Equity investment
Accelerator attendance
Scaleups
MBO/MBI
Venture debt
Grant recipients
High-growth lists
Academic spinouts
750
63
122
66%
15%
75%
17
Visible scaleups
Spun out of a
university
Received grants
Attended
accelerators
64
61
8
289
88%
less than 1%
Raised equity
826
Featured on a
high-growth list
166
1.85b
448
Based on publicly announced fundraisings only
28
10
21
16
8
172
10
Accelerator
programme
attendances
Successful
Exits
Average
company
age at start
Fintech
Innovation Lab,
London
63
2
3 years
Barclays
Accelerator,
London
37
1
1 year
Startupbootca
mp Fintech
London
27
3
9 months
Company
Total received
Location
Stage of evolution
OakNorth Bank
637m Manchester City Council
Growth
Atom
432m Durham County Council
Growth
PaymentSense
329m Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough
Council
Established
TransferWise
290m Hackney London Borough Council
Established
Revolut
244m Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Growth
Company
Latest reported
pre-money valuation
Location
Stage of evolution
TransferWise
2.77b Hackney London Borough Council
Established
OakNorth Bank
1.50b Manchester City Council
Growth
Checkout.com
1.50b Westminster City Council
Growth
Revolut
1.28b Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Growth
Monzo
911m
Islington London Borough Council
Growth
*who have raised investment where we have managed to calculate a valuation
Company
Latest turnover
Growth from
previous
Location
Stage of evolution
Tifosy
358k
7323% Kensington and Chelsea Royal
Borough Council
Venture
Atom
18.7m
2479% Durham County Council
Growth
Nivaura
627k
2406% City of London
Venture
ClearBank
838k
1610% City of London
Growth
Velocity
2.64m
848% Westminster City Council
Growth
*who have filed full accounts in both 2017 and 2018
Company
Latest
employee
count
Growth from
previous
Location
Stage of
evolution
ClearBank
148
97% City of London
Growth
Atom
303
40% Durham County Council
Growth
TransferWise
835
40% Hackney London Borough Council
Established
BookingBug
115
37% Camden London Borough Council
Growth
Fluent Money
153
31% Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Growth
*who have filed full accounts in both 2017 and 2018, more than 50 in 2017
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