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AUGMENTUM FINTECH PLC

Fund Information / Factsheet Apr 23, 2025

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Q4 FY24/25 As at 31 March 2025 unless otherwise stated Audited valuations as at 30 September 2024

Investment Objective

To generate capital growth over the long term through investment in a focused portfolio of fast growing and/or high potential private financial services technology ("fintech") businesses based predominantly in the UK and wider Europe.

NAV and NAV per share

March 2020 – September 2024

1 Portfolio Value includes other non-cash assets & liabilities to arrive at at NAV £m per share before performance fee. 2 Consolidated cash position less net liabilities.

Portfolio Manager

Augmentum Fintech Management Ltd

The Portfolio Manager investment team comprises nine investment professionals with deep fintech expertise who leverage sector-specific operational experience and networks to identify opportunities and provide the portfolio with bespoke support. All of the senior team have experience as founders or senior executives at technology companies including Flutter.com, Betfair and Covestor. The team sits at the forefront of European fintech VC dealflow, targeting 100% visibility of early stage fintech deals.

Leadership

An experienced entrepreneur and investor, Augmentum Co-Founder and CEO Tim has sat on multiple fintech boards including interactive investor, Tide and Zopa and is highly active in cross-industry initiatives working to boost the UK fintech sector such as the UK FinTech Strategy Group and Innovate Finance. Tim was a founding employee of Flutter.com, which became one of the highest profile digital businesses in the UK after it merged with Betfair.com in 2001. A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Tim was elected in the City of London as an Alderman in the Ward of Bridge in 2022.

Richard Matthews COO

Richard has 23 years of venture capital and private equity experience in the technology, retail and leisure sectors on both sides of the fence. Richard started his career at PwC before joining Tim at Flutter.com (now Betfair) as CFO. Richard joined Benchmark Capital Europe (now Balderton Capital) in 2002, where he worked on early stage technology investments both in the investment phase and assisting investee companies post-funding. He spent five years investing globally at Manzanita Capital from 2005, before co-founding Augmentum with Tim.

Listing Main Market LSE
Ticker AUGM
Market cap £179.1 million
Shares in issue 167.4 million
Management fee 1.5% up to £250m NAV, 1% thereafter
Incentive fee Carried interest scheme of 15% subject to
minimum IRR of 10% p.a. with catch-up.
Only payable cash on cash
AIC Sector Financials & Financial Innovation
ISIN GB00BG12XV81
SEDOL BG12XV8
13 March 2018
Augmentum Fintech Management Ltd
Frostrow Capital LLP
Computershare
Stephenson Harwood LLP
BDO LLP
Peel Hunt LLP, Singer Capital Markets

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Highlights

£294.6m3

Net Asset Value

164.3p 4 NAV per share

85.00 gbx 5

Share price

(48.3%)6 Premium/(Discount)

26

Portfolio companies

14%7 IRR on invested capital

£34.8m8

Cash reserves

38%7

Combined IRR of exits to date Key Facts Company and Fund Information

  • 3 Before performance fee, as at 30 September 2024
  • 4 After performance fee, as at 30 September 2024 5 As at 31 March 2025
  • 6 Based on 30 September 2024 NAV after
  • performance fee and share price as at 31 March 2025

7 Gross IRR on capital deployed since inception to 30 September 2024 arising on investment cash

flows and using valuations as at 30 September 2024

8 As at 22 November 2024

Composition | Sub-Sector Maturity As at 30 September 2024 As at 30 September 2024

Highlights

Market Commentary and Company Update

The investment opportunity in European fintech in 2025 remains highly compelling, despite macroeconomic headwinds. Building on multiple generations of startup success and bolstered by new technologies such as AI, fintech is growing at 22% CAGR1 . Although the sector saw reduced funding levels in 2024 on the previous year, the encouraging momentum witnessed towards the end of the year has continued into 2025, fostering a sense of cautious optimism across the sector. A diverse and dynamic sector, fintech continues to offer investors exposure to innovation and disruption, representing a 3%2 share of the \$14T global financial services market. Startups from across the fintech sector continue to prove their ability to adapt quickly, stay resilient, and even outperform traditional players during periods of macroeconomic uncertainty, underscoring their long-term potential in both stable and volatile markets.

The UK Government remains a long-term supporter of the fintech sector, regardless of political party, and this has been increasingly visible in recent months, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves positioning it at the heart of the nation's financial services growth strategy and calling it out in her first Mansion House speech as one of five priority areas in the forthcoming Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy. The FCA also recently appointed a fintech and digital banking specialist as their new Head of Innovation. This support is evident across Europe as well, reflected in the European Commission's development of a comprehensive Startup and Scaleup strategy.

The macro environment instability of recent months has highlighted the value a high quality specialist investor can bring to portfolio company growth and sustainability from a regulatory and public policy perspective, especially in the regulated fintech industry. The Manager has worked closely with portfolio leadership teams and facilitated introductions to senior regulatory and policy decision-makers.

The Company's portfolio continues to demonstrate encouraging growth, with our 26 companies advancing across a diverse mix of financial services verticals. Due to this diversification, the Manager expects several of the companies in the portfolio to perform counter-cyclically. While a full update and 31 March 2025 NAV will be provided in the Company's Annual Results in July, as announced in the latest Interim Results (as at 30 September 2024)

underlying growth across the portfolio remains strong.

The acquisition events of FullCircl and Farewill in Q4 2024 served to release capital and Manager time, enabling the team to focus on opportunities across both new and existing portfolio propositions with higher growth potential. These outcomes should reinforce investor confidence in the opportunity offered by the unpriced option value beyond the Top 10 assets.

