# Portman Wills

> Portman Wills is a seed investor at Wagestream (London) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wagestream](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wagestream)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/portmanwills

Portman Wills is a seed investor at Wagestream in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Portman Wills - Co-Founder & CTO @ Stream

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $2.6M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 5 | 83% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 83% |
| Banking | 2 | 33% |
| Payments | 2 | 33% |
| Credit Cards | 2 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| Spain | 1 | 17% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Ireland | 1 | 17% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kota | Insurance and retirement benefits for every kind of team | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Sep 27, 2022 |  |
| Pillar Financial Technologies | Pillar is an all-in-one neobank, complete with bank account, payment card, and the key financial tools to help small businesses run smoothly from day one. We champion entrepreneurial success by simplifying banking and financial management, empowering entrepreneurs to focus on achieving their goals. | $17M | Pre-Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Pillar | Pillar is an all-in-one mobile platform helping global citizens break down credit borders. Credit histories are siloed from country to country making it hard for the nomads of this world to access new financial products when settling in a new country. Pillar's credit cards are designed for people with little to no credit score, such as expatssettling in a new country. | $16.9M | Pre-Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| HUBUC | A single API-platform that allows any business to embed financial services capabilities into their products. 
e.g Uber can issue branded credit cards for all Uber drivers and Walmart provides customers a simple way to better manage and control their everyday finances, with no regulatory burden or compliance requirements in a few weeks. | $10M | Seed | Jan 14, 2022 |  |
| Comma | Comma is a platform that makes it easy for businesses to pay salaries, taxes, and invoices by revolutionizing the payments system. | $6M | Seed | Aug 06, 2021 |  |
| Abhi | Abhi provides employees salary advances based on accrued wages. | $2M | Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Village Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-global-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [BACKED VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backed-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [WndrCo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wndrco-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zayn Venture Capital (Formally Zayn Capital)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitrate-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Wagestream

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Wagestream is a financial services firm that allows employees to stream their earned wages into their accounts through an instant app.The app allows them to have complete control over when they get paid. It also effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans, and employee stress suffered from short term, unplanned financial obligations.The company aims to play a key role in reducing the poverty premium and prevent employees from entering cycles of debt caused by overdraft fees, high-interest credit, or payday loans. Peter Briffett and Portman Wills was founded in 2018 and is based in London, England. It is backed by QED, Fair by Design, London Co-Investment Fund, and Village Global.

5 contacts available at Wagestream.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Briffett | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-briffett |
| Portman Wills | Co-Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portman-wills |
| Archie Chappel | Strategic Affairs Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archie-chappel |
| Christopher Steinau | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-steinau |
| Jingbo Huang | Director, Data & Integrations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jingbo-huang |

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## FAQ

### What does Portman Wills invest in?

Portman Wills invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Portman Wills's check size?

Portman Wills typically joins rounds of $2M–$10M at Seed and $2.6M–$17M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Portman Wills participates in.

### When did Portman Wills last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Portman Wills closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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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