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October 27, 2022

Active investment management platform Sidekick raises £3.3m pre-seed

Octopus and Seedcamp are backing Sidekick to help millennials beat the market while it’s down


Amy O'Brien

3 min read

Cofounders Pete Townsend and Matt Ford

UK-based fintech Sidekick has raised a £3.3m pre-seed round to help well-off millennials become richer, by providing them with the kind of active investment management that high-net-worth individuals enjoy. 

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Amy O'Brien

Amy O'Brien is a freelance reporter covering Italian tech. She was previously Sifted's fintech reporter

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