Augmentum Capital
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Augmentum Capital is a Venture Capital fund with a focus in fast-growing and/or high potential FinTech companies in the UK and Europe. They typically look to invest in Series A or Series B, and target the significant opportunity to bridge the funding gap in post-seed venture capital currently existing across Europe. The firm typically invests between £3 million and £10 million in its portfolio companies. In March 2018, Augmentum Capital listed Augmentum Fintech plc on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The new fund raised £94m in the IPO and continues Augmentum's investment focus, as well as acquiring Augmentum's existing investments in a seed portfolio of Zopa, Interactive Investor, Seedrs, Bullion Vault, Whisky Invest Direct, and SRL Global. Augmentum Capital was formed in London in 2009 by Tim Levene and Richard Matthews, who continue to lead Augmentum Fintech plc.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
- Fund size:
- $71M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Augmentum Capital invests in
Stages Augmentum Capital invests in
Countries Augmentum Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $9.8M–$16M
- Series B
- $9.8M–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 5 (36%)
- Finance 4 (29%)
- FinTech 2 (14%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (14%)
- Mobile 1 (7%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (21%)
- Series A 2 (14%)
- Series C 2 (14%)
- Series D 2 (14%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (7%)
Country
- United Kingdom 6 (43%)
- United States 2 (14%)
- Pakistan 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
David Hendren
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metric is a digital accounting app. | $918K / Pre-Seed / Mar 17, 2022 | ||
| Zopa is a P2P money lending service that allows lenders and borrowers to deal directly with one another, cutting out the banks that act as middlemen. Zopa provides an app designed to help users manage their loans, credit cards, and savings and monitor their credit scores conveniently. Zopa also mitigates lenders' risk by enforcing monthlydirect debit repayment, making borrowers sign a legal contract, and allowing lenders to lend small chunks of money to individual borrowers (e.g., someone lending £1000 would have their money spread across, say, 100 borrowers).The company itself makes money by charging a fixed fee for borrowers and a 1% annual fee for lenders.Zopa has received public acclaim as well, having been awarded CNET Technology Awards' 2006 Internet Innovation of the Year, the 2007 Webby Award for Best Banking/Bill-Paying Website, the 2008 Webby Award for Financial Services, the Banker 2007 Award for Best Internet Project, and Moneywise 2009 Awards for Best Customer Service and Best Personal Loan. | $26.2M / Mar 22, 2021 | ||
| Zopa is a P2P money lending service that allows lenders and borrowers to deal directly with one another, cutting out the banks that act as middlemen. Zopa provides an app designed to help users manage their loans, credit cards, and savings and monitor their credit scores conveniently. Zopa also mitigates lenders' risk by enforcing monthlydirect debit repayment, making borrowers sign a legal contract, and allowing lenders to lend small chunks of money to individual borrowers (e.g., someone lending £1000 would have their money spread across, say, 100 borrowers).The company itself makes money by charging a fixed fee for borrowers and a 1% annual fee for lenders.Zopa has received public acclaim as well, having been awarded CNET Technology Awards' 2006 Internet Innovation of the Year, the 2007 Webby Award for Best Banking/Bill-Paying Website, the 2008 Webby Award for Financial Services, the Banker 2007 Award for Best Internet Project, and Moneywise 2009 Awards for Best Customer Service and Best Personal Loan. | $27.7M / Series H / Mar 22, 2021 | ||
| Zopa is a P2P money lending service that allows lenders and borrowers to deal directly with one another, cutting out the banks that act as middlemen. Zopa provides an app designed to help users manage their loans, credit cards, and savings and monitor their credit scores conveniently. Zopa also mitigates lenders' risk by enforcing monthlydirect debit repayment, making borrowers sign a legal contract, and allowing lenders to lend small chunks of money to individual borrowers (e.g., someone lending £1000 would have their money spread across, say, 100 borrowers).The company itself makes money by charging a fixed fee for borrowers and a 1% annual fee for lenders.Zopa has received public acclaim as well, having been awarded CNET Technology Awards' 2006 Internet Innovation of the Year, the 2007 Webby Award for Best Banking/Bill-Paying Website, the 2008 Webby Award for Financial Services, the Banker 2007 Award for Best Internet Project, and Moneywise 2009 Awards for Best Customer Service and Best Personal Loan. | $21M / Series G / Nov 07, 2018 | ||
