UK's tech sector is booming. This year’s list of the best 121 UK tech startups is an eclectic mix of hyper-growth scaleups, small creative startups and everything in between.
The last update was made on October 12, 2020.
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Curve
Curve is an Over The Top banking platform that consolidates all bank cards into a single smart card and app.
Rapyd
Rapyd is a platform creating a cardless financial network.
Monzo
Monzo is a London-based digital-only bank platform.
TransferWise
TransferWise is a money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send money abroad without hidden charges.
eToro
eToro is a social trading and investment marketplace that allows users to trade currencies, commodities, indices, and stocks.
The Hut Group
The Hut Group is an online retailing platform focused on fast moving consumer goods, specifically focused on health and beauty.
Funding Circle
Funding Circle is a lending platform for small businesses.
Cazoo
Cazoo is a platform that enables consumers to buy and rental car online.
GoCardless
GoCardless is a payment company that makes collecting payments by direct debit easy for everyone.
Babylon Health
Babylon Health aims to provide accessible, affordable healthcare by combining AI with doctors.
Seedrs
Seedrs is a UK-based equity crowdfunding platform.
IHS Markit
IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in industries.
Onfido
Onfido's AI-based identity verification assesses whether a user’s ID is genuine, then compares it against their facial biometrics.
CloudFactory
CloudFactory is a distributed workforce company for automating business processes.
Farfetch
Farfetch is an online luxury fashion retail platform.
TradingView
TradingView is the largest network of self-directed traders and investors with an advanced financial platform.
Medopad
Medopad is a British healthcare technology company that delivers better and more personalized care.
Ebury
Ebury is a financial services company designed to empower small and medium-sized businesses that want to trade internationally.
OakNorth
The next-generation credit platform that's redefining lending to lower mid-market businesses globally
WorldRemit
WorldRemit is a money transfer service that helps migrants send money to their loved ones all over the world.
Patch
Patch is the direct-to-consumer brand for the people who need plants most – those who live and work in the city
Spectral Edge
Spectral Edge combines patented Image Fusion tech with Deep Learning to reveal more of the color, detail and clarity in any image.
OneWeb
OneWeb is building a space-based global communications network that will deliver high-speed, low latency internet access everywhere.
Immersive Labs
Immersive Labs is an on-demand cyber skills platform that rewards critical thinking, problem solving, and curiosity.
Mimecast
Mimecast is a SaaS-based email management platform enabling companies to administer business communications and data.
Greensill
Greensill is the leading provider of working capital finance for businesses and people all over the world.
Echo
Simplifying pharmacy, helping everyone get the medicine they need.
SumUp
SumUp is a financial technology company that enables businesses to accept card payments at the Point-of-Sale or on the go.
Darktrace
Darktrace is an artificial intelligence company for cyber security.
Improbable
Improbable is a games technology company based in the UK.
Secret Escapes
Secret Escapes is a members-only travel club offering discounted rates on luxury hotels and holidays in the UK.
Cleo
Cleo is an artificial intelligence startup that offers an intelligent assistant to help users in managing their finances.
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.
Signal AI
Signal AI is an artificial intelligence company that transforms the world’s information into accessible, actionable business knowledge.
LendInvest
LendInvest operates an online marketplace for property lending and investing.
Citymapper
Citymapper is a public transit app and mapping service with an emphasis on public transport.
Graphcore
Graphcore is a semiconductor company that develops accelerators for AI and machine learning.
Blockchain
Blockchain is a web-based bitcoin platform.
Pollen
Pollen is an invite-only marketplace, using influencer marketing for experiences and events.
Wefarm
Wefarm is the world’s largest farmer-to-farmer digital network that enables farmers to share information via SMS, without the internet.
TrueLayer
TrueLayer provides a platform to build financial apps that connect to bank data, verify accounts, and access transactions in real time.
Healx
Healx is an AI-powered and patient-inspired technology company, accelerating the discovery and development of rare disease treatments
Depop
Depop provides a mobile application that allows users to buy, sell, discover, and explore various things.
IMMO Investment Technologies
IMMO helps sell, rent & invest into residential real estate, thereby opening up a new asset class for investors.
Currencycloud
Currencycloud is a global payment platform that serves businesses by providing technologies that makes payments frictionless.
Zego
Zego is a global insurtech business providing flexible commercial insurance for businesses and professionals.
Sofar Sounds
Sofar Sounds is a global community hosting curated, secret performances in more than 400 cities around the world.
Nutmeg
Nutmeg is an online investment service that specializes in investments, ISAs and pensions.
Tessian
Tessian is building the first Human Layer Security platform to protect people using email.
Soldo
Soldo is a multi-user expense account helping companies manage their budgets.
Checkout
Checkout helps companies accept more payments around the world through one integration.
Abcam
Abcam is a producer and distributor of high quality research-grade antibodies and associated proteomics research products.
Elvie
Elvie is a British femtech company developing smarter technology for women.
Blue Prism Group
Blue Prism develops robotic process automation software and transforms the core business processes to drive innovation.
Receipt Bank
Receipt Bank is a paperless bookkeeping platform connecting accountants, bookkeepers and businesses.
COMPASS
COMPASS Pathways is a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health.
Telegram Messenger
Telegram is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on privacy, security, and speed.
Deliveroo
Deliveroo owns and operates an online food delivery platform in the United Kingdom.
Inmarsat
Inmarsat is the world's provider of global mobile satellite communications.
Chain
Chain is a secure mobile communication platform for professionals.
Culture Trip
Culture Trip is a global tech startup that inspires people to explore the world’s culture and creativity.
Huddle
Huddle is the enterprise document collaboration company that helps organizations across the globe to collaborate intelligently.
