We help business owners get the right finance in place, so they can trade, plan and grow with confidence.
Funding is the fuel companies need to grow, adapt and survive. But all too often, businesses can find it hard to secure the finance they need – there are too many confusing products, complex application forms and long waits.
When we started Funding Options in 2011, we wanted to transform the business finance market. We set out to make sure every business owner could make an informed choice, and have access to instant funding decisions.
With a panel of 120+ lender partners, we’ve helped more than 10,000 businesses get the finance they need, quickly and easily. That adds up to over £0.5B in funding for businesses in the UK and the Netherlands.
Funding Options is one of the winners in Nesta’s Open Up Challenge for Open Banking, and has been designated by HM Treasury for the bank referral scheme, to help UK SMEs find alternative finance when they're unsuccessful with the major banks.
Our Values:
People First
Stronger Together
Shaking Things Up
Constantly Learning
Never Passengers
Funding is the fuel companies need to grow, adapt and survive. But all too often, businesses can find it hard to secure the finance they need – there are too many confusing products, complex application forms and long waits.
When we started Funding Options in 2011, we wanted to transform the business finance market. We set out to make sure every business owner could make an informed choice, and have access to instant funding decisions.
With a panel of 120+ lender partners, we’ve helped more than 10,000 businesses get the finance they need, quickly and easily. That adds up to over £0.5B in funding for businesses in the UK and the Netherlands.
Funding Options is one of the winners in Nesta’s Open Up Challenge for Open Banking, and has been designated by HM Treasury for the bank referral scheme, to help UK SMEs find alternative finance when they're unsuccessful with the major banks.
Our Values:
People First
Stronger Together
Shaking Things Up
Constantly Learning
Never Passengers
Location: United Kingdom, England, Bournemouth
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +44 333 344 1015
Total raised: $15.96M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Adfisco | adfisco.co... |
| - | ING Group | ing.com |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 14.06.2019 | Grant | $6.3M | - |
| 21.09.2018 | - | $6.57M | ING Group |
| 22.05.2015 | - | $3.1M | - |
Mentions in press and media 16
| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.10.2024 | Tide's Strategic Wave: Acquiring Onfolk to Enhance SME Solutions | In the fast-paced world of fintech, agility is key. Tide, a London-based business financial platform, has made a significant move by acquiring Onfolk, a payroll solution tailored for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This acquisition, an... |
| 22.10.2024 | Tide Acquires Onfolk | Tide, a London, UK-based business financial platform, acquired Onfolk, a UK SME payroll solution, with integrations for accounting, pensions and people systems. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The move strengthens Tide’s admin pro... |
| 29.11.2022 | Business banking platform Tide acquires Funding Options | London-based Tide is expanding the family and providing its 475,000+ members with access to an additional 120+ SME lending partners over time through the acquisition of crosstown fintech Funding Options. According to a statement released by... |
| 12.05.2021 | Government extends bounce back loan repayment terms | We’ve written previously about the UK’s looming SME debt crisis and, while no one is seriously talking about writing off the debt entirely (yet), the government has recognised that at the very least, businesses need more time to pay. To thi... |
| 06.08.2019 | What is a Scaleup? | When you enter the tech world, you soon become exposed to a whole new range of terminology used within the tech ecosystem. From the basics like startup and venture capital, to terms like bootstrapping and MVP – you might even be wondering w... |
| 28.06.2019 | What happened next? The 2018 Fintech cohort | As the deadline for Tech Nation’s Fintech scaleup programme approaches, we wanted to look back at the incredible success achieved by last year’s cohort, since joining the programme in September 2018. The UK’s position as a global leader in... |
| 04.02.2019 | Funding Options Partners with ING Bank to Provide Service in the Netherlands | Online business finance marketplace Funding Options has launched in the Netherlands. The expansion by Funding Options is being done in partnership with ING Bank and is the company’s first foray outside the United Kingdom. Funding Options wi... |
| 25.01.2019 | 30 of the UK’s leading tech scaleups join Upscale 4.0 | Following a record number of exceptional applications last year and an intense judging period, we can now reveal the 30 fast-growing tech companies joining Tech Nation’s Upscale 4.0. Upscale is based around honest conversations, meetups an... |
| 21.09.2018 | Funding Options Receives £5M Investment from ING Ventures | Funding Options, a London, UK-based fintech startup helping SMEs to access business financing, received a £5m minority investment. ING Ventures, the fintech venture capital arm of ING, the Netherlands-based global bank, made the investment.... |
| 19.09.2018 | ING invests £5m in UK lendtech Funding Options | ING has invested £5 million in Funding Options, a UK fintech company that offers a marketplace for lending to SMEs. Follows on from June deal The investment gives ING a minority interest in the platform. This follows on from June, when ING ... |
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