'The Breakout List is great, but what about joining companies in the UK?'
"Do not join a company willy-nilly, you should consider companies on that are on a positive path by checking out this list"
-Ben Tossell, Community at Product Hunt / Angel List
💥Burst Forth
burst forth - verb
(American-English synonym for breakout - and it sounds more British)
UK headquartered digital tech company, £5M+ net revenue in the last 12 months and at least 30% revenue growth over the last 2 years.
| Name | Product | Stage | Tags | Investors | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adzuna | Search engine for jobs ads | Venture | BurstForth | Passion Capital, Index Ventures | Link |
| Algomi | Securely and intelligently harness data to make valuable financial trading connections | Private Equity | BurstForth | Lakestar, Hoxton Ventures, PE (Euronext) | Link |
| Azimo | Transfer money worldwide | Venture | BurstForth | Rakuten, Frog Capital, Greycroft Partners | Link |
| Blis | Location data technology to create audiences for advertisers | Series B | BurstForth | Ballpark Ventures, Beringea, Endeit Capital, Meridian Growth Capital, Unilever Ventures | Link |
| Bloom & Wild | Flower delivery through the letterbox | Series B | BurstForth | MMC Ventures, Burda Principal Investments, Catamaran Ventures | Link |
| Brandwatch | Social intelligence company | Series C | BurstForth | Partech Ventures, Nauta Capital, Highland Europe, Durrants | Link |
| buddi | Personal emergency response service | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| Busuu | Social network for language learning | Series B | BurstForth | PROfounders Capital, McGraw-Hill Education | Link |
| Carwow | Find and buy a new car | Series B | BurstForth | Balderton, Accel, Episode 1 | Link |
| ClearScore | Free access to credit scores and reports | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| Condeco Group | Manage meeting and office spaces | Series A | BurstForth | Highland Europe | Link |
| Crowdcube | Investment crowdfunding platform | Series C | BurstForth | Venture Inc S.A, Balderton, Numis | Link |
| Deliveroo | Food delivery experience | Series E | BurstForth | Index, Accel, Greenoaks, GC, DST Global | Link |
| Ebury | Small and medium enterprises grow internationally | Private Equity | BurstForth | Envestors, 83North | Link |
| Epos Now | Point-of-sale software and hardware provider | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| Fairsail | Cloud-based human resources | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| Festicket | Online marketplace to discover and book musical festivals | Series B | BurstForth | Lepe, PROfounders | Link |
| FundApps | Regulatory compliance monitoring SaaS to financial institutions | Seed | BurstForth | - | Link |
| GoCardless | Collect Direct Debit payments | Series C | BurstForth | YC, SV Angel, Start Fund, Accel, Passion, Balderton, Notion | Link |
| Gousto | Innovative recipe boxes with pre-portioned ingredients | Venture | BurstForth | MMC, Unilever | Link |
| Interact | Internal communication and collaboration challenges | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| iwoca | Flexible credit to small businesses across Europe | Series C | BurstForth | Acton Capital, Redline, Commerz, Shawbrook Bank, Prime | Link |
| Just Giving | Platform for online giving in the world | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| Kano | Creates computers and coding kits for all ages | Series A | BurstForth | Breyer, Collab Fund, JamJar | Link |
| LMAX | Deliver the benefits of exchange quality execution | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| Lost My Name | Independent technology and publishing business | Series A | BurstForth | Forward, GV, Project A | Link |
| LoveCrafts | Online community and marketplace for the crafts sector | Series B | BurstForth | Highland Europe, Balderton | Link |
| MWR InfoSecurity | Cyber security consultancy | Series B | BurstForth | ETF | Link |
| My UNiDAYS | Connects brands and services to a verified audience of students | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| NewVoiceMedia | Powers customers connections | Series F | BurstForth | Notion, Eden, Salesforce, Bessemer Venture Partners | Link |
| Onfido | Identity verification platform | Venture | BurstForth | Salesforce, Crunchfund, Brightbridge | Link |
| Performance Horizon | SaaS solutions for digital partner marketing | Series C | BurstForth | Greycroft, GN Capital, Mithril Capital | Link |
| Qubit | Empowers businesses to customise and optimise websites in real-time | Series C | BurstForth | Balderton, Accel, Goldman Sachs | Link |
| RateSetter | P2P lending platforms | Venture | BurstForth | Artemis | Link |
| Receipt Bank | Automates small business bookkeeping | Venture | BurstForth | Kennet | Link |
| ROLI | Modular music creation system | Series B | BurstForth | Balderton, Horizons, Foundry, Kreos, Index, Founders Fund | Link |
| scoota | Online advertising technology | Series B | BurstForth | Notion, Frog, Venture Founders | Link |
