Atom Bank - Growth Capital Ventures

Atom Bank

About Atom Bank

Atom Bank is the UK’s first fully licensed digital challenger bank. Digital mobile banking is a high growth channel driven by the use of smartphones and is already the predominant channel for current account interactions. In 2020 mobile banking interactions are forecast to account for three times more interactions than internet, branch and telephone banking combined.

Atom’s innovative app provides an intuitive user experience, it’s simple, quick and convenient. Customers can access Atom Bank 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year at their convenience. Customers can open an account in minutes and access market leading competitive ‘core’ Atom products including a Fixed Saver Deposit Account, highly competitive Residential Mortgages, SME Loans and Commercial Mortgages.

Currently in growth phase, Atom has a full banking licence and has now attracted over £2.0 billion in deposits and has a market cap in excess of £580 million.

Sector: Fintech

Total Investment: £1.1 million*

Latest Investment: June 2017

Current Status: Growth Phase

Asset Class: Venture Capital

* Two funding rounds from 2015 to 2017

Our Portfolio

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B-North

Startup established to build a lending focused challenger bank. Aiming to disrupt the UK SME loans market by delivering fast, efficient funding to profitable, ambitious SMEs that are the backbone of the UK economy.

Fintech | Banking

HiveHR

Employee engagement platform and strategic partner for organisations who put their people first. Hive are on a mission to change the working world for the better.

Technology | SaaS

MAVEN Bonds

Online investment platform providing fixed term, asset backed bonds to experienced investors. Providing investors with access to property backed loans and tax free returns.

Fintech | Investment

Transparently

Online communication platform, transforming the way individuals negotiate solutions to any dispute. Blockchain based technology delivers a secure, indelible, fully encrypted timeline of inter-client communication.

LegalTech | PaaS

CDML

Project Management and Strategic Land Consultancy. Working in partnership with landowners to secure planning permission for residential development and managing the onward sale to a housebuilder.

Property | Consultancy

Intelligence Fusion

Transforming the way global companies protect people, assets and reputation. Big data and machine learning providing enhanced threat intelligence and situational awareness.

Technology | SaaS

Homes by Carlton

Award winning regional housebuilder transforming the way high quality housing schemes are financed and delivered.

Property | House Building

QikServe

Multi-channel self-service order and payment solutions for the hospitality sector. Transforming the customer experience, reducing staff costs and boosting sales.

Technology | Payment Services

Fame Media Tech

A highly customisable Platform-as-a-Service. Combining augmented reality, virtual reality and progressive web app solutions to create immersive technology that transforms visitor and customer experiences.

Technology | PaaS

Canny Lads Media

A specialist lead generation company and B2C Software-as-a-Service business, Delivers high value traffic to the iGaming sector and provides training and software to subscribers.

Technology | SaaS

Thorpe Paddocks

Third project originated and delivered by Regional Housebuilder, Homes by Carlton. A 31 unit scheme comprising of 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes.

Property | Development

Middleton St George

Second project originated and delivered by Regional Housebuilder, Homes by Carlton. A 50 unit scheme comprising of 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes.

Property | Development

Chilton

The first property Joint Venture project originated and delivered by regional housebuilder, Homes by Carlton. A High quality development of fourteen 3 and 4 bedroom homes.

Property | Development

Redmarshall

The fourth project originated and delivered by regional housebuilder, Homes by Carlton. Luxury development of 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes.

Property | Development

CoreHaus

Designing, developing and delivering modular housing solutions. Using modern construction methods to deliver precision-engineered homes quicker than traditional methods, and providing additional capacity to the housebuilding sector.

Modular Housing | Manufacturing

The Lightrooms

The next generation of workspace for ambitious high growth businesses. More than office space. Room to grow. Support to Grow. Capital to grow.

Property | Office Development

Risk Warning

Investing in growth focused businesses and projects is a higher risk / higher return investment strategy and carries significant risks including; illiquidity, loss of capital, rarity of dividends and dilution. It should only form part a balanced investment portfolio and is targeted at investors who are sufficiently sophisticated to understand the risks involved and are capable of making their own investment decisions.

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