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Fintech

Articles and analysis on UK and European growth companies operating in the fintech sector, including developers of mobile banking apps, peer-to-peer lending platforms, robo-advisers, digital wallets, and blockchain-based solutions.

News

Deals of the Week August 15 to August 19 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include healthy cat food, low-calorie alcohol and champagne-filled fine dining

Opinion

A guide to the Silicon Fen tech sector

Cambridge-based companies are generating revenues of £46.6bn, with the city now home to over 5,000 tech companies specialising in biotech, AI and fintech.

News

Deals of the Week July 11 to July 15 – a Growth Business round-up

Deals this week include an investment platform backed by Sir Richard Branson, a start-up which creates digital versions of real-world infrastructure and a browser plugin recommending greener shopping alternatives

News

First quarter investment in UK scale-ups hits £6.9bn

There were 745 deals completed in the first three months of 2022 but number of exits stall

News

Deals of the Week 11 April to 15 April – a Growth Business round-up

An app that provides instant car finance, a platform to combat loneliness and an all-electric 4x4 manufacturer make up this week’s Deals of the Week

Venture Capital Funding

Digital Horizon to back eight start-ups a year

London and Tel Aviv-based VC offers multistage investment all the way up to Series D through separate funds.

Venture Capital Funding

UK creating technology unicorns at rate of one a week

Twenty businesses become unicorns in first half of 2020, as £14bn of venture capital is ploughed into nearly 2,000 tech start-ups

Funding

Rishi Sunak review moots £1bn fintech growth fund

Institutions would own £1bn fintech growth fund, which would take stakes in fast-growing financial technology companies

News

Deals of the Week, December 11 to 18 – Growth Business roundup

Growth Business roundup of Deals of the Week December 11 to 18, listing seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deals of note.

Venture Capital Funding

Sova VC to invest £46m in 20 early stage tech companies

New London-based venture capitalist makes first £2m Series B investment in translation platform SmartCat

Funding

Deals of the Week, November 27 to Dec 4 – Growth Business roundup

Growth Business roundup of Deals of the Week November 27 to Dec 4, listing seed funding, venture capital and crowdfunding deals of note.

Banking

Three quarters of fintechs unhappy with level of government Covid support

Fintech founders urge government to loosen rules on state-backed investment schemes, which block fintechs from qualifying for EIS funding