Mobile-app based bank Launched in 2017, Starling recently hit 1m users. The UK startup ecosystem is booming. The new way to buy a used car Few startups can raise this much money pre-launch, but founder Alex Chesterman has a series of successes behind him (Zoopla, LoveFilm) which certainly makes fundraising easier. Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Startups (May 2020) Here’s the Thinkers360 leaderboard for the top 50 global thought leaders and influencers on Startups for May 2020. Logically, then, the future of car ownership is subscription-based EVs, right? Other countries may be catching up fast, but the UK is still Europe’s leading startup nation, attracting $11bn in venture capital funding in 2019 (more than the next two biggest, France and Germany, combined). To change that, The tech industry is in a never-ending talent war, which has created a market for startups that enable employers to offer unique benefits.

Mobile marketplace that enables individuals to buy and sell items Second-hand clothes reselling app Depop is a huge hit with teenagers in Europe and the US, where it’s growing fast. 2020 could be a tough year for Citymapper. This year’s list of the best 121 European tech startups is an eclectic mix of hyper-growth scaleups, small creative startups and everything in between. Its white-label software-as-a-service solution is being licensed to a dozen banks globally.The platform proposition was proven via OakNorth Bank which launched in September 2015, offering loans of £0.5m to £50m to fast-growth businesses, targeting a market that has been largely underserved by traditional banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
They’ve successfully brought innovative new ideas, products and services to market at a breakneck pace, and they’ve done it in style. Sign up to our newsletter.From Sifted and others. A computer and coding kit for all ages, all over the world based on open Sailfish OS Coding toy startup Kano is run by LocalGlobe VC Saul Klein’s nephew Alex Klein, but links to the tech dynasty might not be able to help the company; it’s apparently shedding staff.
Some of these companies have quickly found their footing, raising millions in funding and rapidly scaling their teams. When you sell a company to Apple, as brothers Evan and Ryan Rifkin have done, people tend to take notice when you launch a new startup. Here is Sifted's list of the top players and why they matter. Led by Mark Mullen, it’s not quite the same scale (yet) as Revolut, Monzo or N26 but raised a further £50m in funding in July 2019 in a round led by Spanish lender BBVA (which also led its last round of £149m in 2018).Just as Nordic fintech Klarna is backed by Calvin Broadus (better known as Snoop Dogg, or Smoooth Dogg), the American rapper, Atom bank is backed by US musician will.i.am, the lead singer in the Black Eyed Peas.Will.i.am is a strategic advisor and, apparently, provides “an external perspective on culture, philanthropy and technology”.The company also does consumer loans and mortgages. It’s also gearing up to play a far more central role in its customers’ lives once we’re all driving electric vehicles, generating energy at home with our solar panels and using smart meters — and need someone to help us manage that (more complicated) future.There is competition from other players in this market; in the UK, there’s Ovo Energy (founded in 2009), in Spain, Holaluz (founded in 2010).But Bulb is growing far faster, and has more customers.

Which are the ones to watch in 2020?We have picked companies based on the money they have raised, how quickly they are hiring and how formative they have been to the startup ecosystems around them.

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