Exciting startups to look out for in 2020

CountingUp

FinTech

Revolutionalising Small Business Banking. CountingUp is automating banking and accounting for entrepreneurs saving them time and resources. With CountingUp everything has been simplified - for example, you can open a Business Account in minutes, as opposed to lengthy inefficient processes at other traditional banks that sometimes takes weeks .


Founded: 2017

Stage: SERIES A

Perlego

eBooks

Perlego is changing education by making eBooks easily accessible. The London-based startup work with publishers around the world and offer a large selection of eBooks via the Perlego platform. Commonly known as the Spotify for Textbooks, Perlego is rapidly expanding to reach not just university students by also Business users.


Founded: 2016

Stage: SERIES A

PORGiESOFT

EdTech

PORGiESOFT is redefining education as we know it in Africa by using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The edTech startup based in Cambridge work in Africa using AI Personal Assistants to improve the quality of education. Their AI Personal Assistants SAMANTHA ™ and Dr. JANE ™ are trained in quality education and are available to support students, lecturers and teachers in Africa by providing advice, delivering education resources, accelerating/automating academic tasks, providing guidance and using machine perception to provide encouragement.


Founded: 2018

Stage: SEED

Duffel

TravelTech

Duffel's online travel booking platform empowers users when booking travel tickets. The London-based startup has created a universal API that allows users to search, book and manage flights from over 18 airlines including Air France, America Airline and Iberia. Duffel are actively building tools that may one day become the foundation of the travel industry and their technology applied to the travel industry correctly will effectively make it easier to get from Point A to Point B.


Founded: 2017

Stage: SERIES B