Portfolio News

Receipt Bank acquires data processing platform Xavier

Onfido wins two CogX 2020 Awards

iwoca joins list of CBILS accredited lenders

Tide accredited to deliver Bounce Back Loans

iwoca ranked 22nd in the "Sunday Times International Track 200: British private companies with the fastest growing international sales" Read more and see the full rankings here

Onfido, today announced a year-over-year growth of 130%. The significant revenue growth, coupled with its first US acquisition, key leadership appointments and sustained industry recognition, signal continued scale and growth for the company as it focuses on widening...

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 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 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...

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,...

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 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...

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.

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.

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.