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September 22, 2025

Tide becomes UK fintech’s latest unicorn with £120m funding round

The funding round will finance its international expansion plans and push into agentic AI

Tom Matsuda

2 min read

Tide, the UK business banking fintech, has secured unicorn status following a £120m funding round. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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