Tech companies in the City of Westminster
The City of Westminster is home to 123 of London's best tech companies, led by Fintech (35).
Number 2 of the 22 London boroughs on the map. 26 of these companies are hiring, with 296 open London roles between them. 96 hold a visa sponsor licence. Together they have raised $12B+ in disclosed equity.
- Fintech35
- AI26
- Other24
- Health17
- Climate6
- Crypto5
- Quantum4
- Defence4
- Deeptech2
Fintech(35)
- Dojo$190M
Card machines and payment processing for UK and European restaurants, shops and other in-person businesses.
Card Payments · Well known - Capital.com
Capital.com is an online trading platform for CFDs and other financial instruments.
Online trading · Well known - Ebury
Cross-border payments, FX risk management and trade finance for businesses, majority-owned by Santander.
B2B FX and payments · Well known - Finastra
Finastra sells software that banks and lenders use for lending, payments, treasury and core banking.
Banking software · Well known - OakNorth
Bank that lends to growing mid-sized businesses in the UK and US.
SME lending bank · Well known - Qube Research & Technologies
Quantitative investment manager that runs systematic trading strategies built on data, research and its own technology platform.
Quant investing · Well known - Smart
Retirement savings technology platform running workplace pensions and licensing its Keystone tech to providers worldwide.
Pensions Tech · Well known - Zepz
Parent of WorldRemit and Sendwave, apps for sending money from 50+ countries to 130+ countries.
Remittances · Well known - Zilch
Buy now pay later and payments app funded partly by advertising, letting shoppers split purchases.
BNPL / payments · Well known - Stream$228M
Workplace finance app giving employees earned-wage access, savings, pensions and budgeting tools through their employer.
Earned wage access · Fastest growing - Monument£135M
UK digital bank for mass-affluent savers and borrowers, with a banking-as-a-service tech arm, Monument Technology.
Digital bank · Fastest growing - Titanbay£53.8M
Infrastructure for wealth managers and private banks to give clients access to private markets funds.
Private Markets · Fastest growing - Fundment£48.3M
Investment platform for UK financial advisers covering account opening, transfers, investment management and drawdown.
Wealthtech · Fastest growing - Velocity$48M
Stablecoin payments and treasury platform that lets banks, payment firms and businesses settle money instantly.
Stablecoin payments · Fastest growing - Bound$31M
Platform that helps businesses and VC funds see currency exposure and automate FX hedging.
FX risk management · Fastest growing - Creditspring
Subscription credit service giving UK members interest-free loans for a fixed membership fee instead of interest.
Consumer Credit · Fastest growing - Flagright
AI platform for financial crime compliance: transaction monitoring, screening, risk scoring and case management.
AML Compliance · Fastest growing - Hyperlayer
Programmable banking platform that lets banks and businesses launch accounts, rewards and wealth tools on top of existing core systems; it also powers the HyperJar money app.
Banking infrastructure · Fastest growing - Storfund£326.5M
Pays online marketplace sellers immediately for their sales instead of making them wait for marketplace payouts.
Ecommerce payouts · Up and coming - Flagstone£149M
Savings platform letting people and businesses hold cash across hundreds of accounts from 65+ banks in one place.
Cash savings platform · Up and coming - Bud Financial$100M
AI platform that cleans and enriches bank transaction data for personalisation, lending and customer insight.
Transaction data AI · Up and coming - TreasurySpring$42M
Platform that lets institutions invest cash in fixed-term, investment-grade products through one onboarding.
Cash management · Up and coming - Condukt$10M
Agentic compliance platform that automates know-your-business checks and continuously monitors business customers for financial services firms.
KYB compliance · Up and coming - Sikoia$6M
AI platform that automates document processing, income verification and affordability checks for lenders and brokers.
Customer Verification · Up and coming - Ayan
Ayan offers Shariah-compliant car finance in the UK, buying the car and leasing it to customers for fixed monthly rentals with no interest.
Islamic car finance · Up and coming - Clear Junction
Payments infrastructure that gives banks, EMIs and other licensed financial firms GBP and EUR accounts, virtual IBANs and payment rails through one API.
Payments infrastructure · Up and coming - Crezco
Open banking API for account-to-account business payments, embedded in platforms such as Xero.
B2B Payments API · Up and coming - Fero
Formerly Ferovinum. Platform giving drinks producers inventory-backed working capital, trading tools and global logistics.
Inventory Finance · Up and coming - G-Research
Quantitative research and technology firm that uses machine learning and large datasets to predict movements in global financial markets.
Quant research · Up and coming - Mintago
Employee benefits platform for UK employers covering salary sacrifice, pensions, financial coaching and health perks.
