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Standard Chartered

Corporate

Portfolio

3

companies

By category

  • Infrastructure£230M
  • FinTech£187M

By location

  • Gloucestershire£230M
  • London£187M

Portfolio companies

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Carbonplace

Carbonplace provides a carbon credit transaction network connecting buyers and sellers through banks.

N

Netomnia

Netomnia builds full fibre broadband infrastructure and networks across the UK.

Thought Machine

Thought Machine

Thought Machine develops cloud native core banking technology for financial institutions.


Team

Alex Manson

Alex Manson

Head of SC Ventures

Alex leads SC Ventures at Standard Chartered, following senior banking roles at Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank, and Credit Suisse.

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Recent investments

Debt
£230M

The debt financing package is provided by a syndicate including HSBC UK, ING, and Standard Chartered.

"We are very pleased to welcome this new group of lenders to Netomnia and are thrilled they have chosen to support the continued acceleration of our business. The enthusiasm from these institutions to support our business is a testament to our successes at Netomnia and YouFibre, and our unique approach to building our full fibre network and providing best-in-class Internet speeds and services to customers across the UK."
— Wil Wadsworth, CFO
Seed
£37.2M

The funding comes from nine founder banks to support platform scaling and team expansion.

"With Carbonplace, we are transforming the way that carbon credits are bought, distributed, held and retired. I am excited to take this company to the next level of its evolution, and to help unlock its massive potential to drive significant economic and social value by opening the carbon markets up to the world."
— Scott Eaton, CEO
Series C
£150M

Nyca Partners led the Series C round, which values the business at over $1bn and includes backing from several major global banks.

"We are delighted to have earned the support of our new and existing investors as we continue to move the world’s leading banks into the cloud. We set out to eradicate legacy technology from the industry and ensure that all banks deployed on Vault can succeed and deliver on their ambitions. These new funds will accelerate the delivery of Vault into banks around the world who wish to implement their future vision of financial services."
— Paul Taylor, CEO & founder