News and Media

Anissa Zeghdoudi interned with Augmentum as an Analyst for three months over the Summer. Here, she shares her experiences: VC smart One of the main reasons I was excited about interning in the venture capital industry was because I was hoping to meet very smart...

Rahil has recently joined Augmentum's Investment Team as an Analyst. Get to know his motivations for working in the industry and what he'll be getting up to here... Why did you choose to join Augmentum? The unique nature of being the only listed fintech-focused...

Investors Chronicle featured Augmentum in their "Beating the Market" article from August 12th 2019: "Augmentum has been delivering eye-catching investment gains, reporting an annualised internal rate of return (IRR) of 28 per cent since IPO, buoyed by gains on its two...

Richard Matthews spoke at a media roundtable hosted by The Association of Investment Companies (AIC)'s Annabel Brodie-Smith about investing in unquoted companies, covering topics such as the closed-ended structure of investment companies, the opportunities in market...

Citywire Editor in Chief Gareth Lumsden interviewed Tim Levene. They discussed the Financial Conduct Authority, fintech ecosystem growth and the sub-sectors we find particularly compelling. Watch the video here  ...

We're delighted to announce that Augmentum have been named as a finalist in the 'Growth Investor of the Year' category of the fifth Growth Investor Awards. This category recognises "outstanding managers demonstrating the best investment performance, the best product...

Augmentum Venture Partner Martyn Holman explains the purpose and mechanics of Convertible Loan Notes.

This is the first stage in a £150 million share issue programme approved by shareholders last month, with Augmentum looking to target wider European opportunities, which Levene has put at around £450 million. Last year, $40 billion was invested globally in fintech companies across 2,300 deals, according to Augmentum.

Master Investor featured Augmentum in this article from 20th June. "Augmentum Fintech’s (LON: AUGM) portfolio of unquoted, early stage Fintech businesses has risen by an impressive 10.7% during its first year, with the managers looking to take advantage of a healthy...

Citywire wrote about Augmentum in this article from 19th June. "Trusts such as Augmentum may be the only way private investors can get access to the market-leading companies of the future. Most parts of the private equity market are dominated by US companies and US...

The Financial News featured Augmentum in their The Fintech Files newsletter: "Listed investment trust Augmentum Fintech has had a busy few weeks. First, it published a promising set of results that revealed an “unrealised annualised IRR” of 28% on its seed portfolio...

Citywire wrote about Augmentum in this article from 17 June: "Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), the £106 million venture capital investment trust backing peer-to-peer lender Zopa and stockbroker Interactive Investors, is looking to raise £30 million in its first share issue...