£7.8M
The Series A round was led by Eos Ventures and the Development Bank of Wales to scale investment products and expand operations.
Sidekick
Sidekick operates a wealth platform for professionals managing growing assets.
£19.6MTotal raised
Sidekick provides a wealth management platform designed for professionals with increasingly complex financial needs. The service offers access to private markets, managed portfolios and Lombard lending.
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Founders
Peter Townsend
CTO
Peter brings engineering leadership and co-founding experience from multiple fintech and digital platform companies, including Sidekick and Tandem Money. He previously scaled regulated platforms and managed software development across various financial technology firms.
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Pete Townsend
Co-Founder
Pete brings fintech engineering and operating experience, having previously held senior technical roles at Tandem Money, NorthOne, and Pariti Technologies Limited. He currently serves as co-founder and CTO at Sidekick.
Matt Ford
Founder and CEO
Matt is the chief executive and co-founder of Sidekick. His previous experience includes roles as a partner at Mouro Capital and chief product officer at Tandem Bank.
Investors
- £7.8MEos VenturesLead
SeedcampFollow-on
MMS&ADFollow-onTTheVentureCityFollow-onPPactFollow-onBBlackwoodFollow-on1818Follow-on
SemanticFollow-on - £8.5M
- £3.3M
Funding history
£8.5M
The financing round was co-led by Pact VC and TheVentureCity, with debt backing from Columbia Lake Partners.
£3.3M
The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from Seedcamp and Semantic to support app development and regulatory approval.