Loop
Loop Email brings teamwork and messaging to your email inbox
Festicket
Festicket is a marketplace to discover and book music festival tickets, accommodation, transfers and extras.
Revolut
Revolut is a digital banking alternative for instant payment notifications: free international money transfers and global fee-free spending.
Revolut
Revolut is a digital banking alternative for instant payment notifications: free international money transfers and global fee-free spending.
FaceIT
FaceIT is the gaming platform for professional competitions within online multiplayer video games.
Perkbox
Perkbox is UK's leading employee and customer engagement platform.
Gousto
Gousto is an online meal-kit manufacturer and retailer, using AI and automation to provide extensive choice and personalisation.
TransferGo
TransferGo offers digital international money transfers for migrants and businesses.
Lightsource Renewable Energy
Lightsource is a provider of ground and rooftop solar installations in the UK.
OVO Energy
OVO Energy is an independent energy technology company and supplier.
Habito
Habito is the UK's digital mortgage broker, using technology to bring the mortgage-application process into the 21st century.
Carwow
Carwow helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers and makes buying a car easy and enjoyable.
Thought Machine
Thought Machine are building Vault, a next-generation core banking system for banks.
Yoyo Wallet
Yoyo Wallet is a mobile payment, loyalty and marketing platform.
MADE
Made.com is an online e-commerce platform directly providing designer furniture without third party involvement.
iwoca
iwoca offers finance for businesses for various purposes ranging from bridging short-term cashflow gaps to investing in stock opportunities.
Chip Financial
Chip an automatic savings app that does all the hard work to make saving money as easy as spending it.
ComplyAdvantage
ComplyAdvantage helps firms make intelligent risk decisions, faster by providing real-time insight into the risk of people and companies.
Ring
Ring is a European brand in vehicle lighting, auto electrics, workshop tools and auto accessories.
Access Alto
Leading cloud hosting provider offering Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions on VMware and Openstack.
Blippar
Blippar is a technology company specializing in augmented reality, artificial intelligence and computer vision.
Brandwatch
Brandwatch is a social intelligence group offering marketers a portfolio of social and content marketing technologies.
Bulb
Bulb provides affordable renewable energy for homes and businesses.
Trussle
Trussle is a free online mortgage broker that works with much needed transparency.
Tractable
Tractable develops artificial intelligence for accident and disaster recovery.
Everledger
Everledger provides an immutable ledger for diamond and other asset ownership and related supply chain history.
Moneyfarm
Moneyfarm is a digital wealth manager that offers advice and investments.
MarketInvoice
MarketInvoice is a fintech firm providing business finance solutions that help companies grow.
LabGenius
Harnessing the power of machine learning to create better protein therapeutics.
ClauseMatch
ClauseMatch is a financial technology company that provides software-as-a-service platform for smart document management.
SyndicateRoom
SyndicateRoom connects ambitious investors with the country’s most trailblazing companies.
IP Group Plc
IP Group is a IP commercialisation company specialising in evolving great ideas into world-changing businesses.
Cocoon
Cocoon is a home security device to protect one's home.
PROWLER.io
PROWLER.io is an AI/machine learning platform for building autonomous agents for games and decision-support simulations.
Glassbox
Glassbox is adisruptive provider of ‘instant replay’ digital customer experience solutions for both the web and mobile.
ClearBank
ClearBank is the UK’s first new clearing bank in more than 250 years.
FiveAI
FiveAI provides software for safe and cost effective urban mobility in public transport and solution to complex urban environments.
Cervest
Cervest is building an AI-first platform to help businesses, governments and growers adapt to climate volatility, and protect our planet.
Bitstamp
Bitstamp allows companies and individuals from all around the world to buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, ripple, and bitcoin cash.
Immotion Group
Immotion combine award-winning animation & multi-directional motion platforms to deliver immersive VR solutions for visitor attractions.
SenSat
SenSat simulates reality in real time, which helps computers solve real world problems.
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.
Divido
Divido is a global white label consumer lending platform for financial institutions and multinational retailers.
FundamentalVR
FundamentalVR delivers VR haptic 'flight simulators' for surgery creating a safe, measurable & repeatable space to refine to refine skills.
Featurespace
Featurespace is a provider of adaptive behavioral analytics technology for fraud and risk management in financial services & gaming.
Keyless
Keyless enables enterprise to make data privacy and security the rule rather than the exception.
Moneybox
Moneybox is a mobile savings and investment app that enables users to round up their digital spare change into a Stocks & Shares ISA.
BluJay Solutions
BluJay Solutions delivers supply chain software and services to the world’s most progressive retailers.
Kheiron
Kheiron develops and builds tools to help radiologists with the early detection of breast cancer.
Push Doctor
Same day appointments with the UK's number one online doctor. Talk face-to-face with an NHS-trained GP on your mobile, tablet or laptop.
Disperse
Disperse.io is a VC-backed artificial intelligence construction startup focused on improving on-site productivity.
Brightpearl
Brightpearl is the omnichannel retail management system that puts your orders, inventory, financials, POS and CRM in one place.
Starling Bank
Starling Bank provides a mobile banking application and a debit card that enable users to manage their finances.
Impala
Impala allows products to connect to hotel systems using a well-documented JSON API.
Getronics
The Getronics family is an ICT Services group consisting of the Getronics and Connectis brands.
Bottle Pay
Effortless Bitcoin payments.
Hummingbird Technologies
Hummingbird is a drone and satellite enabled imagery analytics business for precision agriculture.
Peak
Peak is the pioneer of the AI System, a new enterprise technology that helps businesses grow using AI and machine learning.
XR Games
XR Games makes both console and mobile Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) games for world famous Intellectual Properties.
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