111 Best London Startups to Watch in 2020

Curve

Curve is an Over The Top banking platform that consolidates all bank cards into a single smart card and app.

London 101-250 $74,195,357

Rapyd

Rapyd is a platform creating a cardless financial network.

London 101-250 $150,000,000

Monzo

Monzo is a London-based digital-only bank platform.

London 251-500 $417,342,054

TransferWise

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

London 1001-5000 $772,682,792

eToro

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

London 501-1000 $222,700,000

Funding Circle

Funding Circle is a lending platform for small businesses.

London 501-1000 $422,922,517

Cazoo

Cazoo is a platform that enables consumers to buy and rental car online.

London 11-50 $68,415,501

GoCardless

GoCardless is a payment company that makes collecting payments by direct debit easy for everyone.

London 101-250 $122,300,000

Babylon Health

Babylon Health aims to provide accessible, affordable healthcare by combining AI with doctors.

London 1001-5000 $635,313,243

Seedrs

Seedrs is a UK-based equity crowdfunding platform.

London 101-250 $71,333,623

IHS Markit

IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in industries.

London 10001 $250,000,000

Onfido

Onfido's AI-based identity verification assesses whether a user’s ID is genuine, then compares it against their facial biometrics.

London 251-500 $110,175,000

Farfetch

Farfetch is an online luxury fashion retail platform.

London 1001-5000 $701,500,000

Draper Esprit

Draper Esprit is a Pan-European venture capital fund that invests into disruptive tech companies at the early and growth stages.

London 11-50 $63,273,839

TradingView

TradingView is the largest network of self-directed traders and investors with an advanced financial platform.

London 101-250 $40,752,500

Medopad

Medopad is a British healthcare technology company that delivers better and more personalized care.

London 101-250 $54,000,000

Ebury

Ebury is a financial services company designed to empower small and medium-sized businesses that want to trade internationally.

London 501-1000 $570,403,724

OakNorth

The next-generation credit platform that's redefining lending to lower mid-market businesses globally

London 501-1000 $1,041,034,144

WorldRemit

WorldRemit is a money transfer service that helps migrants send money to their loved ones all over the world.

London 501-1000 $407,655,000

Patch

Patch is the direct-to-consumer brand for the people who need plants most – those who live and work in the city

London 11-50 $10,232,941

OneWeb

OneWeb is building a space-based global communications network that will deliver high-speed, low latency internet access everywhere.

London 251-500 $2,950,000,000

Mimecast

Mimecast is a SaaS-based email management platform enabling companies to administer business communications and data.

London 1001-5000 $90,244,477

Greensill

Greensill is the leading provider of working capital finance for businesses and people all over the world.

London 500+ $1,705,000,000

Echo

Simplifying pharmacy, helping everyone get the medicine they need.

London 51-100 $11,531,830

SumUp

SumUp is a financial technology company that enables businesses to accept card payments at the Point-of-Sale or on the go.

London 1001-5000 $425,559,328

Improbable

Improbable is a games technology company based in the UK.

London 251-500 $604,094,860

Secret Escapes

Secret Escapes is a members-only travel club offering discounted rates on luxury hotels and holidays in the UK.

London 501-1000 $249,161,845

Cleo

Cleo is an artificial intelligence startup that offers an intelligent assistant to help users in managing their finances.

London 11-50 $13,322,899

Tide

Tide is a fintech and banking company that gives time back to business owners, so they can get back to doing what they love.

London 101-250 $95,236,961

Signal AI

Signal AI is an artificial intelligence company that transforms the world’s information into accessible, actionable business knowledge.

London 101-250 $51,600,000

LendInvest

LendInvest operates an online marketplace for property lending and investing.

London 251-500 $992,974,209

Citymapper

Citymapper is a public transit app and mapping service with an emphasis on public transport.

London 11-50 $50,000,000

Blockchain

Blockchain is a web-based bitcoin platform.

London 11-50 $70,000,000

Pollen

Pollen is an invite-only marketplace, using influencer marketing for experiences and events.

London 251-500 $88,500,000

Wefarm

Wefarm is the world’s largest farmer-to-farmer digital network that enables farmers to share information via SMS, without the internet.

London 51-100 $20,891,093

TrueLayer

TrueLayer provides a platform to build financial apps that connect to bank data, verify accounts, and access transactions in real time.

London 11-50 $46,800,000

Depop

Depop provides a mobile application that allows users to buy, sell, discover, and explore various things.

London 101-250 $105,630,906

IMMO Investment Technologies

IMMO helps sell, rent & invest into residential real estate, thereby opening up a new asset class for investors.

