Laura Cornely, Count cofunder

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After struggling to secure a financial adviser, this founder built her own

London-based Count just raised £830k in seed funding

When Count cofounder and CEO Laura Cornely relocated from Germany to the UK, she thought getting a financial adviser might help her make sense of her new home’s system.

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Damisola Sulaiman

Damisola Sulaiman is Sifted's fintech reporter, based in London. She writes Sifted's weekly Fintech newsletter . You can find her on LinkedIn

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