1. Aconite Technology
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2000
Founder: Mike Woods (CEO)
Investors: Elderstreet, YFM and Datacard
www.aconite.net
Ayondo
HQ Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Company Founded: 2009
Founders: Manuel Heyden (CEO) and Julian Handt
Investors: Next Generation Finance Invest
www.ayondo.com
Bango
HQ Location: Cambridge, UK
Company Founded: 1999
Founders: Ray Anderson (CEO) and Anil Malhotra
www.bango.com
Basware
HQ Location: Espoo, Finland
Company Founded: 1985
Founder: Ilkka Sihvo
www.basware.com
2. Borro
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2008
Founder: Paul Aitken (CEO)
Investors: European Founders Fund, Eden Ventures, Augmentum Capital, Canaan Partners, Ribbit
Capital and Rockbridge Capital Partners.
www.borro.com
Brady
HQ Location: Cambridge, UK
Company Founded: 1985
Founder: Dr Robert Brady
www.bradyplc.com
Calastone
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2007
Founders: Philip Goffin and Kevin Lee
Investor: Octopus Ventures
www.calastone.com
Cashflows
HQ Location: Cambridge, UK
Company Founded: 2003
Founder: Nick Ogden (CEO)
Investor: RBS Special Opportunities Fund
www.cashflows.com
3. Celoxica
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 1996
Founders: Ian Page and Roger Gook
Investors: Advent, Cazenove, Quester, Intel Capital, Xilinx, Wind River and Creative
www.celoxica.com
Clear2Pay
HQ Location: Brussels, Belgium
Company Founded: 2001
Founders: Michel Akkermans (CEO) and Jürgen Ingels
Investors: AGF Private Equity, Aquilin, Big Bang Ventures, Intel Capital, Iris Capital, PMV, Quest for
Growth, Technology Investment Partners and Trust Capital
www.clear2pay.com
Crowdcube
HQ Location: Exeter, UK
Company Founded: 2010
Founders: Darren Westlake (CEO) and Luke Lang
www.crowdcube.com
CurrencyFair
HQ Location: Dublin, Ireland
Company Founded: April 2010
Founders: Brett Meyers (CEO), Jonathan Potter, David Christian and Sean Barrett
Investor: Enterprise Ireland
www.currencyfair.com
4. Dovetail Systems
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2000
CEO: Martin Coen
Investors: Management and ViewPoint Capital Partners
www.dovetailsystems.com
Duedil
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2010
Founder: Damian Kimmelman (CEO)
Investors: Passion Capital, Jonty Hurwitz, Federico Pirzio-Biroli, Sherry Coutu, and Tom Hulme
www.duedil.com
EToro
HQ Location: Limassol, Cyprus
Company Founded: January 2007
Founders: Yoni Assia (CEO) and Ronen Assia
Investors: Spark Capital, Cubit Investments, BRM Capital, Social Leverage, Jonathan Kolber, Guy
Gamzu, Ofer Adler, Yaron Adler, Chemi Peres, Yuval Rechavi and Eli Barkat
www.etoro.com
FFastFill
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 1999
CEO: Hamish Purdey
Investors: ION Trading, Liontrust Investment Partners, Herald, Kestrel, ISIS and Fidelity Worldwide
Investments
www.ffastfill.com
5. Fidessa
HQ Location: Woking, UK
Company Founded: 1981
CEO: Chris Aspinwall
www.fidessa.com
Fidor Bank
HQ Location: Munich, Germany
Company Founded: 2009
Founder: Matthias Kröner (CEO)
Investors: Founders Fund and XAnge
www.fidor.de
Fixnetix
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2006
Founders: Hugh Hughes (CEO), Paul Ellis and Al Moore
Investors: Thematic Capital Partners and Delta Partners
www.fixnetix.com
Funding Circle
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2010
Founders: Samir Desai (CEO), James Meekings and Andrew Mullinger
Investors: Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures and a series of prominent Angel investors
including Alan Morgan, Andy Homer, Charles Dunstone, Ed-Wray, Jon Moulton and Sam Lababidi
www.fundingcircle.com
6. Gocardless
HQ Location: London UK
Company Founded: 2011
Founders: Hiroki Takeuchi, Matt Robinson and Tom Blomfield
Investors: Accel Partners, Passion Capital, SV Angel, Start Fund and Y Combinator
www.gocardless.com
Holvi
HQ Location: Helsinki, Finland
Company Founded: 2011
Founders: Kristoffer Lawson (CEO) and Tuomas Toivonen
Investors: Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, angels from the financial sector and Seedcamp
www.holvi.com
Interactive Investor
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 1995
Founder: Sherry Coutu (CEO)
www.iii.co.uk
IWOCA
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2011
Founders: Christoph Rieche (CEO) and James Dear
Investors: Beyond Digital Ltd, advised exclusively by Talis Capital, a London-based multi-family
office
www.iwoca.co.uk
7. Ixaris Systems
