Anthemis Group

Last week, UBS officially launched the UBS Female Founder Award 2024 & Anthemis founder Amy Nauiokas was there to help kick-off the opening ceremony with some words of wisdom! In her remarks, Amy noted that “Being a female founder is a job that takes bravery, a lot of hard work, and high levels of conviction and passion, and that you need to surround yourself with advocates that will lift you up”. Last year, Ana Mahony Mahoney, CEO of Addition Wealth (an Anthemis portfolio company) was the winner, and we are proud to support UBS as they launch the award in 2024. The winner of the UBS Female Founder Award 2024 will receive USD 10,000 for her business or personal founder journey and will gain the opportunity to join the 2025 cohort of the UBS Project Female Founder. If you’re a female founder / C-suite start-up leader in fintech and enterprise tech who is breaking boundaries and creating the next generation of companies, click the link in the comments to apply!

This week Anthemis’ Venture Partner Sonia Powar hosted an insightful digital forum exploring the changing market for venture debt in the UK and Europe.  Sonia was joined by expert panelists Geoff Whiteland (Director - British Business Investments), Katherine M. (Head of High Growth and Entrepreneurs - Barclays), Jon Steinberg (Partner - Mountside Ventures), and Regina Lau (CFO - Weavr). Their conversation covered:  ⭐ The current state of the market ⭐ How and why founders are using Venture Debt ⭐ Why is this attractive to LPs? ⭐ Outlook for the future For those that missed the discussion, please see the link below to watch a recording. A huge thank you to our panelists for their time, energy and insights - we look forward to continuing the conversation in the future! https://lnkd.in/e7hhgPxE

We’re excited to announce our recent investment into Cariqa out of the Anthemis Group Female Innovators Lab Fund! We can't wait to join them on their journey to make zero-emission mobility accessible for everyone through transforming the electric vehicle (EV) charging landscape 🚀 Tamara Ciullo Issam Tidjani Stefano Bonetta Mario La Pergola 💡 Learn more about the incredible founding team and why we invested from our Jeremy Brown and Hana Charnley 👇 https://lnkd.in/eysk2r2n

Congratulations to the Cariqa team for raising €1M in pre-seed funding!

Happening Tomorrow: Join us as we demystify venture debt and explore venture debt opportunities for European founders, lenders, and LPs. Sign up via the RSVP link below 👇 https://bit.ly/3XS4YDb Geoff Whiteland Katherine M. Jon Steinberg Regina Lau Sonia Powar

Congratulations to Anthemis portfolio company arqu on the closing of their $10 million Series A financing led by Crosslink Capital with participation from diverse mix of global investors.  Arqu is transforming how large-scale, complex commercial risks are transacted in the $100bn Excess & Surplus (E&S) insurance market. With this funding, arqu will accelerate product development and scale into additional verticals. Congrats again to Chi Lee, Chris Levine and the entire Arqu team on the tremendous achievement. https://lnkd.in/erxRj59n

Reflecting on a fantastic evening last night in London, as we at Anthemis partnered with Headline Media to host an 'Ask the Experts' panel for a room of engaged startup founders. After our CEO, Amy Nauiokas kicked off the discussion, Daphne Algom, co-Founder of Headline Media, moderated an informative Q&A session with our very own Bukie Adebo Umeano, and Esha Vatsa at Mercuri VC. It was an insightful conversation that struck a chord with many in the room, and led to many a thought-provoking discussion as the evening continued on to networking, drinks and canapes in the beautiful Hanbury Hall in Spitalfields. A truly great way to spend a Tuesday evening in September, and a huge thank you to all who attended - we loved having you there, and hope to see you again soon at future Anthemis events! Fifth Dimension AI, Fertility Mapper, Cariqa, Trudenty

We couldn't be more excited to continue to back Fifth Dimension AI in their mission of reinventing real estate operations with AI! Huge congrats to Dr. Kate Jarvis, Johnny Morris - and the entire team 👏

Join us for a digital forum exploring the changing market for venture debt in the UK and Europe, analysing the perspective of lenders, founders and LPs. We are excited to welcome Sonia Powar (Venture Partner - Anthemis), to moderate the conversation and, she will be joined by panelists: Geoff Whiteland (Director - British Business Investments), Katherine M. (Head of High Growth and Entrepreneurs - Barclays), Jon Steinberg (Partner - Mountside Ventures), and Regina Lau (CFO - Weavr) to discuss key insights on: ⭐ The current state of the market ⭐ How and why founders are using Venture Debt ⭐ Why is this attractive to LPs? ⭐ Outlook for the future Registration Details Date: Wednesday, September 25th Time: 4:00 PM BST / 11:00 AM ET To register for the event, click the link ➡ https://bit.ly/3zcv9uQ

🎉 We’re thrilled to share that our portfolio company Tide now has one million small businesses as customers worldwide! Reaching one million customers (members) globally is an impressive milestone for Tide. which is the leading business financial platform in the UK, where it has 650,000 members. Tide also has 350,000 members in India, where it launched in December 2022, and recently entered the German market in May 2024, where it has started to roll out its product proposition. Tide offers business accounts and related banking services for small businesses which don’t have their own finance function. This includes a savings account as well as a comprehensive set of admin solutions including invoicing, accounting and company formations. Congratulations to the entire team at Tide - we are proud to be a partner as you continue to support more small businesses globally as you scale!