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1Funding Circle

Focus: Marketplace
Founded: 2010
Number of Funding Rounds: 9
Last Funding Date: 11/01/2017
Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt
Last Funding Amount: $1,294,103,662
Total Funding: $1,700,000,000
Website: fundingcircle.com

Funding Circle is an online marketplace for business loans, where people & organisations can directly lend to small businesses who can access fast, fair & transparent finance.

2Prodigy Finance

Focus: Crowdfunding
Founded: 2007
Number of Funding Rounds: 5
Last Funding Date: 24/09/2018
Last Funding Type: Debt Financing
Last Funding Amount: $997,000,000
Total Funding: $1,340,000,000
Website: prodigyfinance.com

Prodigy Finance is the pioneer in community-based student finance. They crowdsource funding from alumni & institutional investors to send talented international students to the world’s top business schools.

3OakNorth

Focus: Banking
Founded: 2013
Number of Funding Rounds: 6
Last Funding Date: 06/09/2018
Last Funding Type: Series B
Last Funding Amount: $100,000,000
Total Funding: $601,000,0000
Website: oaknorth.com

OakNorth is a UK bank that provides fast, flexible and accessible debt finance (loans of £0.5 – £30m) to fast-growth businesses.

4Atom Bank

Focus: Banking
Founded: 2014
Number of Funding Rounds: 5
Last Funding Date: 07/03/2018
Last Funding Type: Venture Round
Last Funding Amount: $207,000,000
Total Funding: $513,000,0000
Website: atombank.co.uk

Atom Bank is a mobile banking application that offers a range of personal and business banking products.

5LendInvest

Focus: Real Estate
Founded: 2013
Number of Funding Rounds: 14
Last Funding Date: 17/09/2018
Last Funding Type: Series C
Last Funding Amount: $40,092,225
Total Funding: $489,000,000
Website: lendinvest.com

LendInvest is an online platform for property finance and investing.

6Landbay

Focus: Lending
Founded: 2013
Number of Funding Rounds: 9
Last Funding Date: 17/04/2018
Last Funding Type: Equity Crowdfunding
Last Funding Amount: $2,320,012
Total Funding: $399,000,000
Website: landbay.co.uk

Landbay is a fast-growing peer-to-peer lending platform which enables retail investors & institutions to invest in fair & transparent low-risk buy-to-let residential mortgages.

7TransferWise

Focus: Payments
Founded: 2010
Number of Funding Rounds: 7
Last Funding Date: 02/11/2017
Last Funding Type: Series E
Last Funding Amount: $280,000,000
Total Funding: $396,000,000
Website: transferwise.com

TransferWise is a money transfer service allowing individuals and businesses to send money abroad without hidden charges.

8Monzo

Focus: Banking
Founded: 2015
Number of Funding Rounds: 10
Last Funding Date: 05/12/2018
Last Funding Type: Equity Crowdfunding
Last Funding Amount: $25,893,449
Total Funding: $274,058,042
Website: monzo.com

Monzo is a bank for people who live their lives on their smartphones. Monzo instantly updates the balance, gives intelligent notifications & is very easy to use.

9eToro

Focus: Trading
Founded: 2007
Number of Funding Rounds: 9
Last Funding Date: 26/04/2018
Last Funding Type: Series E
Last Funding Amount: $50,000,000
Total Funding: $223,000,000
Website: etoro.com

eToro is a social trading and investment marketplace that allows users to trade currencies, commodities, indices, and stocks.

10Chetwood Financial

Focus: Banking
Founded: 2016
Number of Funding Rounds: 2
Last Funding Date: 13/02/2018
Last Funding Type: Debt Financing
Last Funding Amount: $139,000,000
Total Funding: $208,000,000
Website: chetwood.co

Chetwood uses technology to make people better off, through the design and manufacture of digital products across financial services.

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