SWEEP ANNOUNCES £900,000 INVESTMENT TOTAL IN 2020

The UK expense and travel management platform has secured an additional £250,000 through a well-supported Seedr fundraising campaign and the British Business Bank’s Future Fund

London, UK – January 2021: Sweep, the expense and travel management platform for SMEs, has today announced it has hit its 2020 funding target and achieved a total of £900,000 in investments and grants this year.

The company’s most recent Seedrs fundraising campaign in December, where the amount raised totalled £250,000, follows a previous grant from Innovate UK of £456,000. Despite tough market conditions, Sweep has continued to grow throughout the year and raise significant capital during a key stage of the business’ growth.

Sweep has a strong focus on automating essential business processes that will help drive efficiency and productivity in a post COVID economy. The company’s latest fundraise will both go towards further developing existing tools, as well developing new features to help UK businesses better manage their finances. 2021 will also see the company announce new features to its expense management product, as well as launching a travel management platform.

Billel Ridelle, Founder and CEO at Sweep, commented:

“We are excited to announce this latest funding round and overwhelmed with the drive and support behind the Seedr campaign. We go into 2021 with a strong proposition as we continue using the power of Open Banking technology to drive our product innovation.”

He continued:

“Being a company that is dependent on employee mobility, 2020 proved a tough year. However, our customers – small and medium sized businesses – are now more focused than ever on gaining better insight, visibility and control over how their money is being spent. Our offering will be key to helping organisations drive better productivity and cost efficiencies.”

Sweep launched a fully automated expense tracking platform in 2018. The app has been built from the ground up, leveraging open banking technology to provide users with a fully automated transaction tracking system, smart payment categorisation and real-time expense reporting.

About Sweep

Sweep is powered by Open Banking technology using simplified tools for your business travel and expense management needs. It provides real time transaction tracking and digital expense categorization, creating reports and analysis with just a few clicks. It automates financial reporting, analyses your data and finds new opportunities for savings. Sweep saves up to 15 hours a month on data input and travel administration per employee and prevents expense fraud by automating transactions and policy checks.

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