Employee Benefits · Up and coming - OneDome
Digital homebuying platform that brings mortgage, conveyancing and insurance into one online journey.
Proptech · Up and coming - Paysend
Cross-border payments platform for sending money to cards, accounts and wallets in 170+ countries, with APIs for businesses.
Cross-border payments · Up and coming - Soldo
Company prepaid cards and spend management software giving staff controlled spending and finance teams oversight.
Spend management · Up and coming - Thredd
Issuer processing platform that lets fintechs and banks launch and run debit, credit, prepaid and virtual card programmes globally.
Issuer processing · Up and coming - Updraft
App that helps people pay down credit card debt with lower-cost loans and credit score tools.
Consumer Lending · Up and coming
AI(26)
- Nscale$3.7B
London AI cloud company that builds and runs GPU data centres across Europe and the US.
AI cloud infrastructure · Well known - ElevenLabs$781M
AI voice company making realistic speech, voice cloning and voice agents, with its main hub in London.
Voice AI · Well known - Darktrace
Darktrace sells AI-based cybersecurity software that detects and responds to threats across networks, email and cloud.
Cybersecurity · Well known - PolyAI$200M+
Builds voice AI agents that answer customer service calls for large companies.
Voice AI · Fastest growing - Luminance$165M
AI platform that reads, negotiates and manages contracts for in-house legal teams.
Legal AI · Fastest growing - Sona$100M+
AI platform running scheduling, HR and payroll for frontline businesses in hospitality, retail and care.
Workforce Management · Fastest growing - Omnea$75M
AI procurement platform that runs company buying, supplier onboarding and supplier risk management.
Procurement software · Fastest growing - Conduct$60M+
AI that helps IT teams understand, change and migrate complex enterprise systems like SAP.
Enterprise Software AI · Fastest growing - SurrealDB$44M
Multi-model database built for AI agents and applications, available open source and as SurrealDB Cloud.
AI-Native Database · Fastest growing - Fifth Dimension$40M+
AI analyst for real estate and real asset investors that speeds up underwriting and reporting.
Real asset investing AI · Fastest growing - 1001$39M
AI decision platform that models operations at ports, airports, energy and manufacturing sites and recommends or executes actions for operators.
Industrial AI · Fastest growing - Geordie AI$36.5M
Security and governance platform that lets enterprises discover, monitor and control their AI agents.
AI Agent Security · Fastest growing - Lightdash$19.4M
Open-source business intelligence tool built on dbt, with an AI analyst that answers data questions.
Business Intelligence · Fastest growing - Procure AI£9.9M
AI-native procurement platform using AI agents for sourcing, negotiation, intake and spend analytics at large enterprises.
Procurement Automation · Fastest growing - Huzzle£3.8M
AI recruiting platform whose AI recruiter sources, screens and interviews global talent for companies.
AI Recruiting · Fastest growing - Foresight
Foresight is a project delivery platform that tracks progress and forecasts risks on large construction and infrastructure projects.
Construction analytics · Fastest growing - Rezolve AI
Rezolve AI sells AI-powered product search and conversational commerce software to retailers.
AI commerce · Fastest growing - Leah$170M
Leah, formerly ContractPodAi, sells an agentic AI platform for legal and enterprise contract work.
Legal AI · Up and coming - V7$36M
AI agent platform (V7 Go) automating document-heavy work in finance, insurance and legal, plus data labelling tools.
Document AI agents · Up and coming - MAGIC AI$20M
Makes an AI fitness mirror that uses computer vision to track form, count reps and coach workouts at home.
Connected Fitness · Up and coming - Electric Twin$14M
AI synthetic audiences that simulate how real customers and populations respond, used for market research.
Synthetic Audiences · Up and coming - geoSurge$12M
Shows brands how they appear in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini answers and how to improve it.
AI Search Visibility · Up and coming - Auquan
Agentic AI workflows for institutional finance, automating deal screening, credit analysis, IC memos and portfolio monitoring.
Agentic AI Finance · Up and coming - HyBird
Builds AI digital twin software for industrial sites like cement, energy and nuclear plants to run maintenance and safety.
Industrial Digital Twins · Up and coming - Medly
AI tutor for GCSE and A-Level exam prep with adaptive practice questions, essay marking and mock exams.
AI Tutoring · Up and coming - Mozart AI
AI music studio that helps artists generate stems, MIDI, synths and full songs with commercial rights.
AI Music Creation · Up and coming
Other(24)
- HiBob$760M
HR platform called Bob that helps mid-size and multinational companies manage people, payroll and performance.
HR Software · Well known - Multiverse$420M+
Apprenticeship and upskilling programmes that train employees in tech, data and AI skills.