London 11-50 $12,164,669

Currencycloud

Currencycloud is a global payment platform that serves businesses by providing technologies that makes payments frictionless.

London 101-250 $80,179,091

Zego

Zego is a global insurtech business providing flexible commercial insurance for businesses and professionals.

London 101-250 $51,738,890

Sofar Sounds

Sofar Sounds is a global community hosting curated, secret performances in more than 400 cities around the world.

London 51-100 $38,100,000

Nutmeg

Nutmeg is an online investment service that specializes in investments, ISAs and pensions.

London 101-250 $153,552,363

Tessian

Tessian is building the first Human Layer Security platform to protect people using email.

London 101-250 $58,652,436

Soldo

Soldo is a multi-user expense account helping companies manage their budgets.

London 51-100 $83,200,000

Checkout

Checkout helps companies accept more payments around the world through one integration.

London 501-1000 $230,000,000

Elvie

Elvie is a British femtech company developing smarter technology for women.

London 51-100 $53,844,993

Blue Prism Group

Blue Prism develops robotic process automation software and transforms the core business processes to drive innovation.

London 101-250 $60,713,240

Receipt Bank

Receipt Bank is a paperless bookkeeping platform connecting accountants, bookkeepers and businesses.

London 251-500 $65,000,000

COMPASS

COMPASS Pathways is a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health.

London 11-50 $37,633,220

Telegram Messenger

Telegram is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on privacy, security, and speed.

London 11-50 $1,700,000,000

Deliveroo

Deliveroo owns and operates an online food delivery platform in the United Kingdom.

London 1001-5000 $1,531,597,403

Inmarsat

Inmarsat is the world's provider of global mobile satellite communications.

London 1001-5000 $1,750,000,000

Culture Trip

Culture Trip is a global tech startup that inspires people to explore the world’s culture and creativity.

London 101-250 $102,000,000

Huddle

Huddle is the enterprise document collaboration company that helps organizations across the globe to collaborate intelligently.

London 101-250 $89,200,000

Festicket

Festicket is a marketplace to discover and book music festival tickets, accommodation, transfers and extras.

London 101-250 $30,277,382

Revolut

Revolut is a digital banking alternative for instant payment notifications: free international money transfers and global fee-free spending.

London 1001-5000 $336,945,269

Revolut

Revolut is a digital banking alternative for instant payment notifications: free international money transfers and global fee-free spending.

London 1001-5000 $336,945,269

FaceIT

FaceIT is the gaming platform for professional competitions within online multiplayer video games.

London 101-250 $29,000,000

Perkbox

Perkbox is UK's leading employee and customer engagement platform.

London 251-500 $29,680,531

Gousto

Gousto is an online meal-kit manufacturer and retailer, using AI and automation to provide extensive choice and personalisation.

London 251-500 $137,678,825

TransferGo

TransferGo offers digital international money transfers for migrants and businesses.

London 11-50 $54,390,217

Lightsource Renewable Energy

Lightsource is a provider of ground and rooftop solar installations in the UK.

London 251-500 $534,448,873

Habito

Habito is the UK's digital mortgage broker, using technology to bring the mortgage-application process into the 21st century.

London 101-250 $36,781,467

Carwow

Carwow helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers and makes buying a car easy and enjoyable.

London 251-500 $102,815,911

Thought Machine

Thought Machine are building Vault, a next-generation core banking system for banks.

London 51-100 $23,631,009

Yoyo Wallet

Yoyo Wallet is a mobile payment, loyalty and marketing platform.

London 51-100 $60,268,457

MADE

Made.com is an online e-commerce platform directly providing designer furniture without third party involvement.

London 251-500 $136,858,740

iwoca

iwoca offers finance for businesses for various purposes ranging from bridging short-term cashflow gaps to investing in stock opportunities.

London 251-500 $364,798,483

Chip Financial

Chip an automatic savings app that does all the hard work to make saving money as easy as spending it.

London 11-50 $15,361,047

ComplyAdvantage

ComplyAdvantage helps firms make intelligent risk decisions, faster by providing real-time insight into the risk of people and companies.

London 251-500 $38,200,000

Blippar

Blippar is a technology company specializing in augmented reality, artificial intelligence and computer vision.

London 51-100 $131,696,751

Bulb

Bulb provides affordable renewable energy for homes and businesses.

London 101-250 $80,661,885

Trussle

Trussle is a free online mortgage broker that works with much needed transparency.

London 51-100 $25,849,125

Tractable

Tractable develops artificial intelligence for accident and disaster recovery.

London 51-100 $34,900,000

Everledger

Everledger provides an immutable ledger for diamond and other asset ownership and related supply chain history.

London 51-100 $30,400,000

Moneyfarm

Moneyfarm is a digital wealth manager that offers advice and investments.

