Volution Ventures

Habito is a digital mortgage platform that offers a comprehensive homebuying service called Habito Plus, which streamlines the mortgage application process, conveyancing, and surveys into a single solution. The company provides a proprietary broker portal that grants over 3,000 external brokers exclusive access to its buy-to-let mortgage products and advanced Instant Decision technology. Using chatbot interfaces and machine learning, Habito's platform enhances efficiency, allowing consumers to easily compare mortgage deals, select payment options, and apply for mortgages while minimizing overpayment on interest rates and costs. Additionally, Habito is focused on developing innovative residential mortgage products tailored to various homeowners' needs.

Freemarket is a London-based company founded in June 2010 by Alex Hunn that specializes in providing businesses with access to cross-border payments and currency exchange tailored to their specific needs. Its online platform connects users to a global bank network and incorporates innovative technology to simplify financial processes, enhance efficiency, and eliminate complexities associated with international transactions. Freemarket enables businesses to transact at mid-market rates, helping them avoid high fees often associated with traditional payment methods. Through its services, Freemarket aims to support the growth of businesses by optimizing their financial operations.

Wayhome is a property sector company that provides a unique solution for homeownership without the need for traditional mortgages. By allowing individuals to purchase a home with just a 5% deposit, the company facilitates a completely debt-free approach to home buying. Wayhome partners with institutional investors who co-buy properties, enabling clients to access homes that may otherwise be beyond their financial reach. Occupants pay minimal monthly rent on the portion of the property they do not own, while investors earn inflation-linked returns on their investment. This model benefits both homeowners seeking affordable housing options and investors looking for stable returns in the residential property market.

Apperio Limited is a London-based company specializing in legal spend management through its innovative platform that offers businesses real-time visibility into their legal expenses. The platform enables clients to receive tenders from various suppliers for legal services in areas such as corporate, commercial, dispute resolution, and intellectual property, among others. By connecting directly with law firms’ practice management systems, Apperio provides structured and accessible data, allowing clients to analyze both billed matters and work-in-progress legal fees effectively. This approach not only helps in-house legal teams maintain control over their spending but also fosters a collaborative relationship with external counsel. Established in 2011 and originally named Legal Tender Limited, Apperio changed its name in 2013 and offers tools that empower organizations to make informed financial decisions regarding their legal services.

Runa is pioneering a first-of-its-kind payment rail capable of sending and accepting digital value at scale. With Runa, companies can pay the people they serve in any form of digital value, anywhere, instantly. The Runa Network provides a wide range of digital payout types including gift cards, prepaid cards, subscriptions, donations, cryptocurrencies and more. Legacy payment mechanisms struggle to adapt to low-volume, high-velocity transactions both locally and globally, such as sending payouts to gig workers, creators, or sending rewards to customers or employees wherever they are. Runa’s infrastructure and network facilitates payouts to these recipients, helping businesses expand their reach, retain their users while modernizing the way in which they manage and transfer money: instantly, internationally, and free of charge for the senders and the recipient. Runa was established as WeGift in October 2016 by Aron Alexander in London, England.

Habito is a digital mortgage platform that offers a comprehensive homebuying service called Habito Plus, which streamlines the mortgage application process, conveyancing, and surveys into a single solution. The company provides a proprietary broker portal that grants over 3,000 external brokers exclusive access to its buy-to-let mortgage products and advanced Instant Decision technology. Using chatbot interfaces and machine learning, Habito's platform enhances efficiency, allowing consumers to easily compare mortgage deals, select payment options, and apply for mortgages while minimizing overpayment on interest rates and costs. Additionally, Habito is focused on developing innovative residential mortgage products tailored to various homeowners' needs.

RotaGeek Ltd. is a London-based company that specializes in developing an online rostering system aimed at simplifying workforce management. Established in 2009, RotaGeek leverages advanced algorithms and machine learning to analyze data patterns, enabling organizations to create efficient employee schedules while addressing demand forecasting. Its platform allows users to manage scheduling, track annual leave, ensure compliance with labor regulations, and coordinate staff across multiple locations. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including businesses in various sectors, such as retail and healthcare. RotaGeek's focus is on delivering personalized and intelligent scheduling solutions that enhance operational efficiency and improve workforce management for its clients.

DeadHappy is an insurtech company that provides digital pay-as-you-go life insurance services. It specializes in offering flexible life insurance policies that are designed to be cheaper, easier, and better than existing traditional providers. Its offerings include pricing insurance based on current circumstances and the option to add further coverage on a rolling basis. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Leicester, England.

Flagstone is a developer of a cash deposit platform that offers clients a streamlined way to access a variety of savings accounts from multiple banks. Through a single application, users can explore hundreds of deposit accounts, fixed-term products, and receive monthly statements. The platform is designed to provide safe and simple access to exclusive, market-leading interest rates, allowing clients to maximize their interest income while minimizing risk through diversification.

Cognism is a sales intelligence platform that offers an end-to-end solution for sales organizations to enhance their prospecting efficiency. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, the company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to enrich customer relationship management (CRM) records, identify trends, and streamline lead generation. Cognism’s platform provides B2B sales teams with a comprehensive blend of real-time data on companies, individuals, and industry events, enabling them to identify and engage potential opportunities more effectively. The service integrates seamlessly with major CRM and email systems, allowing clients to manage their databases and access high-quality, real-time sales data. With additional offices in the USA, Macedonia, and Croatia, Cognism is focused on helping businesses grow and scale their sales processes through innovative technology.

