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London-based fintech startup Nous takes home €7.9 million to help households face the cost of living crisis

Nous, a London-based fintech firm, has today announced a €7.9 million funding round to expand its service that is helping households to navigate the imminent cost of living crisis. Founded in 2021, the team is made up of a group of experienced engineers, designers and marketing experts, coming from the likes of Brainlabs, Deliveroo, Disney, Facebook and Ocado. 

The round, led by Mosaic Ventures, involves participation from more than 65 leading angel investors, including renowned tech entrepreneurs such as Tom Blomfield (co-founder of GoCardless & Monzo), Marc Warner (co-founder & CEO of AI pioneer Faculty.ai), Dan Hegarty (founder & CEO of leading digital mortgage company Habito), Eamon Jubbawy (co-founder of fintech unicorn Onfido) and serial entrepreneur Brent Hoberman, ActiveHotels (Booking.com) – to name just a few. 

UK households are facing an unprecedented cost of living squeeze driven by soaring energy prices, increased transportation and fuel costs, rising prices of everyday goods and services, and compounded by increased interest rates and NI tax increases. It is estimated that the average UK household may be as much as £3,000 out of pocket in the next 12 months, in the worst squeeze on household incomes for 30 years.

Nous’s tech platform is aiming to help alleviate the struggle. It aggregates first and third-party data feeds to power a real-time personalised dashboard of a household’s finances along with actionable insights. By monitoring vendor activity, Nous will provide the vigilance to protect consumers from vendors who would otherwise take advantage of their inattention by hiking prices or levying loyalty taxes. Across energy, insurance, mortgages, broadband and other subscriptions, Nous will save a typical household more than £1,000 a year. 

Greg Marsh, Founder & CEO, said: “At a time when UK citizens are facing the worst inflation crisis for 30 years, household expenses are the largest component of people’s living costs, and yet most of us are routinely exploited by companies who hack our inattention to sneak in loyalty taxes at every turn. Nous will change that. Unlike anyone else in this field, we’re on the side of households, and we’re building a service to make people’s lives simpler and fairer.”

The more people who join the platform, the smarter it gets. As the business scales out of closed beta, this anonymised dataset on vendor activity is used to train its models so it can progressively automate routine household decisions, such as when to renegotiate a contract or execute a switch to a more optimal service provider that meets a minimum threshold of service quality and reliability.

The startup has a strict commitment to neutrality. To underwrite its status as a consumer champion, rather than making money from advertising or commissions, it will offer a free dashboard with the option to upgrade to a paid subscription service for its premium automation service.

The new capital will be used to scale up the product team. With a greenfield tech stack, the company is currently hiring senior full-stack engineers who share its passion for building products from the ground up to improve people’s lives.

Toby Coppel, co-founder & General Partner, Mosaic Ventures, added: “Having worked with Greg before, we are absolutely delighted to support him and his outstanding team as they build a service that deploys sophisticated tech in a robustly ethical way – it’s like a cross between Which and Google! Nous can deliver a really positive impact on people’s lives during a time of mounting stress and anxiety. It’s tremendously exciting to invest in such a huge commercial opportunity which also has such enormous potential to do good.”

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Patricia Allen
Patricia Allen
is the Head of Content at EU-Startups. With a background in politics, Patricia has a real passion for how shared ideas across communities and cultures can bring new initiatives and innovations for the future. She spends her time bringing you the latest news and updates of startups across Europe, and curating our social media.
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