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London fintech SumUp raises £507m at a £6.8bn valuation

SumUp, a London-based fintech, has raised €590m (£507m) in a funding round that’s landed the fi...

Oscar Hornstein

Fintech / Thu 23 Jun 2022

Payments firm Paddle becomes UK’s latest unicorn with £162m raise

Payments provider Paddle has raised $200m (£162.2m) in a Series D funding round at a valuation of $...

George Simister

Funding / Tue 10 May 2022

UK tech industry valued at $1tn, becoming third country to hit milestone

The UK tech industry is now valued at $1tn (£764bn), a landmark milestone that has previously only ...

Oscar Hornstein

Industry Analysis / Tue 29 Mar 2022

Game studio Tripledot levels up to unicorn status with $116m raise

Mobile game startup Tripledot Studios has become the UK’s latest unicorn after a $116m round of fu...

Oscar Hornstein

Funding / Tue 15 Feb 2022

GoCardless becomes latest UK fintech unicorn with $312m raise

Payments firm GoCardless has raised $312m (£230m), giving it a valuation of $2.1bn (£1.55bn) and m...

Robert Scammell

Fintech / Tue 8 Feb 2022

10 UK impact unicorns to watch in 2022

Investing is no longer solely about profit. A growing number of investors are choosing companies to ...

Staff Reporter

Need to Know / Fri 24 Dec 2021

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