Meet the team: Ellen Logan
We are delighted to have recently welcomed Ellen to the Augmentum Investment Team as an Associate. Learn about why she chose to make the leap from consultancy into VC, and what it is about fintech in particular that appeals. Why did you choose to move into...
This is Money: Augmentum Fintech offers retail investors entry into UK’s technology hotspot
This is Money featured Augmentum in their article: "Small cap share ideas: Augmentum Fintech fund offers retail investors entry into UK's technology hotspot" from 4th November 2019. 'What's unusual about us is we are the only listed fintech fund in the UK,' says [Tim]...
Augmentum wins ‘One to Watch’ at the Growth Investor Awards
Augmentum has won 'One To Watch' in the 'Growth Investor of the Year' category at the 2019 Growth Investor Awards. See the full list of winners here
Augmentum Fintech: A route into some of Britain’s best growth hopes
Proactive Investors interviewed Augmentum CEO Tim Levene for their article Augmentum Fintech: A route into some of Britain's best growth hopes. “What's unusual about us is we are the only listed fintech fund in the UK,” says Levene. “We are allowing retail and...
The Times: “One to augment your share portfolio”
“One to augment your share portfolio... A potentially highly rewarding long-term play. Advice: Buy”, said The Times in their feature on Augmentum from 15th October. Read the full article here
Habito launches Habito Go
Mortgage Introducer wrote the following about Habito's new service. "Habito has launched ‘Habito Go’, a home-financing service designed to give first-time buyers the advantages and negotiating power usually only enjoyed by cash buyers. With Habito Go, buyers are able...
Onfido Co-Founders named in Business Insider’s UK Tech 100: The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019
Onfido Co-Founders Eamon Jubbawy, Husayn Kassai and Ruhul Amin have been named in the UK Tech 100: "The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019". "Husayn Kassai, Eamon Jubbawy, and Ruhul Amin are the founders of Onfido, an AI-powered...
Fintech Magazine Profiles Monese
Fintech Magazine featured Monese in this article from 11th October 2019. "Monese was founded in 2013 by Estonian entrepreneur, Norris Koppel. The bank employs around 200 people, which according to Financial News is due to go up to 500 by the end of the year. The firm...
DueDil partners with Metro Bank
Metro Bank are boosting their SME offering with new fintech partnerships with Funding Options, Conance and Augmentum portfolio company DueDil. "In 2020, Metro Bank will deploy DueDil’s predictive company intelligence platform for a speedier account opening process,...
Challenger bank Tide raises £44m from Japanese investment giant SBI
The Telegraph featured Augmentum portfolio company Tide on 6th October: "An arm of a Japanese investment giant has poured tens of millions of pounds into challenger bank Tide as the lender prepares for a major hiring spree. Japan’s SBI, an early spin-off from...
This is Money on Farewill: “Fixed-fee £595 probate service seeks to undercut lawyers and banks hitting the bereaved”
This is Money featured Augmentum portfolio company Farewill on 4th October: "A fixed-fee probate service aimed at under-cutting banks and solicitors that charge a percentage of an estate has been launched by online wills specialist Farewill." Read the full article...
Augmentum invests €6m in German technology rentals platform Grover
We are delighted to announce our first investment in Germany, a €6 million investment in German technology rentals platform Grover. Augmentum’s investment leads a €11 million funding round, and coincides with Grover signing a new €30 million debt facility with...
Investors Chronicle: “Augmentum’s eye-watering investment gains”
Investors Chronicle featured Augmentum in this article on 25th September. "Augmentum Fintech, the first publicly listed fintech fund in the UK, continues to justify my decision to include the shares, at 102.4p, in my market-beating 2019 Bargain Shares portfolio." Read...
Event: Fintech Bitesize Pitches with Seedrs
We’re pleased to be supporting the first fintech edition of the popular Seedrs ‘Bitesize Pitches’ on 25th September at Level39 in Canary Wharf and look forward to meeting lots of fintech teams and investors.
Augmentum shortlisted in the Investment Company of the Year Awards
Augmentum Fintech plc has been shortlisted for 'Best New Issue' in the Investment Company of the Year Awards. The awards aim to recognise and reward excellence in close-ended fund management and will take place on 20th November in London. See the full list here
Tide reaches 100,000 members
A year and a half after launching, Tide has signed up 100,000 members. See Tide's announcement on the milestone and learn about some of their customers here. Read The Telegraph's article on the announcement here.
Interning at Augmentum: Learnings of a first experience in VC
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...
Meet the team: Rahil Patel
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: “Augmentum has been delivering eye-catching investment gains”
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...
Farewill: How we raised our Series A
Investment Week wrote about Augmentum portfolio company interactive investor‘s acquisition of Alliance Trust Savings (ATS):
“The completion of the acquisition, which was first announced in October 2018 and included the Alliance Trust office building in Dundee, brings together the two largest fixed-price retail investment platforms with combined assets under administration (AUA) of £36bn and some 400,000 customers.