| Zopa is a P2P money lending service that allows lenders and borrowers to deal directly with one another, cutting out the banks that act as middlemen. Zopa provides an app designed to help users manage their loans, credit cards, and savings and monitor their credit scores conveniently. Zopa also mitigates lenders' risk by enforcing monthlydirect debit repayment, making borrowers sign a legal contract, and allowing lenders to lend small chunks of money to individual borrowers (e.g., someone lending £1000 would have their money spread across, say, 100 borrowers).The company itself makes money by charging a fixed fee for borrowers and a 1% annual fee for lenders.Zopa has received public acclaim as well, having been awarded CNET Technology Awards' 2006 Internet Innovation of the Year, the 2007 Webby Award for Best Banking/Bill-Paying Website, the 2008 Webby Award for Financial Services, the Banker 2007 Award for Best Internet Project, and Moneywise 2009 Awards for Best Customer Service and Best Personal Loan. | $106.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 11, 2015 | ||
| Seedrs is the leading online platform for investing in the equity of startups and other growth companies in Europe and has been named the most active investor in private companies in the UK. Seedr allows all types of investors invest in businesses they believe in and share in their success and allow all types of growth-focused businesses raise capital and business community in the process. The company do all of this through a simple, highly professional, online process that protects and empowers investors while helping businesses grow and generate returns | $15.6M / Series A / Jul 30, 2015 | ||
| Interactive Investor (iii.co.uk) is the UK's leading community of traders and investors. Their vision is to help their website users become better off by providing you with the hard facts you need to make the right financial decisions for you.The site, which was founded in 1995, maintains an independent stance. It provides execution-onlyproducts and services which enables its millions of site users to trade and invest directly from the site. At the same time its wealth of independent tools and information helps you identify the best companies and products, for you, to invest in.With over 8 million unique users visiting their site every year, the Interactive Investor proposition delivers a service that has stood the test of time and provides the single point from which people can conduct all aspects of their investment lives. | Series C / Jan 14, 2014 | ||
| Zopa is a P2P money lending service that allows lenders and borrowers to deal directly with one another, cutting out the banks that act as middlemen. Zopa provides an app designed to help users manage their loans, credit cards, and savings and monitor their credit scores conveniently. Zopa also mitigates lenders' risk by enforcing monthlydirect debit repayment, making borrowers sign a legal contract, and allowing lenders to lend small chunks of money to individual borrowers (e.g., someone lending £1000 would have their money spread across, say, 100 borrowers).The company itself makes money by charging a fixed fee for borrowers and a 1% annual fee for lenders.Zopa has received public acclaim as well, having been awarded CNET Technology Awards' 2006 Internet Innovation of the Year, the 2007 Webby Award for Best Banking/Bill-Paying Website, the 2008 Webby Award for Financial Services, the Banker 2007 Award for Best Internet Project, and Moneywise 2009 Awards for Best Customer Service and Best Personal Loan. | Series D / Dec 11, 2012 | ||
| Borro Private Finance provides discreet loans secured exclusively against luxury assets, facilitated by in-house valuation expertise, giving individuals powerful, non-bank financing options for immediate access to capital. | $26M / Series C / Oct 11, 2012 | ||
| Bathrooms.com is fast becoming the No 1 online retailer of bathroom products. They are passionate about bathrooms and provide the very best quality showers, baths, bathroom taps, toilets, bathroom basins and just about anything else you might need to finish your dream bathroom. So from stylish shower enclosures to bathroom cabinets, pedestal basinsto bathroom mirrors you'll be impressed with both the quality they offer and also the service they provide. | $9.8M / Series B / Apr 23, 2012 | ||
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FAQ
What does Augmentum Capital invest in?
Augmentum Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, Finance and FinTech startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Augmentum Capital invest in?
Augmentum Capital typically joins rounds of $9.8M–$16M at Series A and $9.8M–$10M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Augmentum Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Augmentum Capital took part in.
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The team at Augmentum Capital includes David Hendren (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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