Tag: UK

Facebook Messenger-based chatbot Plum has raised $500,000 in a seed round of funding led by 500 Startup’s microfund. The round also saw local angel investors participate.

Thomson Reuters is partnering with Imperial College London to take on big data challenges in FinTech, as well as the legal world.

Banking giant Santander’s UK operation is partnering with alternative financing site Crowdfunder to provide £200,000 to community projects through the bank’s Changemaker Fund.

London-based credit score provider Aire has raised $2m in a new round funding. The investment was led by White Star Capital with existing backers Sunstone Capital and Accion Venture Lab also participating.

FinTech accelerator Octopus Labs has announced the first five startups that will join its first programme this summer.

Artificial intelligence-driven due diligence processor Luminance has raised $3m in a new round of funding from Invoke Capital Partners.

UK online property marketplace Zoopla is pushing into the rapidly growing property investment space with a new peer-to-peer lending and property ISA channel.

Artificial intelligence-driven InsurTech startup Brolly has raised $13,360 in a seed round of funding. The investment in the London-based startup comes from Entrepreneur First and Innovate Finance.

Aiming to help users sell their houses in just 90 days, Nested in a London PropTech company that just landed ?1.2m in its first round of financing.

Entrepreneur-focused challenger bank OakNorth is proving just how big an impact these digital-only alternatives could have on traditional banking by breaking even in its first year on the market.