Talent Demand
Demand for talent is high, and 47% of companies are actively hiring, with activity focused in London, where 72% of businesses are recruiting. Most companies headquartered outside of London are hiring for multiple roles, with nearly all hiring sales, business development, partnerships or customer success positions. There is still demand for technology talent, particularly front-end development, QA and DevOps professionals.
Investment
Investment into the sector dropped to £446.1 million in 2021 compared to £638 million in 2020. In 2022, over £107.1 million has been invested in the sector year to date over 39 fundraisings. Since 2022, most investment has come from the USA, but UK funds have completed the greatest number of transactions.
In the News
Steeleye raises £21million
Compliance platform Napier announces new CEO
Autorek wins the Payments Innovation Award, and Aveni wins the RegTech Innovation Award at Scottish Fintech Awards.
Regulatory compliance startup Ruleguard raises £3.5m
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We help fintech and cyber security businesses grow, scale, and become as successful as possible by hiring the best people in the most effective and impactful manner. Lucent was founded to beyond the usual transactional approach because one size fits does not fill all - businesses going through start-up and scale-up periods need bespoke, adaptable recruitment solutions and services created by experts. So we go above and beyond.
We work differently in the structures, systems and processes we use. That makes us more flexible and responsive – giving you faster access to higher-quality leadership and commercial talent, data-backed market intelligence and transparent progress reporting across executive search, key hires and people solutions.
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