Mar 02

50 London-Based Startups You Need to Watch in 2017

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Across the pond, Londons tech scene, also known as the Silicon Roundabout, is bursting at the seams with startup activity. Theyve had five IPOs on the London Stock Exchange, raising $1.5 billion, as well as 17 mergers and acquisitions of which 11 in the last year, including SwiftKey (Microsoft), Housetrip (TripAdvisor), One Fine Stay (Accor Group) and Skyscanner (Ctrip). Their startups have captured over $3.8 billion raised in funding, the companies have created 27,000 jobs around the world and have alumni with names including Zoopla and Just Eat. Tech City UK announced their class of 2017 with 26 UK-based companies who will be joining the Future Fifty program. Azimo is an online international money transfer service that allows people to send money to any internet-connected device in over 190 countries around the world Carwow is the most convenient, stress-free way to find and buy a new car ClearScore is a company that provides free access to credit scores and reports Condeco Group helps companies manage their meeting and office spaces more effectively Ebury is a financial services company that helps small and medium enterprises grow internationally with foreign exchange, business lending and cash management solutions Festicket is an online marketplace to discover and book musical festival experiences Gousto provides innovative recipe boxes with pre-portioned ingredients packaged and delivered to the door each week Interact intranet software and professional services to help companies solve internal communication and collaboration challenges Kano creates computers and coding kits for all ages LoveCrafts is an online community and marketplace for the crafts sector My UNiDAYS connects brands and services to a verified audience of students around the world Onfido is an identity verification platform that helps over 1,000 companies ensure their customers are who they claim to be ROLI is a music technology company that makes a modular music creation system that opens up new possibilities for musical expression Tails.com is an online pet nutrition service that makes and delivers tailormade food for an individual dog’s unique diet and nutritional needs Thread is an e-commerce company that uses human stylists and machine learning to help men dress well without going shopping Spitfire Audio provides virtual instruments to composers and producers to produce and earn royalties on quality musical samples SuperAwesome powers a kid-safe digital media ecosystem with products that are designed for kids’ data privacy requirements Swoon Editions is an online furniture brand that works directly with suppliers to provide better quality products at a better price than traditional retailers Trak Global Group is a telematics company that uses embedded devices to gather data and manage driver risk Ve Interactive provides software that helps companies with digital advertising and online conversion Adzuna is a search engine for jobs ads that lists every job, everywhere Algomi enables all market participants to securely and intelligently harness data to make valuable financial trading connections Deliveroo was founded in 2013 to provide the ultimate food delivery experience GoCardless is the easy way to collect Direct Debit payments Just Giving is the Number 1 platform for online giving in the world LMAX was established to deliver the benefits of exchange quality execution to both buy-side and sell-side trading institutions Lost My Name is an award-winning independent technology and publishing business MWR InfoSecurity is an independent cyber security consultancy with research at the heart of what they do Performance Horizon is the leading provider of SaaS solutions for digital partner marketing Qubit empowers businesses to customise and optimise websites in real-time using qualitative and quantitative visitor data RateSetter is one of the largest P2P lending platforms in the UK is an online advertising technology company that enables advertisers to create, activate, measure and optimise brand campaigns to scale The Floow designs the world’s most insightful, feature-rich and cost-effective telematic system to make vehicles safer and cheaper for all WorldRemit lets people send money to friends and family living abroad, using a computer, smartphone or tablet