Workforce upskilling · Well known - Motorway$273M+
Online marketplace where private sellers list cars and verified dealers bid to buy them.
Used car marketplace · Well known - Carwow
Online car marketplace where dealers compete with offers to buy or sell your car.
Car marketplace · Well known - Claranet
Claranet provides managed network, hosting, cloud, application and cyber security services to businesses in Europe and Brazil.
Managed IT and cloud · Well known - Community Fibre
Builds and runs a full-fibre broadband network selling home and business internet across London.
Full-fibre broadband · Well known - Genius Sports
Supplies official sports data, betting technology and data-driven advertising to sports leagues, sportsbooks and media companies.
Sports data · Well known - MUBI
MUBI is a curated film streaming service that also produces and distributes films.
Film streaming · Well known - Swap$170M
Commerce operating system for brands covering cross-border shipping, returns, tax, checkout and inventory.
Ecommerce Operations · Fastest growing - Vertice$100M+
AI procurement platform that helps finance teams buy and negotiate software and other spend, and has acquired Vendr.
Procurement Software · Fastest growing - Sessions£18.3M
Platform that turns food brands into national franchises through a network of 400+ delivery kitchens and high street restaurants, providing the systems, support and distribution to scale them.
Food tech · Fastest growing - Playstack
Publishes indie video games, including Balatro and Abiotic Factor, across PC, console and mobile.
Games publishing · Fastest growing - Seat Unique
Premium ticketing, hospitality and travel platform for sport, music and culture events across the UK and Europe.
Premium Ticketing · Fastest growing - Shop Circle
Acquires and operates B2B software tools for ecommerce merchants, adding AI features across its portfolio.
Commerce Software · Fastest growing - Red Sift$69.8M
Cybersecurity platform for email authentication (DMARC, BIMI), brand impersonation and certificate protection.
Email Security · Up and coming - Zencargo£42M
Digital freight forwarder and supply chain platform that books, tracks and manages international shipments for brands.
Supply chain · Up and coming - Digital Reality Corp$45M
Scans building interiors with LiDAR and AI to produce verified floor plans, measured surveys and digital twins for real estate (formerly Pupil).
Proptech · Up and coming - Bark.com
Online marketplace that matches people with local service professionals across more than 1,500 categories.
Services marketplace · Up and coming - givestar
givestar is a fundraising platform that charities use for digital, event and contactless donations and supporter engagement.
Charity fundraising · Up and coming - Goodstack
Platform for corporate giving and nonprofit verification used by brands like Google, Atlassian and Canva. Formerly Percent.
Corporate Giving Infrastructure · Up and coming - SenseOn
Security platform that links alerts across a customer's existing tools into cases, with AI triage and a managed 24/7 SOC under human oversight.
Cybersecurity · Up and coming - Veremark
Pre-employment screening platform running background checks, references and right-to-work checks in 150+ countries.
Background Screening · Up and coming - what3words
what3words divides the world into 3m squares and gives each a unique three-word address, used in its app and API.
Geocoding · Up and coming - YASO
Platform that handles payments, logistics, compliance and storefronts for consumer brands selling into China.
China e-commerce · Up and coming
Health(17)
- HealthHero
Digital-first clinic offering virtual GP, mental health and extended care services to patients across Europe.
Digital healthcare · Well known - Verdiva Bio$411M
Clinical-stage biotech developing next-generation oral and injectable medicines for obesity and cardiometabolic disease.
Obesity Therapeutics · Fastest growing - Huma$300M+
Digital health platform for remote patient monitoring, clinical research and disease management apps.
Digital Health Platform · Fastest growing - TERN Group$33M
AI platform that sources, trains and relocates international nurses and doctors for hospitals in the UK, Europe and Gulf.
Healthcare Recruitment · Fastest growing - Compass Pathways
Compass Pathways is developing COMP360 psilocybin treatment for treatment-resistant depression.
Psychedelic medicine · Fastest growing - Scan.com
Marketplace and booking infrastructure connecting patients, payers and providers with imaging centres in the UK and US.
Medical Imaging · Fastest growing - Proximie$130M
Cloud platform that connects operating rooms so surgeons can collaborate remotely and hospitals can analyse surgical video and data.
Surgical software · Up and coming - Skin + Me£18M
Online dermatology service that prescribes personalised skincare treatments for acne and ageing, delivered by monthly subscription.
Online Dermatology · Up and coming - Hertility$14M+
At-home hormone and fertility testing with specialist care for women.
Femtech · Up and coming - Ellipses Pharma
London oncology drug developer that in-licenses cancer assets and funds them through clinical trials.