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2002
Founder: Alex Mifsud (CEO)
Investors: Foresight Venture Partners, Lacomp and Oxford Technology
www.ixaris.com
iZettle
HQ Location: Stockholm Sweden
Company Founded: 2010
Founders: Jacob de Geer (CEO) and Magnus Nilsson
Investors: Index, Creandum, Greylock Partners, Northzone, MasterCard Worldwide, SEB Private
Equity, Index, and American Express
www.izettle.com
Klarna
HQ Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Company Founded: 2005
Founders: Sebastian Siemiatkowski (CEO), Victor Jacobsson and Niklas Adalberth
Investors: Sequoia Capital, DST and General Atlantic
www.klarna.com
Kurtosys
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2002
Founder: Mash Patel (CEO)
Investor: True Ventures
www.kurtosys.com
8. MarketInvoice
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2010
Founders: Anil Stocker, Charles Delingpoleand and Ilya Kondrashov
Investors: Martin Gill, Rumi Verjee, Ivan Levy, Ilya Kondrashov, Michele Azzola and William Kirby
www.marketinvoice.com
miiCard
HQ Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Company Founded: 2011
Founder: James Varga (CEO)
Investors: IQ Capital Partners, New Wave Ventures and Par Equity
www.miicard.com
Mi-Pay
HQ Location: Woking, UK
Company Founded: 2003
Founder: Norman Frankel
Investors: Albion Ventures and Octopus Ventures
www.mi-pay.com
MPOWA
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2011
CEO: Dan Wagner
Investor: Powa Technologies Ltd
www.mpowa.com
9. Murex
HQ Location: Paris, France
Company Founded: 1986
Founders: Salim Edde and Laurent Neel
CEO: Maroun Edde
www.murex.com
Nutmeg
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: January 2011
Founders: Nick Hungerford (CEO) and William Todd
Investors: Pentech Ventures, Tim Draper, Daniel Aegerter and Armada Investment Group
www.nutmeg.com
Pensions First Analytics
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2007
CEO: Fiona Page
www.pensionsfirst.com
Perseus Telecom
HQ Location: Dublin, Ireland
Company Founded: 2009
Founder: Jock Percy (CEO)
www.perseustelecom.com
10. Seedrs
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2009
Founders: Jeff Lynn (CEO) and Carlos Silva
Investors: Currently seeking investment
www.seedrs.com
Semafone
HQ Location: Guildford, UK
Company Founded: 2009
Founders: Charles Cooper Driver (CEO) and David Jackson
Investor: Octopus Ventures
www.semafone.com
SmartStream
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2000
CEO: Phillippe Chambadal
Investors: TA Associates and DIFC Investments
www.smartstream-stp.com
Sumup
HQ Location: Dublin, Ireland
Company Founded: 2011
Founders: Daniel Klein (CEO), Mark Christ and Petter Made
Investors: b-v Partners AG, Shortcut Ventures GmbH, Tengelmann Ventures and Klaus Hommels
www.sumup.com
11. TBricks
HQ Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Company Founded: 2006
Founders: Jonas Hansbo (CEO), Joakim Johansson and Aleksey Dukhnyakov
Investor: DN Capital
www.tbricks.com
The Currency Cloud
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2012
Founders: Michael Laven (CEO) and Nigel Verdon
Investors: Atlas, Anthemis, Notion Capital and XAnge Private Equity
www.thecurrencycloud.com
Thunderhead.com
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2004
Founder: Glen Manchester (CEO)
www.thunderhead.com
TransferWise
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2010
Founders: Kristo Kaarmann (CEO) and Taavet Hinrikus
Investors: IA Ventures and Index Ventures
www.transferwise.com
12. Vega-Chi
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2009
Founder: Constantinos Antoniades (CEO)
Investor: Octopus
www.vega-chi.com
Vizolution
HQ Location: Port Talbot, Wales
Company Founded: 2008
Founders: Bill Safran (CEO) and Huw Rees
Investors: Finance Wales, Notion Capita, Peter Birch and HBS Angel Investor
www.vizolution.co.uk
VocaLink
HQ Location: Rickmansworth, UK
Company Founded: 2007
CEO: David Yates
www.vocalink.com
13. Wonga
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2006
Founders: Errol Damelin (CEO) and Jonty Hurwitz
Investors: Balderton Capital, Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, Dawn Capital, Oak Investment
Partners, Wellcome Trust and Meritech Capital Partners
www.wonga.com
WorldFirst
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2004
Founders: Jonathan Quin (CEO) and Nick Robinson
www.worldfirst.com
Zopa
HQ Location: London, UK
Company Founded: 2005
Founders: Giles Andrews (CEO) and James Alexander