London 101-250 $127,267,520

MarketInvoice

MarketInvoice is a fintech firm providing business finance solutions that help companies grow.

London $62,727,448

LabGenius

Harnessing the power of machine learning to create better protein therapeutics.

London 11-50 $13,660,000

ClauseMatch

ClauseMatch is a financial technology company that provides software-as-a-service platform for smart document management.

London 101-250 $9,274,186

IP Group Plc

IP Group is a IP commercialisation company specialising in evolving great ideas into world-changing businesses.

London 101-250 $30,000,000

Glassbox

Glassbox is adisruptive provider of ‘instant replay’ digital customer experience solutions for both the web and mobile.

London 11-50 $35,500,000

ClearBank

ClearBank is the UK’s first new clearing bank in more than 250 years.

London $78,318,041

Cervest

Cervest is building an AI-first platform to help businesses, governments and growers adapt to climate volatility, and protect our planet.

London 11-50 $5,824,407

Bitstamp

Bitstamp allows companies and individuals from all around the world to buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, ripple, and bitcoin cash.

London 101-250 $12,400,000

SenSat

SenSat simulates reality in real time, which helps computers solve real world problems.

London 51-100 $15,046,951

Augmentum Fintech

Augmentum Fintech is a venture capital fund with a focus in fast growing and/or high potential FinTech companies in the UK and Europe.

London 1-10 $33,460,888

Divido

Divido is a global white label consumer lending platform for financial institutions and multinational retailers.

London 51-100 $18,979,930

FundamentalVR

FundamentalVR delivers VR haptic 'flight simulators' for surgery creating a safe, measurable & repeatable space to refine to refine skills.

London 11-50 $9,555,728

Keyless

Keyless enables enterprise to make data privacy and security the rule rather than the exception.

London 11-50 $2,500,000

Moneybox

Moneybox is a mobile savings and investment app that enables users to round up their digital spare change into a Stocks & Shares ISA.

London 11-50 $23,304,203

Kheiron

Kheiron develops and builds tools to help radiologists with the early detection of breast cancer.

London 11-50 $22,095,172

Disperse

Disperse.io is a VC-backed artificial intelligence construction startup focused on improving on-site productivity.

London 11-50 $16,688,835

Starling Bank

Starling Bank provides a mobile banking application and a debit card that enable users to manage their finances.

London 501-1000 $349,535,281

Impala

Impala allows products to connect to hotel systems using a well-documented JSON API.

London 1-10 $12,750,000

Hummingbird Technologies

Hummingbird is a drone and satellite enabled imagery analytics business for precision agriculture.

London 11-50 $17,616,561

TotallyMoney

TotallyMoney puts customers right at the center of their credit data, helping them make smarter financial decisions.

London 11-50 $71,549,530

Koyo

Koyo provides loans intended for people with short credit histories.

London 1-10 $4,900,000

Contino

Contino is a professional services consultancy providing a range of services for DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Pragmatic Agile practices.

London 101-250 $68,150,000

Proportunity

Proportunity is a financial services organisation made possible by technology.

London 11-50 $4,272,909

MishiPay

Mishipay is an app allowing you to never have to stand in line to pay at a store again.

London 1-10 $6,511,448

HowNow

HowNow is a London-based EdTech startup that connects experts and learners by offering interactive video lessons.

London 11-50 $4,506,869

Fnatic

Fnatic Team is a professional video gaming team, consisting of players from across the globe who all make a living through competing.

London 51-100 $45,000,000

Webiny

Webiny is a content management system designed to run inside a serverless environment.

London 1-10 $347,000

ProFinda

ProFinda is a digital platform that intelligently organizes people around work by matching skills to relevant projects and bids.

London 11-50 $7,706,841

Duffel

Duffel provides an online platform that allows users to search, book, and manage flights from multiple airlines.

London 11-50 $56,200,000

Wagestream

Wagestream is a financial services firm that allows employees to stream their earned wages into their accounts through an instant app.

London 11-50 $75,865,477

Relative Insight

Relative Insight help brands sharpen strategy and communications by comparing and analyzing language.

London 11-50 $5,000,000

Discover Film

A technology and entertainment platform for short movies. Films can be watched online and via mobile and Smart TV Apps.

London 11-50 $2,500,000

Bloom & Wild

Bloom & Wild is a letterbox flower delivery company.

London 51-100 $28,129,392

AllPlants

AllPlants is a VC-backed B-Corp on a mission to become Earth’s most forward-thinking food company.

London 11-50 $10,893,635

WhiteHat

WhiteHat is a tech startup democratising access to the best careers.

London 11-50 $20,000,000

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