Oncology Drug Development · Up and coming - Fertifa
Provides employers with reproductive health benefits covering fertility, menopause, men's health and neurodiversity, including clinical consultations, testing and treatment financing.
Reproductive health benefits · Up and coming - GetHarley
Telehealth platform connecting people with skin clinicians for personalised, medical grade skincare.
Digital Dermatology · Up and coming - Kooth
Digital mental health platform offering young people online counselling, coaching and peer support, delivered under contracts with health systems and US states.
Digital mental health · Up and coming - Lifebit
Federated trusted research environment that lets researchers analyse sensitive health and genomic data without moving it.
Biomedical data · Up and coming - Medefer
Medefer runs remote consultant-led outpatient care for NHS trusts and private patients, coordinating any in-person tests through partner sites.
Virtual outpatients · Up and coming - Tangram Therapeutics
Tangram Therapeutics combines computational drug discovery with biology to develop RNAi medicines, led by TGM-312 for MASH liver disease.
RNAi therapeutics · Up and coming - Toothfairy
Toothfairy is a dental app that connects patients with UK-registered dentists for remote consultations, aligners and treatment plans.
Digital dentistry · Up and coming
Climate(6)
- Kraken
Operating system software that utilities use to run billing, customer service and energy assets.
Utility software · Well known - Octopus Energy
Renewable-focused gas and electricity supplier and Britain's largest household energy supplier.
Energy supplier · Well known - Zenobē£1.4B
Zenobe builds and runs grid-scale battery storage and provides charging, batteries and software to electrify bus and truck fleets.
Battery storage · Fastest growing - Gaussion$44M
UCL spinout using magnetic fields and control software to make lithium-ion batteries charge faster and last longer.
Battery Technology · Fastest growing - Highview Power
Builds liquid air energy storage plants that store renewable power for long periods and release it to the grid.
Long-Duration Energy Storage · Fastest growing - Ohme
Smart home EV chargers and app that charge cars when power is cheapest and greenest.
Smart EV charging · Up and coming
Crypto(5)
- Plasma$24M
Runs a blockchain built for stablecoin payments, including zero-fee USDT transfers.
Stablecoin blockchain · Fastest growing - Copper
Institutional crypto custody, collateral and off-exchange settlement (ClearLoop) provider.
Crypto custody · Fastest growing - Noah
Stablecoin payment infrastructure for converting and moving money between fiat and stablecoins across 70+ countries.
Stablecoin Payments · Fastest growing - Agio Ratings$11M+
Risk ratings and monitoring of crypto exchanges, custodians and lenders so institutions can manage counterparty exposure.
Risk ratings · Up and coming - Trilitech
London research and development hub building core protocol and apps on the Tezos blockchain.
Tezos R&D · Up and coming
Quantum(4)
- Quantinuum
Builds trapped-ion quantum computers and quantum software, formed from Cambridge Quantum and Honeywell Quantum Solutions.
Quantum Computing · Well known - Arqit
Nasdaq-listed company selling quantum-safe encryption and post-quantum migration tools to governments, defence and telecoms.
Post-quantum encryption · Fastest growing - Moth
Builds quantum computing apps for music, games and media, including the consumer game Quantum Backrooms.
Quantum Creative Software · Up and coming - ORCA Computing
Builds photonic quantum computers that run in normal data centres alongside AI and HPC systems.
Photonic quantum computing · Up and coming
Defence(4)
- Helsing (London)
Munich-headquartered defence AI company building strike drones, underwater systems and battlefield software, with a London office.
Defence AI · Well known - Arondite$12M
Defence software (Cobalt) that lets operators control mixed fleets of drones, robots and sensors from one platform.
Autonomy Orchestration · Up and coming - Refute
Refute is an AI platform that detects coordinated online disinformation campaigns early and recommends how to respond.
Counter-disinformation · Up and coming - SteelRock Technologies
Makes NightFighter radio frequency jamming and electronic warfare systems that detect and bring down hostile drones.
Counter-drone · Up and coming
Deeptech(2)
- Foundational
Foundational runs automated satellite laser ranging ground stations, retroreflectors and a data platform to track satellites and debris precisely.
Space tracking · Up and coming - V-Nova
V-Nova develops and licenses video compression technology, including the MPEG-5 LCEVC standard, for streaming services, broadcasters and device makers.
Video compression · Up and coming
Other boroughs
- City of London 146
- Camden 105
- Islington 105
- Hackney 90
- Southwark 58
- Tower Hamlets 48
- Hammersmith and Fulham 34
- Lambeth 21
The borough comes from each company's London postcode (ONS data via postcodes.io). For 43 of the 123 that is the Companies House registered office, so the team may work elsewhere. How we verify addresses