# Alison Harwood

> Alison Harwood is a debt financing investor at Varengold Bank (London) backing Banking and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Varengold Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/varengold-bank)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-harwood1/

Alison Harwood is a debt financing investor at Varengold Bank in London focused on Banking and FinTech. Alison Harwood serves as the Head of Varengold’s London Branch.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 2 | 100% |
| FinTech | 2 | 100% |
| Consumer Lending | 2 | 100% |
| Personal Finance | 2 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fintern | Fintern is a lending startup looking to offer an AI-driven alternative to costly payday loans. It aims to expand access to low-cost personal credit by using the UK’s new Open Banking standard to analyze consumers’ historical bank statement data. Open Banking data allows us to build a granular view of customers’ financial circumstances, properlyunderstand their affordability, and place less reliance on credit reference agency scores.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 15, 2021 |  |
| Abound | Fintern is a lending startup looking to offer an AI-driven alternative to costly payday loans. It aims to expand access to low-cost personal credit by using the UK’s new Open Banking standard to analyze consumers’ historical bank statement data. Open Banking data allows us to build a granular view of customers’ financial circumstances, properlyunderstand their affordability, and place less reliance on credit reference agency scores.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 15, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Varengold Bank

VC Fund · Hamburg, Germany

Varengold is an asset management boutique that is focused on the development of unique, specialized hedge fund strategies from the managed futures space. With its current core business areas such as Prime Brokerage and Commercial Banking, the bank offers a wide portfolio of products and services to its users. The company provides retail clientswith instant access savings and fixed term deposits. Asset management, commercial banking, and investment banking services are offered to business clients of the company.Varengold is based in Germany. The company was founded in 1995 by Yasin Sebastian Qureshi.

2 contacts available at Varengold Bank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alison Harwood | Head of London Branch | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alison-harwood |
| Lucas Diehl | Executive Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucas-diehl |

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## FAQ

### What does Alison Harwood invest in?

Alison Harwood invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Consumer Lending startups, most often at Debt Financing stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alison Harwood last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alison Harwood closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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