copper is a cryptocurrency custody firm that provides a secure infrastructure for the institutional digital asset investment community.
Nomod
| Founders | Omar Kassim |
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Nomod creates a financial operating system for forward-thinking companies in emerging countries.
Novicap
| Founders | Federico Travella, Marc Antoni Macia, Nicolas Overloop |
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NoviCap is an online platform that allows businesses to receive early payments for outstanding invoices.
Stride.VC
| Founders | Fred Destin, Harry Stebbings |
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Stride.VC is a venture capital firm targeting seed stage startups in the UK and France
Piton Capital
| Founders | Andrin Bachmann, Greg Lockwood |
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Piton Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
WAY2VAT
| Founders | Amos Simantov, Arnon Yaar, Aviv Barshaf |
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WAY2VAT offers a fully automated VAT reclaimfor businesses, based on an AI proprietary technology
Uncapped
| Founders | Asher Ismail, Piotr Pisarz |
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Uncapped is a provider of revenue-based financing that enables founders to raise growth capital without interest or equity.
