Brightbridge Ventures

Modulr offers a payments-as-a-service platform and API that enables embedded payments and automated payment flows for digital businesses. The platform integrates into products or systems to move money faster, streamline existing services, launch new payment products, and improve customer experiences, driving incremental revenue and operational efficiencies.

At Bizfitech they are on a mission to transform business finance to be as transparent, fast and flexible as consumer finance. They are starting by launching businessfinancecompared.com a new comparison website that will address the 2 key needs of a small business looking for finance, ease and certainty. Every year 450,000 small businesses are actively looking for finance to support growth. The majority spend less than an hour searching and approach their main bank as the only option, they are then faced with a lengthy application process before giving up if their application is not approved. They don’t think that is right. they want to provide small businesses with a market place where they can see all the finance options available to them, including alternative lending products, increasing the certainty of them getting the finance they need.

They started Likely Loans in 2014. They’re owned by Oakbrook Finance. Led by a team with a huge amount of experience in lending, they really believe that people should be able to access loans that are affordable, despite their circumstances, and this belief is at the heart of everything they do. By completing their online application they can give you an instant decision about your eligibility for a loan and, where successful, aim to have the money in your bank the very next working day.

Salary Finance operates an online platform that partners with employers to provide employees with financial wellbeing benefits. The platform offers salary advances, affordable loans, savings accounts, and financial education, all integrated with payroll for automatic deductions. By enabling employees to access earned pay, manage debt, and build savings, the service aims to improve retention, productivity, and overall financial health. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, the company focuses on responsible financial products delivered through workplace benefits.

ClearScore is a financial technology company that offers credit scoring services and a marketplace. It provides access to financial data, including credit reports, credit scores, and open banking data, helping users monitor and improve their financial well-being and make informed decisions about debt and personal finances.

Onfido Limited, established in 2010 and headquartered in London, specializes in digital identity verification. The company offers a SaaS solution that uses AI-based technology to verify government-issued IDs and match them with facial biometrics, ensuring users' identities are genuine. Onfido's platform is employed in various sectors, including financial services, marketplaces, gaming, and e-commerce, for applications such as KYC, user onboarding, and fraud detection. The company operates globally with offices in major cities like San Francisco, New York, Lisbon, Paris, New Delhi, and Singapore.