Finimize raises £450,000 seed funding for robo-advice project

Backed by top adviser

Hannah Godfrey
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Finimize has raised £450,000 seed funding from investors, including financial commentator and author Jason Butler, to continue the development of Finimize MyLife, a robo-advice platform for millennials.

The start-up, which aims to make financial advice more accessible to young people, raised the money in a funding round led by Passion Capital. Other investors included Jason Butler, author of The Financial Times Guide to Wealth Management and a regular financial commentator, who last week spoke at the Personal Finance Society's Financial Planning Symposium in London. The funds will be used to build the team and continue the development of Finimize MyLife - a free platform for millennials looking to obatin some robo-financial advice. The platform will soft launch in December 2016 to th...

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