Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest London startup funding rounds during the month of November. I have included some additional information as well such as industry, founding year, brief funding description, total funding raised, to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in London. For the purposes of this analysis. only equity […]
Venture Capital
The London Venture Capital News Digest: 3/12/18
This bi-weekly column covers the latest news from venture capital firms in London for the second half of November 2018. If you have London venture capital firm news to submit, please send us an email at vc@londontechwatch.com.
MYPINPAD Raises £15M to Define The Future of Secure Transactions
Security in the digital age is more important than ever, especially since our mobile devices store valuable information: like bank account and credit card info. MYPINPAD has taken upon itself to ensure security in financial and non-financial transactions through its proprietary touchscreen technology. This payment and authentication software solution enables bank-grade, multi-factor authentication. London TechWatch […]
Raremark Raises £3M Because Suffering From a Rare Health Condition Should Not Mean Struggling to Find Information
After helplessly watching several members of her family being treated for rare health conditions, where there isn’t often a wide body of knowledge, Julie Walters came to the realization that there was a definite need for a database with both scholarly information and first-hand knowledge from people with rare diseases. Her experience drew her to launch Raremark. […]
These 10 London Startups Raised the Most Capital in October 2018
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest London startup funding rounds during the month of October. I have included some additional information as well such as industry, founding year, brief funding description, total funding raised, to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in London. For the purposes of this analysis. only […]
Our 3 Flavors of Investment
We recently had our mid-year internal review of our funds. In going through our many investments, one factor that emerged was that we have three fundamental “flavors” of investments. We found that we actually use slightly different language when we discuss each of these investment flavors, because our perspective and expectations of the companies are distinctly different.
This London Startup Just Raised Another £8M So That Online Merchants Will Not Need to Worry About Fraud
If a superhero were a company it might very well be in the form of Ravelin, which is an award-winning fraud detection and prevention platform for online merchants and the payment industry. This security company uses a combination of machine learning and human insight to intercept attacks before they happen. LondonTechWatch spoke with COO Nick […]
Softomotive Raises $25M to Bring Robotic Process Automation to the Masses
Imagine having a personalized robot on your computer that you could delegate all your mundane, boring, every-day tasks to? Well, that’s a reality ever since Softomotive was established in 2005. This London startup was founded on the belief of democratizing RDA (robotic desktop automation) by enabling everyone to have their own personal robot on their […]
These 10 London Startups Raised the Most Capital in July 2018
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest London startup funding rounds during the month of July. I have included some additional information as well such as industry, date of funding, brief description, total funding raised, to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in London. For the purposes of this analysis, […]
Guild is the WhatsApp Designed for the Workplace and it Just Raised £880K
WhatsApp is the go-to messaging platform for many offices, and even though WhatsApp works well it is not optimized for professional use, but this London startup is. Guild is the professional messaging app that is private, GDPR-compliant, and designed solely for work use. It has built-in features such as professional profiles and it focuses on […]