Passfort has developed a turnkey compliance platform designed to automate the collection, verification and secure storage of customer due diligence (CDD) data and documentation. Their software delivers a seamless onboarding experience for both customers and compliance teams that can be tailored to automate their Know Your Customer (KYC) processes. They take a risk-based approach to onboarding and their software optimises each individual's onboarding journey according to their perceived level of risk.

Artesian is a powerful technology for client facing commercial teams, designed to accelerate revenue growth by helping create deeper and more meaningful B2B relationships. Artesian has invested over a decade creating leading technology which can read and interpret millions of sources of unstructured content published online which it can combine with factual data about companies. The resulting powerful insights and triggers are used to create meaningful conversations to drive engagement and better long-term customer relationships. Artesian’s usage and adoption rates are some of the highest in the software industry with a browser, mobile device and integrated CRM user-experience. Artesian ENGAGE helps sales and customer facing teams create genuine relationship-based customer experiences by providing them with a suite of tools to find, get to know, engage, sell and retain. For companies in regulated industries, Artesian’s Risk and Compliance Hub (ARCH) uses a sophisticated fully programable and configurable decision engine to continuously monitor real-time credit risk and KYC data sources, applying a company’s own internal policies to immediately flag potential issues so they can be resolved by the front-line teams who are best placed to engage with the client.

Signal AI is a technology company based in London that specializes in media intelligence and market analysis. Founded in 2013, the company has developed an advanced platform that utilizes machine learning to aggregate and analyze data from various sources, including digital, print, and broadcast media, as well as regulatory information. By providing insights into competitive landscapes, regulatory changes, and reputation management, Signal AI empowers business leaders to make informed decisions. Their system is designed to transform decision-making processes through augmented intelligence, allowing organizations to uncover potential risks and opportunities, thereby enhancing their strategic capabilities.

Zopa is a peer-to-peer lending platform that connects lenders directly with borrowers, eliminating the need for traditional banks as intermediaries. This service allows individuals to invest their savings by lending small amounts to multiple borrowers, thereby spreading risk. Zopa offers an app to help users manage their loans, credit cards, and savings, while also providing tools to monitor their credit scores. The company mitigates risk for lenders through measures such as mandatory monthly direct debit repayments and legal contracts with borrowers. Zopa generates revenue by charging borrowers a fixed fee and a 1% annual fee for lenders. The platform has received several accolades for its innovation and customer service, highlighting its reputation in the financial technology sector.

Brightpearl is the omnichannel retail management system that puts your orders, inventory, financials, POS and CRM in one place. A purpose built ERP platform that delivers real time accounting and order management to automate the back office for today’s omnichannel brands, retailers and wholesalers where in store, online, or in the warehouse. They are 100% focussed on the retail sector and deploy in half of the of time of generic solutions like NetSuite, SAP, and Sage.

Habito is a digital mortgage platform that offers a comprehensive homebuying service called Habito Plus, which streamlines the mortgage application process, conveyancing, and surveys into a single solution. The company provides a proprietary broker portal that grants over 3,000 external brokers exclusive access to its buy-to-let mortgage products and advanced Instant Decision technology. Using chatbot interfaces and machine learning, Habito's platform enhances efficiency, allowing consumers to easily compare mortgage deals, select payment options, and apply for mortgages while minimizing overpayment on interest rates and costs. Additionally, Habito is focused on developing innovative residential mortgage products tailored to various homeowners' needs.

RotaGeek Ltd. is a London-based company that specializes in developing an online rostering system aimed at simplifying workforce management. Established in 2009, RotaGeek leverages advanced algorithms and machine learning to analyze data patterns, enabling organizations to create efficient employee schedules while addressing demand forecasting. Its platform allows users to manage scheduling, track annual leave, ensure compliance with labor regulations, and coordinate staff across multiple locations. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including businesses in various sectors, such as retail and healthcare. RotaGeek's focus is on delivering personalized and intelligent scheduling solutions that enhance operational efficiency and improve workforce management for its clients.

Artesian is a powerful technology for client facing commercial teams, designed to accelerate revenue growth by helping create deeper and more meaningful B2B relationships. Artesian has invested over a decade creating leading technology which can read and interpret millions of sources of unstructured content published online which it can combine with factual data about companies. The resulting powerful insights and triggers are used to create meaningful conversations to drive engagement and better long-term customer relationships. Artesian’s usage and adoption rates are some of the highest in the software industry with a browser, mobile device and integrated CRM user-experience. Artesian ENGAGE helps sales and customer facing teams create genuine relationship-based customer experiences by providing them with a suite of tools to find, get to know, engage, sell and retain. For companies in regulated industries, Artesian’s Risk and Compliance Hub (ARCH) uses a sophisticated fully programable and configurable decision engine to continuously monitor real-time credit risk and KYC data sources, applying a company’s own internal policies to immediately flag potential issues so they can be resolved by the front-line teams who are best placed to engage with the client.