Financielle, a platform described as the house of cash for girls, has surpassed 350,000 downloads worldwide after receiving £125,000 of funding from GC Angels in December 2022.
The platform has additionally grown to 25,000 month-to-month energetic customers and expanded its content material, group and product options because it continues its mission to assist girls take management of their cash.
Based in Manchester in 2021 by BBC Morning Dwell finance skilled Laura Pomfret (pictured, proper), Financielle was constructed to present girls a supportive area to enhance their monetary confidence by clear instruments and relatable content material. The app has since been named Apple’s App of The Day each within the UK and the US.
The funding from GC Angels, Baltic Ventures and a number of other high-profile northern angel traders allowed the group to raise the app at each a technical and aesthetic degree, introducing new options and making certain the platform was scalable.
For the reason that funding spherical, Financielle has delivered a number of main milestones. Alongside its world person progress, the group launched a web-based training platform to present customers extra methods to study and launched The Vault podcast, created in response to sturdy demand from the group.
Wanting forward, Financielle plans to maintain increasing the way in which it helps girls with clear, accessible monetary content material.
Financielle has grown inside the GC Angels community and Pomfret continues to remain carefully linked to the group. She repeatedly works with GC Angels to help early-stage founders and lately shared her experiences with the Enterprise Ahead cohort.
Enterprise Ahead is an Innovate UK funding readiness accelerator programme which is being delivered throughout the North of England by GC Angels to assist underrepresented founders put together for his or her first institutional increase.
“Increasingly girls are searching for a monetary area that feels protected and supportive, and reaching 350,000 downloads is additional proof of this heightened demand,” mentioned Pomfret.
“We couldn’t have reached this level with out GC Angels – the funding from them allowed us to raise our product and create a greater expertise for our group.
“Their help has performed a key function in serving to us develop responsibly and with objective. It feels full circle to now have the ability to give one thing again and help new founders by the Enterprise Ahead programme.”
Marc Shirman, head of funding at GC Angels, added: “Financielle’s progress is testomony to the dedication of Laura, together with its clear mission and the energy of the group the app has constructed.
“Laura and her group perceive the challenges girls face when constructing monetary confidence and have created a platform that provides actual, sensible help. We’re proud to have backed Financielle and excited to see what comes subsequent.”
