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Overview
OakNorth was founded in September 2015 with one fundamental purpose: to serve and empower established small-to-medium sized businesses (SMEs) that were seeking to scale but were routinely underserved or overlooked by traditional banks: what it calls the ‘Missing Middle’.
Its founders, Rishi Khosla and Joel Perlman, had experienced this first-hand while scaling their previous company - Copal. In 2015, three years after launching that business, they applied for a bank loan and the ‘computer said ‘no’’, despite their business being profitable. The products, services, and experience needed to make their lives as a scaling business easier, and enable them to reach their full potential, were ‘missing’ from banks’ offerings.
As entrepreneurs, their response was to build what was missing: a neobank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.
To date, its bespoke debt finance solutions have supported property developers, care homes, specialist schools and nurseries, hotels, bars and restaurants, pub operators, as well as fund and specialist finance providers. With a range of specialist secured and unsecured business loans, OakNorth caters to the growth plans of businesses, without asking them to give up equity.
Despite experiencing not one, but two unprecedented events – Brexit and COVID-19 – since its launch, the bank has continued supporting growth businesses across the UK. It’s lent over £10 billion to date, directly helping with the creation of almost tens of thousands of new jobs and new homes (the significant majority of which are affordable and social housing).
Its data-led approach allows it to look at the future, rather than just fixating on the past, meaning it avoids making decisions based on outdated financials. Using data and analytics, it builds up a granular view of every business in its portfolio, combining this with forward-looking scenario analysis, to enable it to be a trusted funding partner as the business scales, and continue confidently lending through economic cycles and unprecedented events.
By behaving as reliable, long-term partners to its customers throughout the pandemic, rather than just bankers, it has been able to make them its best advocates. As a result, c.80% of its new lending comes via referrals, and 40% of its borrowers are repeat customers.
Highlights
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Financial Services
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Location
Europe
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Profile Resume
OakNorth, established in 2005 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in investments across Financial Services, Impact Investing, Credit, Debt Collections, Gaming, Hospitality, Racing, Motorsports, Social Media, E-Commerce. The organization boasts a portfolio of 12 investments, with an average round size of $26.3M and 2 successful exits. Their recent investments include Veld Capital, F1 Arcade, Liberty Media, Permira Credit, Ambassador Group. The highest investment round they participated in was $8.4B. Among their most notable exits are Veld Capital and F1 Arcade. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.
Investment portfolio
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Investments
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Annouced Date | Organization Name | Industry | Money Raised |
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Mar 14, 2024 | Ambassador Group | Professional Services | 26.8M |
Apr 02, 2024 | honey | Construction | 15.3M |
Jul 11, 2024 | F1 Arcade | Gaming | 130.8M |
Jul 17, 2024 | Veld Capital | Financial Services | null |
Exits
2
Funding Timeline
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Funding Rounds
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OakNorth has raised 13 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 17, 2024 from a Debt Financing - Veld Capital round.
Annouced Date | Transaction Name | Number of Investors | Money Raised | Lead Investor |
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Mar 14, 2024 | Debt Financing - Ambassador Group | - | 26.8M | - |
Apr 02, 2024 | Debt Financing - honey | - | 15.3M | - |
Jul 11, 2024 | Debt Financing - F1 Arcade | - | 130.8M | - |
Jul 17, 2024 | Debt Financing - Veld Capital | - | 0 | - |
Investors
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OakNorth is funded by 17 investor(s). The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center and Clermont Group Kantor are the most recent investors.
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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EDBI | Yes | Series B - OakNorth | 100.0M |
Clermont Group | No | Private Equity Round - OakNorth | 440.0M |
- | Yes | Private Equity Round - OakNorth | 440.0M |
The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center | Yes | Non Equity Assistance - OakNorth | 0 |
Fund raised
2
Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.
Annouced Date | Fund Name | Money Raised |
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May 10, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
May 11, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
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