Six-figure funding for new social impact investment app Tickr

New impact investment tool Tickr has secured six-figure funding.

The London-based company raised £860k in a seed round to continue growing its digital platform, which allows people to invest in businesses committed to making positive social change.

The Tickr app, which launches in the coming weeks, will connect prospective investors with globally listed companies dedicated to solving key issues affecting the world.

The software groups businesses into themes to make the process easier for first-time investors.

Tickr’s co-founders, Matt Latham and Tom McGillycuddy, both have more than eight years’ experience in investment management.

Tom said: “Our success raising £860k investment at the seed stage is indicative of the wider changes sweeping the investment management industry, and we’re responding to a real appetite for socially conscious investing from the next generation of investors.

“We’re confident in the power of our platform to generate tangible, positive social change across the globe, and it’s a real indicator of the strength of our proposition to have received the trust of key figures from the industry as we approach our launch.”

Tickr also secured funding from SLJ Investment Partners B.V, which said in a statement: “We are honoured to come on board and to be a part of such a dynamic and disruptive Fintech platform as Tickr.

“The technology has the power to be an insightful force for good within the financial services industry, and appeal to a whole new generation of investors.”

The firm continued: “For SLJ, we see the true need for Tickr, and we are excited to join them on their journey. With such a passionate and dedicated team we have every faith in Tickr being a true example of the ‘win-win’ philosophy.”

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