Master Investor: Strong start for new Fintech fund - Augmentum Fintech Management Ltd

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 pipeline of new opportunities…

Augmentum has some exciting investments that include Zopa, one of Europe’s leading P2P consumer lending platforms, which is well on the way to launching a next generation bank alongside its peer-to-peer business…

The broker Numis says that Augmentum has a unique mandate among London-listed funds, and appears well-placed to exploit the rapid growth potential among European fintech companies, which are seeking to disrupt the business models of traditional banking and financial services. They regard the management team highly and believe that the fund is an attractive long-term investment.”

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Rahil Patel

Rahil is an Analyst at Augmentum. He joined the fund full-time following a Summer internship in 2018.

Prior to Augmentum, Rahil studied Geography at Durham University and has previously worked with Mayfair Insurance Company and Sipsmith Gin.

When he is not curating the office Alexa playlist, Rahil tries to keep up with his passion for DJing that began at university.

Learn more about Rahil in this blog post.

Georgie Hazell

Georgie heads up engagement at Augmentum, which involves supporting portfolio companies, engaging with investors and the wider fintech ecosystem (including marketing and events), and supporting the team internally.

Georgie has worked in a number of startups across people, strategy and growth leadership positions. Following her MBA and a consultancy project with Crowdcube, Georgie moved into venture capital.

Passionate about diversity and inclusion, particularly in VC and entrepreneurship, Georgie founded women in tech network Elevate, led on UK expansion for Her Campus Media, volunteers with Diversity VC and mentored with The Girls Network.