Investors: Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, Tim Draper, Augmentum Capital and Runa
Capital
www.zopa.com
14. The FinTech 50 Watchlist panel:
Pierre Suhrcke, Managing Partner, PRE AG
Alex Macpherson, Head of Ventures, Octopus Investments
John Chaplin, President, Ixaris and Consultant, Anthemis Group
Nick Ogden, CEO, CashFlows
Roy Vella, Managing Director, V2 Ltd
Christian Erlandson, Entrepreneur
Gareth Lodge, Senior Analyst, Celent
Eddie Harding, Investment Director, ICON Corporate Finance
Jon Barrett, Manager, Global Treasury Sales, Silicon Valley Bank
Nicola Koronka, Head of FS&Tech, Hotwire
The Watchlist Founders:
ICON is an International award winning firm of corporate finance advisers to companies and
management teams in high-growth technology sectors such as: FinTech, Telecoms, Cloud
Computing, SaaS, Defence, Security, IT Services, MedTech, CleanTech, e-commerce, digital media
and internet technologies. Experts at selling companies, raising venture capital funding and
corporate finance strategy. ICON’s success stems from its sector knowledge, experience, deal
expertise and global reach. It has key relationships with both the sources of finance, the global
acquirers of technology companies and long standing relationships with IT giants: Microsoft, Oracle,
Cisco, Google, Intel, ARM, Qualcomm, Symantec, HP, Amazon, Experian, Capita, Tata Consultancy
Services and many others.
To speak to ICON, please contact Eddie Harding, e: eddie@iconcorpfin.co.uk Tel: 020 7152 6375
Hotwire is a global PR and communications agency dedicated to helping forward-looking
organisations manage reputations in a rapidly evolving influencer landscape. We work with brands
on campaigns through our wholly owned offices in the in the UK, US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy,
Australia, and those of our global affiliate network.
Our dedicated financial services and technology practice supports companies across Europe and the
globe. Campaigns reach out to customers, high net worth individuals, businesses or financial
institutions through traditional, online and social media outlets. Sector expertise includes
payments, retail & core banking, capital markets, mobile financial services and venture capital.
To speak to Hotwire please contact: Sole Chirco e: FS&Tech@hotwirepr.com Tel: 020 7608 2500
15. This business law firm understands the City – how its institutions, businesses, entrepreneurs and
senior executives work and how it is changing. Fox Williams has specialist knowledge of, and
exceptional experience in, both financial services and technology. The firm’s financial services team
has first-hand experience of enforcing regulation from within the financial services regulator - the
FSA - and, in addition to delivering regulatory advice, also guides financial services firms through
merger & acquisition, capital raising and other corporate transactions. Its specialist tech team
works with endlessly innovative clients and sees its role as matching that innovation in its own way
– by developing new legal strategies that manage risk and which protect and unlock their clients’
often considerable value.
To speak to Fox Williams please contact: Technology, Nigel Miller e: nmiller@foxwilliams.com
Tel: 020 7614 2504. Financial Services e: pwright@foxwilliams.com Tel: 0207 6142680
Silicon Valley Bank is the only global bank dedicated to the innovation sector. Our niche sector
focus has made us an expert in our field and we have a proven record in the technology, life
science, cleantech, private equity and venture capital industries. SVB is at the centre of the global
innovation ecosystem and our unique focus means we understand the industry dynamics. We know
how to manage risk and have the experience to help our clients get to the next stage. With an
unparalleled network of peers and investors, SVB offers expertise, guidance and the kind of
networking connections that only a bank with true industry knowledge can deliver.
To speak to SVB please contact: Alex McCracken e: amccracken@svb.com Tel: 020 7367 7865
The CEO Agenda is a collaboration between businesses whose focus is the technology sector.
Together we develop opportunities for start-up and high-growth technology businesses to engage
with global brands and with one another. Our first major initiative in 2012 sold out overnight, and in
January this year our FinTech event, hosted by Bloomberg, attracted 360 CEO level guests, as well
as a panel featuring leaders from Google, O2Money, Barclaycard and Monitise.
