{"id":291,"date":"2018-11-22T17:10:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T17:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/?p=291"},"modified":"2024-06-13T14:53:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:53:31","slug":"the-5-fastest-growing-tech-startups-in-the-u-k","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/blog\/the-5-fastest-growing-tech-startups-in-the-u-k\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 fastest growing tech startups in the U.K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world of tech startups will never fail to amaze us &#8211; here are the five fastest growing in the U.K right now!<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darktrace.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darktrace<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modeled on the human immune system, Darktrace\u2019s technology is the world\u2019s leading enterprise-grade AI, with over 7,000 deployments worldwide. Protecting corporate networks, cloud and virtualized environments, Darktrace autonomously detects and fights back against emerging cyber-threats across the enterprise. In their first set of revenue accounts for 2017, Darktrace saw its sales jump to \u00a330.8 million, boosted by contracts from a Hong Kong university and the Las Vegas city authority.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/improbable.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improbable<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improbable is a British <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multinational<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> technology company founded in 2012. It makes distributed simulation software for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video games<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and corporate use. The company has created SpatialOS, a computation platform that enables the creation of massive simulations and virtual worlds for use in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video games<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and corporate simulations. Improbable achieved \u00a37.82 million in sales in their first revenue filings. CEO Herman Narula believes these worlds could one day develop their own economies and societies, stating, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">basically, we want to build The Matrix.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolut.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revolut<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revolut is a digital banking alternative that includes a prepaid debit card, currency exchange, cryptocurrency exchange and peer-to-peer payments. It also allows you to hold, exchange and transfer without fees in 25 different currencies. Revolut saw their revenue jump by 442% between 2016 and 2017, from \u00a32.36 million to \u00a312.8 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/transferwise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transferwise<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transferwise was<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &nbsp;founded in 2010, with the vision of making international money transfers cheap, fair and simple. Widely acknowledged as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the UK\u2019s leading fintech startup, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transferwise<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> operates a platform through which users can transfer money abroad, avoiding the high rates set by other financial institutions. In 2017, their sales grew by 140% to \u00a367 million &#8211; this is definitely one to watch!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/deliveroo.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deliveroo<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, this one doesn\u2019t need an introduction! This year, Deliveroo saw its revenue jump by 114% to \u00a327 million. Whilst still loss-making, Uber clearly sees Deliveroo as a viable business threat, having made a bid to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">acquire<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> them earlier this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And there you have it, the five fastest growing tech startups in the U.K. It doesn\u2019t look like these folks are going anywhere anytime soon; but if you have an idea for a business to take them on, head over to<\/span> <a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/\"><span>swoopfunding.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and see how we can help you turn that idea into something incredible.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of tech startups will never fail to amaze us &#8211; here are the five fastest growing in the U.K right now! Darktrace Modeled on the human immune system, Darktrace\u2019s technology is the world\u2019s leading enterprise-grade AI, with over 7,000 deployments worldwide. 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