ACCELERATOR - Fintech

Aviva & Founders Factory Fintech Accelerator

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£50k capital • 6 months operational support • London & Global

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program overview

Partnering with founders to build and fund the next generation of fintech startups

Our Fintech sector is backed by Aviva, the UK's largest insurer and commercial property investor with 18M customers across UK, Ireland and Canada. Together, we're investing in Pre-Seed to Series A startups, providing entrepreneurs access to Aviva's technology and commercial scale, combined with capital, bespoke operational support and access to our global network.

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program overview

Partnering with founders to build and fund the next generation of fintech startups

Join the program

GO FURTHER, FASTER

Raise capital and grow your startup with the backing of Founders Factory and Aviva

Capital

Receive £50k cash investment. Our investment team will support your capital raise requirements in-program and in years to come.

Operational Support

Co-founder level support from a dedicated team of experts across Product, Growth, Fundraising, Talent, Data Science and more.

Corporate Access

Leverage the support of our corporate partners, including the UK's largest insurer and commercial property investor, Aviva. Support covers distribution, pilots, commercial partnerships, product validation, investment, and more.

Community & Network

Join our global community of founders sharing learnings and offering peer support. You'll be invited to bi-annual founders days, investor showcases and a program of invite-only events.

Playbooks & Resources

We've developed systems and processes to de-risk your startup and increase the probabilities of success. .

Deals & Perks

Gain access to our hand-picked deals, discounts and benefits with leading software and service providers, worth $350,000.

SUCCESS STORIES

Scan.com
Scan.com
Scan.com is building the booking infrastructure for diagnostic imaging.

After joining the Fintech Accelerator, they raised £3.75M from top VC funds, helping drive their launch into the US market.

They've now raised over $60M, numbering 150 people across two continents.
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Scan.com
Scan.com
Scan.com is building the booking infrastructure for diagnostic imaging.

After joining the Fintech Accelerator, they raised £3.75M from top VC funds, helping drive their launch into the US market.

They've now raised over $60M, numbering 150 people across two continents.
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Tembo
Tembo
Tembo is transforming home-buying, maximising affordability and lending through innovative family-lending and guarantor processes.
Since leaving the Accelerator, they've gone on to raise £7.5M, with leading investment from Aviva Ventures. As a preferred mortgage partner for Aviva, they've reached a potential 4M+ customers.
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Tembo
Tembo
Tembo is transforming home-buying, maximising affordability and lending through innovative family-lending and guarantor processes.
Since leaving the Accelerator, they've gone on to raise £7.5M, with leading investment from Aviva Ventures. As a preferred mortgage partner for Aviva, they've reached a potential 4M+ customers.
Read more
HealthKey
HealthKey
HealthKey was built in the Fintech Venture Studio with Aviva by founders David Jorring and Tudor Cotop. After building an MVP with around 15 digital health providers, they launched a pilot with Aviva, initially to 800 employees.
Aviva Ventures went on to lead their pre-seed round of £1.1M.
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HealthKey
HealthKey
HealthKey was built in the Fintech Venture Studio with Aviva by founders David Jorring and Tudor Cotop. After building an MVP with around 15 digital health providers, they launched a pilot with Aviva, initially to 800 employees.
Aviva Ventures went on to lead their pre-seed round of £1.1M.
Read more
Shepper
Shepper
Gig economy platform, Shepper, refers to Aviva as being "critical" in helping them grow, particularly through investing a total of £4 million across their Series A round in 2018, and a more recent fundraising round of £6 million. They also gained a new CEO via Aviva — Lindsay Forster, having previously sat on their board as part of the partnership.
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Shepper
Shepper
Gig economy platform, Shepper, refers to Aviva as being "critical" in helping them grow, particularly through investing a total of £4 million across their Series A round in 2018, and a more recent fundraising round of £6 million. They also gained a new CEO via Aviva — Lindsay Forster, having previously sat on their board as part of the partnership.
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ClearGlass
ClearGlass
Pension fintech ClearGlass concluded their six months in Founders Factory’s accelerator program by raising £2.6m seed – more than double their original target – from top-tier investors. Staggeringly, they managed to pull all of this off during a pandemic.
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ClearGlass
ClearGlass
Pension fintech ClearGlass concluded their six months in Founders Factory’s accelerator program by raising £2.6m seed – more than double their original target – from top-tier investors. Staggeringly, they managed to pull all of this off during a pandemic.
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