LONDON, 05 DECEMBER 2023 – Cloud-based credit and affordability risk analytics platform Finexos has secured a £690k Seed round led by UK-based Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) with participation from data-driven angel fund SyndicateRoom and existing angel and VC investors. The oversubscribed round will facilitate acceleration of the company’s go-to-market strategy.

Award-winning Finexos applies advanced AI, data science and behavioural analytics to enhance credit decisioning and credit monitoring by significantly increasing the accuracy of suitability and affordability calculations for banks and lenders. The mutually beneficial system reduces risk and costs for credit providers, unlocks untapped markets, promotes financial inclusion, and enables better APR rates and outcomes for consumers and SMEs.

FIOLA®, Finexos’ proprietary AI-powered risk engine, utilises multi-source data including open banking and machine learning to help enable any provider of credit to automate processes and rapidly determine a borrower’s creditworthiness with high accuracy. The cost-effective data science SaaS platform can be easily adopted to enrich data analysis and promote better decision-making and borrower outcomes.

Darren Smith, CEO of Finexos, said,

“We are thrilled to continue receiving the backing of such seasoned investors. This marks a significant milestone for Finexos and is testament to the dedication of our entire team in propelling the company to this pivotal stage. We greatly look forward to strengthening existing partnerships and forging new connections as we work to empower financial institutions to make more informed credit decisions and drive improved outcomes for both lenders and borrowers.”

Finexos recently partnered with NayaOne to provide advanced Loan Book Vulnerability Analysis (LBVA) via their Digital Transformation Platform. The state-of-the-art LBVA enables lenders to retrospectively review entire loan books to determine vulnerability to underlying credit assets based on previous credit decisions and provide additional support to borrowers, enhancing compliance with Consumer Duty. Finexos has also been accepted into the FCA’s Digital Sandbox.

Norm Peterson, CEO of GCV, explained

“We are delighted to continue supporting Finexos on their journey to transforming credit scoring. The company’s progress over the last 12 months, and recent traction with NayaOne and the FCA, has been highly encouraging. The team is very well positioned to capitalise on the market opportunity and we are looking forward to continuing to support the management team as they maintain their positive momentum.”

About Finexos

Award-winning Finexos is the next-generation credit and affordably risk and analytics platform powered by advanced AI, data science and behavioural analytics. The unique technology reduces risk and costs for credit providers, unlocks untapped markets, promotes financial inclusion, and enables better APR rates and outcomes for consumers, SMEs and lenders.

About GCV

Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) is an FCA-authorised investment firm that provides its network of global private investors with access to high quality investment opportunities across three core asset classes. Covering venture capital, private equity and property, GCV has facilitated over £100m of co-investment to date and delivered an average return to investors of over 40x.