Our Blog: Press

Financial Times published this article about Augmentum portfolio company interactive investor, on 18th February: "interactive investor to acquire Share Centre... Tie-up would see the UK’s second-largest investment platform manage £36bn of assets".   Read the...

Innovate Finance have published their 2019 Fintech Investment Landscape report, which highlights the UK's position as a European and global leader. The report explores the latest investment trends and top deals, European and global rankings, and much more. We were...

Augmentum was featured in this Investors Chronicle article; "Trading 10 per cent below NAV, and with pro-forma cash of £17m on hand to invest, Augmentum's shares have scope to resume their upward trajectory. Buy." Read the full article here

Grover was featured in this Silicon Republic article on the 20 European startups changing how we spend and manage money.   Read the full article here

Augmentum was featured in this London TechWatch article; "These are the 7 Most Active London Venture Capital Firms in 2019".   Read the full article here

We were delighted to host an ambitious group of University of Cambridge MBA students at our offices last week, offering them an insight into a career in VC. We wish them all the best for their upcoming exams!

Augmentum Associate Freddie Evans discusses Augmentum Fintech's unique structure, what his first day at the fund was really like and his views on what makes both a great investor and investment in the latest 'Associated' podcast episode.   Listen here [49 mins]...

Our Head of Engagement Georgie Hazell has been shortlisted for We are Tech Women and JP Morgan's #TechWomen100 awards.   See the full shortlist here

Augmentum Fintech CEO Tim Levene has been named in the AltFi Powerlist 50: "The 50 most influential European people in fintech", alongside portfolio Founders/CEOs Daniel Hegarty (Habito), Norris Koppel (Monese), Jeff Lynn (Seedrs), Dr. Oliver Prill (Tide), Christoph...

Investors Chronicle featured Augmentum in their article: "Trusting in fast-growing unlisteds" from 14th November 2019.   Read the article here

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 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 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

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...

“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

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...

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 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

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    

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...

Investors Chronicle wrote about Augmentum in this article from 12 June: "Augmentum Fintech(AUGM:111p), a leading venture capital investment group that became the first London Stock Exchange listed fintech fund when it raised £94m, at 100p a share in March 2018, has...

Further to the announcement made by the Company on 5 June 2019, the Board of Directors of Augmentum Fintech is pleased to announce the proposed issue of new ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) to raise gross proceeds of approximately £30 million (the “Initial Issue”)...

Fidante took a closer look at the growth opportunities for Augmentum Fintech ahead of our annual report: "Augmentum Fintech (AUGM) will publish its first full-year report on 11 June 2019. Since its IPO on 13 March 2018, the company has deployed its capital...

Augmentum CEO Tim Levene spoke to London Fintech Podcast's Mike Baliman.   "Today we merge two fascinating topics – the Gold Medal for a startup – the Public Listing and innovating in Venture Capital to provide more patient capital. Our guest who connects these...

The Future of Finance podcast hosted Tim Levene, Partner & CEO at Augmentum Fintech. They talked through his entrepreneurial journey from a juice bar in Canary Wharf to the first publicly traded fintech-focused VC in the UK and the sheer scale of opportunity in...

The London Stock Exchange's 'Fintech Comes of Age' report explored their research on the growth and maturity of UK fintech. "London has become a global hub for fintech. It is the ideal listing destination for fast-growing companies to increase visibility with...

This is Money wrote about Augmentum Fintech's approach and expected level of success: "The fund invests savers' money in a variety of fast-growing, privately owned financial technology businesses.  These so-called fintech firms, which investors wouldn't be able to...

We are delighted to announce that Augmentum Fintech are the first investor members of Innovate Finance. Innovate Finance is an independent membership association that represents the UK’s global fintech community. Founded in 2014 and supported by the City of London and...

Our core mission at Augmentum has always been to support game-changing businesses disrupting the finance landscape. This time a year ago we decided to practice what we preach, through launching the UK's first publicly-listed fintech fund. Today we are reflecting on...

On Tuesday 5th March we held our first Capital Markets Day in the heart of London at The Brewery, welcoming investors and analysts from across the country (and indeed beyond) to learn more about Augmentum Fintech's portfolio companies. We were delighted to have...

"We’ve seen an evolution in fintech from the early days – transitioning from disruptors and disintermediators to partners and platforms. Where do we go from here?" Listen to Augmentum Co-Founder Tim Levene in conversation with Rebank's Will Beeson, discussing the...

Richland Standard say Augmentum Fintech are "Pedal to the Metal" in this article from earlier today:   "Looking further at additional technical indicators we can see that the 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) for Augmentum Fintech Plc (AUGM.L) is sitting at...

Investors Chronicle names Augmentum as a "deep value pick for 2019"...   "Importantly, they also have an impressive track record, as Augmentum's investment team generated a net internal rate of return (IRR) of 16.5 per cent from their fund, Augmentum Capital LLP,...

The Motley Fool expressed their preference for financial services disruption in the form of Augmentum Fintech's "spicy high-growth potential" shares over bitcoin...   "Reading about Bitcoin’s origins helped lead me to an investment trust that I think could be far...

The Daily Telegraph's Questor picked Augmentum as the investment trust tip of 2019... "Questor's investment trust pick of the year, which we name today, aims to buy assets with the potential for "exponential growth". Those assets are stakes in "disruptive" start-up...

The company’s portfolio fair value increased 62% since the company listed in March to GBP53.9 million on September 30 from GBP33.3 million on March 13. 

Promising start for new Fintech fund

We’re hosting Office Hours! Register your interest for a 30 minute meeting about your business with one of team in our London office. We’re happy to act as a sounding board, giving advice on some of the key challenges you may be facing, including access to capital. As...

Augmentum Fintech Newsletter published in September 2018

Altfi News reports on Augmentum Fintech’s recent series of investment

This article is the first in a series by Martyn Holman (Venture Partner at Augmentum) for D/SRUPTION

Augmentum fintech’s mature focus is supporting the ever-growing UK fintech landscape

Augmentum Fintech invests £7m in Tide, Previse and DueDil

Augmentum Fintech Newsletter published in May 2018

Explores Augmentum Fintech’s history and their involvement in the European fintech industry

Augmentum Capital’s recent shift towards the fintech space in new fund Augmentum Fintech