Anthemis Group

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

Anthemis Group is a London-based venture capital fund founded in 2010. In 2016, the firm made the first close of their inaugural fund at $60m, with the aim of reaching $100m to exclusively invest into FinTech companies.

Country: United Kingdom

Founded: 2010

Headquarters: 4-6th Floor, 44 Great Marlborough St., London W1F 7JL

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Europe

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • Institutional Investments and Trading
  • WealthTech
  • InsurTech
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics

Investment Stage

  • Angel
  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Later Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series D

Summary

Anthemis Group is an investment firm which focuses on investments such as incubation and venture capital in companies ranging from early to late stage development. The firm seeks to invest in financial services and is based in the UK.

The firm has had a concerted interest in FinTech throughout the years for it’s investments, accruing over 20 investments into the space since the firm’s inception.

Regional focus has been restricted to Europe and North America thus far for Anthemis’ FinTech investments. The firm has also been expansive regarding FinTech subsector investments, but added investment focus on the Payments & Remittances and WealthTech sectors specifically.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

April 2017

Trov

$45m

Series D

  HSB Ventures

InsurTech

United States

April 2017

Qover

$5.9m

Series A

  Callatäy & Wouters Ventures

InsurTech

Belgium

August 2015

eShares

$17m

Series B

  Spark Capital

Institutional Investments & Trading

United States

August 2015

QuanTemplate

$8.1m

Series A

  Allianz Ventures

Payments & Remittances

Spain

May 2015

Artivest

$15m

Series A

  KKR

WealthTech

United States

February 2015

Trov

$6.5m

Series B

Pivot Investment Partners

InsurTech

United States

February 2015

Bento for Business

$2.5m

Seed

  Blumberg Capital

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United States

December 2014

Atom Bank

$39.3m

Venture

  Chris Adelsbach

WealthTech

United Kingdom

September 2014

QuanTemplate

N/D

Seed

Techstars

Payments & Remittances

Spain

March 2014

Azimo

$10m

Series A

  KRW Schindler Private Ventures

Payments & Remittances

United Kingdom

April 2013

indix

$6m

Series A

  Avalon Ventures

Data & Analytics

United States

August 2012

mporium

$0.7m

Series A

Angel CoFund

Payments & Remittances

United Kingdom

August 2012

Moven

$2.4m

Seed

Raptor Ventures

WealthTech

United States

July 2012

Premise

N/D

Seed

  Bowery Capital

Data & Analytics

United States

March 2012

eToro

$15m

Venture

  Spark Capital

Institutional Investments & Trading

Cyprus

March 2012

Currency Cloud

$4m

Series A

  Atlas Venture

Payments & Remittances

United Kingdom

January 2012

Payoff

$4.1m

Seed

  Kai Huang

WealthTech

United States

August 2011

FinanceAcar

N/D

Series A

  Dominic Collins

WealthTech

United Kingdom

December 2010

Blueleaf

$1.4m

Seed

Alexis Ohanian

Payments & Remittances

United States

December 2010

Betterment

$3m

Series A

  Jason Finger

WealthTech

United States

September 2010

PayPerks

N/D

Angel

  Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund

WealthTech

United States

June 2010

MetaMarkets

$2.5m

Seed

  Lorraine Adams

Data & Analytics

United States

November 2009

Simple

$0.2m

Seed

  SV Angel

WealthTech

United States

October 2007

The Climate Corperation

$12.5m

Series A

  Allen & Company

InsurTech

United States

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2016

Anthemis Venture Fund I

$100m

Key Employees

Amy Nauiokas
Founder & President

Nadeem Shaikh
Founder & CEO

Sean Park
Founder, Chairman, & CIO

Carlo Biggio
Investment Associate

Anthony Danon
Investment Associate

Holly Bennett
Director, Ecosystem Development/Investor Relations