| Space Ape | Gaming company focussed on mid-core games | Debt Financing | BurstForth | Acclel, Connect, Initial, Northzone, Sega Ventures, SVB | Link |
| Spitfire Audio | Virtual instruments to composers and producers | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| SuperAwesome | Kid-safe digital media ecosystem | Series A | BurstForth | Sandbox, Twenty Ten, IBIS TMT, Hoxton | Link |
| Swoon Editions | Online furniture brand | Series A | BurstForth | Index, LocalGlobe, Octopus | Link |
| Tails.com | Online pet nutrition service | Seed | BurstForth | JamJar, Octopus | Link |
| The Floow | Telematic system to make vehicles safer and cheaper | Venture | BurstForth | - | Link |
| Thread | Help men dress well without going shopping | Series B | BurstForth | Beringea, Balderton | Link |
| Threads Styling | Reinventing luxury goods commerce for the Snapchat generation | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| Trak Global Group | Telematics company | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| TransferWise | International money transfer platform | Series D | BurstForth | Index, A16Z, Vidar, IA | Link |
| Ve Interactive | Software for digital advertising and online conversion | - | BurstForth | - | Link |
| WorldRemit | Send money to friends and family living abroad | Debt Financing | BurstForth | Accel, Project A, SVB | Link |
| Yieldify | Helps marketers convert visitors easily | Series A | BurstForth | GV, Softbank, Hoxton, LocalGlobe | Link |
🦄 Unicorns
UK companies (or co's with a large UK presence) that have Unicorn status 🦄
| Name | Product | Stage | Tags | Investors | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASOS | Online fashion and beauty platform | IPO | Unicorn | - | Link |
| JustEat | Online takeaway ordering | IPO | Unicorn | Index, Redpoint, 83North | Link |
| Skrill | E-commerce platform that facilitates online payment transactions | - | Unicorn | - | Link |
| Wonga | Online payday lender | Series C | Unicorn | Accel, Balderton | Link |
| Zoopla | Provides accurate house price estimates available in the UK | Series C | Unicorn | Atlas, Octopus | Link |
| Farfetch | Brings together independent fashion boutiques | Series F | Unicorn | Index, DST, Conde Nast | Link |
| Shazam | Connects people to the music, TV shows and ads they love | Series F | Unicorn | Kleiner Perkins | Link |
| Funding Circle | Online marketplace for business loans | Series F | Unicorn | Accel, Index, DST | Link |
| Markit Group | Financial information services company | IPO | Unicorn | General Atlantic | Link |
| Rightmove | Property website | IPO | Unicorn | - | Link |
| Uber | Connecting passengers with drivers for hire | Series G | Unicorn | GV, Benchmark, First Round | Link |
| Stripe | Set of unified payment APIs and tools | Series D | Unicorn | YC, Sequoia, Founders Fund, Thrive | Link |
| Airbnb | Book unique homes around the world | Series F | Unicorn | YC, Sequoia, a16z, Greylock, | Link |
👀 Watch-out
UK startups worth keeping track of.
| Name | Product | Stage | Tags | Investors | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jukedeck | Artificially intelligent music composer | Venture | Watchout | Playfair, Cambridge Innovation | Link |
| Quuu | Social media marketing on autopilot | Angel | Watchout | - | Link |
| Monzo | Building a bank as smart as your phone | Series C | Watchout | Thrive, Passion | Link |
| Doopoll | Platform for engaging audiences and gathering opinions | Seed | Watchout | - | Link |
| Ramp | Promo merch platform | - | Watchout | - | Link |
| Seenit | App driven collaborative video production platform | Seed | Watchout | - | Link |
| Darktrace | Enterprise immune system technology for cyber security | Series C | Watchout | Hoxton, Summit, SoftBank, KKR | Link |
| Echobox | AI that understands the meaning of content | Series A | Watchout | Mangrove, LocalGlobe, EF | Link |
| Stepsize | Smart tools for teams to develop better software faster | - | Watchout | - | Link |
| Seldon | Machine learning infrastructure for data scientists and developers | Seed | Watchout | Techstars | Link |
| Cleo | Intelligent assistant that helps users manage their finances | Seed | Watchout | - | Link |
| StatusToday | AI-powered insights platform that understands human behaviour | Seed | Watchout | EF, LocalGlobe, Notion | Link |
🌱 Mission
Companies solving important and valuable problems.
| Name | Product | Stage | Tags | Investors | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InsideDNA | Makes drug discovery faster and cheaper with AI & genomics | - | Mission | - | Link |
| Oxehealth | Turns cameras into health monitors | Venture | Mission | IP Group | Link |
| BenevolentAI | Harnessing the power of AI to enhance and accelerate global scientific discovery | - | Mission | Landsdowne, Lundbeck, Upsher Smith, Woodford | Link |
🤗 Community Picks
Awesome UK startups recommended by the community.
| Name | Product | Stage | Tags | Investors | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel | Creates prototypes in just a few clicks | Series A | Picks | Haatch, BGF | Link |