Knoma, a London, UK-based startup that helps lifelong learners finance their tech courses by spreading the cost via loans, has launched after raising more than £21 million in debt and equity funding from Global Founders Capital, Rocket Internet, Fasanara Capital and Seedrs, along with angel investors such as LendInvest chairman Christian Faes. The startup says […]
London-based fintech startup TrueLayer, which makes it easy to integrate financial services like open banking into any app or website, has raised $25 million in funding from existing investors as an extension of its Series C round, taking its total raised up to $72 million. Truelayer was among the first UK companies to be authorised […]
London-based Curio, which offers a subscription-based, curated audio content platform has closed a $9 million Series A round led by Earlybird, with Draper Esprit, Cherry Ventures and Horizons Ventures chipping in. Fabian Heilemann, partner at Earlybird, will be joining Curio’s board. Curio says it plans to use the fresh cash to strengthen its position in […]
London-based PitchMe, which offers a skills-based talent marketplace that matches candidates’ soft and professional skills with the right job opportunities, has secured $1.2 million in a seed funding round led by New York-based Starta Ventures and joined by a UK-based family office and a number of angel investors (all unnamed). Used by the likes of […]
Banking technology company Thought Machine has secured an additional $42 million in funding for the series B round of funding it announced last March, which is due to close at a total of $125 million in early August. Eurazeo Growth is leading the extension, with British Patient Capital and Thought Machine customer SEB also coming […]
One Peak Partners, a London, UK-based tech investment firm, is announcing today that it has closed its second growth fund at its hard cap of €443 million, taking the firm’s assets under management to approximately €700 million in total. One Peak was founded by Humbert de Liedekerke and David Klein in 2014, and is primarily […]
UK startup Poplar, which provides a platform meant to significantly lower the bar for the production of 3D and AR campaigns, has secured $2.1 million in seed funding to boost growth. The round was led by Fuel Ventures, and joined by Haatch Ventures, Ascension Ventures and Super Ventures. The fledgling company was founded, and incubated […]