Portfolio Update

The top 10 positions, representing nearly 80% of NAV, saw revenue growth of 52% over the previous 12 months. Combined annual revenues of these top 10 positions were £1.25bn.

Tide surpassed 500,000 members in India

Tide expanded on its established customer base in the UK and Germany in India, adding 500,000 members. Tide aims to double this number to one million by December 2025.

Zopa Bank named one of the 100 fastest growing UK companies

Zopa Bank has been recognised by The Times as one of the 100 fastestgrowing tech companies in the UK. Zopa Bank has now lent out over £10 billion, and takes care of more than £5 billion in savings.

Baobab launched e-crime insurance for SMEs

Baobab launched a new joint e-crime insurance product with Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM). Baobab will take on operational tasks such as broker sales, product development and underwriting.

LoopFX announced partnership with FlexTrade

LoopFX announced partnership with FlexTrade. The initiative will see FlexTrade's FX clients seamlessly access the LoopFX venue within the FlexFX order blotter.

Volt partners with Pay.com to enhance open banking offering

Volt has been selected by leading payments orchestration infrastructure Pay. com as its new strategic open banking partner. The partnership will enable end users to securely make payments from their bank account in real time.

Pemo named in Forbes Middle East Fintech 50

Pemo recognised in the Forbes Middle East Fintech 50. Pemo now serves over 5,000 companies and transactions on Pemo cards increased six times in 2024 compared to the previous year, reaching an annualised volume of \$380 million by the end of 2024.

Independent Board of Directors

William Reeve Chairman of the Board

Karen Brade Chairman of the Audit Committee

Conny Dorrestijn Non-Executive Director

Sir William Russell Non-Executive Director

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Footnotes

1 Boston Consulting Group: Future of Fintech and Banking (2023) 2 Boston Consulting Group: Prudence, Profits and Growth (2024)

Top 10 Holdings As at 30 September 2024

SME business banking

Digital-first consumer bank
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Invested 2018 Invested 2019
HQ London, UK HQ London, UK
Cost £19.4m Cost £33.7m
Value £59.7m Value £39.3m
IRR 30.9% IRR 3.3%
% of NAV 21.7% % of NAV 14.3%

Account to account instant payments provider

Invested 2018
HQ London, UK
Cost £9.8m
Value £25.3m
IRR 47.1%
% of NAV 9.2%

Monthly subscription business for technology products

Invested 2020
HQ Berlin, Germany
Cost £10.9m
Value £19.6m
IRR 16.9%
% of NAV

Precious metals trading platform for individuals

Invested 2018
HQ London, UK
Cost £8.4m
Value £14.9m
IRR 14.3%
% of NAV 5.4%

End to end coreless banking platform

Consumer credit refinancer

Invested 2024 Invested 2021
HQ London, UK HQ Stockholm, Sweden
Cost £15.0m Cost £10.8m
Value £14.6m Value £11.1m
IRR - IRR 1.0%
% of NAV 5.3% % of NAV 4.0%

AI based FX trading firm

Invested 2019
HQ Zurich, Switzerland
Cost £2.7m
Value £10.0m
IRR 31.9%
% of NAV 3.6%

Small business lending

Invested 2018
HQ London, UK
Cost £7.9m
Value £9.6m
IRR 3.6%
% of NAV 3.5%

Cryptocurrency exchange and custodian bank

Invested 2021
HQ New York, US
Cost £10.2m
Value £9.3m
IRR -
% of NAV 3.4%

Upcoming Dates

Annual Results

Due to be released at the beginning of July.

Capital Markets Day

Due to take place on Wednesday 2nd July.

Important Information

The contents of this document, which has been prepared by Augmentum Fintech Management Limited ("AFML"), have been approved by AFML solely for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) ("FSMA"). AFML is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

The information in this document is for informational purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this document or its accuracy or completeness. This document should not be considered a recommendation by AFML to invest in Augmentum Fintech plc (the "Company") or any of their respective affiliates, or in relation to any subscription for securities, whether actual or in the future.

This document is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia, collectively, the "United States"), Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa ("South Africa"), New Zealand, Japan or any other jurisdiction where such distribution is unlawful, or to US persons, as defined in Regulation S ("Regulation S") under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"). The distribution of this document may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This document is for information purposes only and does not contain or constitute an offer for sale of, or the solicitation of an offer or an invitation to buy or subscribe for, securities to any person in the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand or Japan or in any other jurisdiction.

Key Risks

Any return you receive depends on future market performance and is uncertain. The Company does not seek any protection from future market performance so you could lose some or all of your investment.

Before purchasing any securities or otherwise investing in the Company, persons viewing this document should ensure that they understand and accept fully the risks risks the Company is exposed to as disclosed in the Company's Annual Report, Key Information Document or Investor Disclosure Document, available at www.augmentum.vc/investors/

Approach to Responsible Investing

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles are integrated throughout business operations; in investment decisions, at the screening stage through an exclusion list and due diligence, ongoing monitoring and engaging with portfolio companies post-investment and when making followon investment decisions, as well as within fund operations.

Read more about the approach at www.augmentum.vc/investors/companyinformation/esg/

Past Performance

Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of investments may fall as well as rise and is not guaranteed; an investor may receive back less than the original amount invested. This Trust may not be appropriate for investors who plan to withdraw their money within the short to medium term.

Target Market

The Company is suitable for investors seeking an investment that aims to deliver total returns over the longer term (at least five years), is compatible with the needs for retail clients, professional clients and eligible counterparties, and is eligible for all distribution channels.

The Company may not be suitable for investors who are concerned about short-term volatility and performance, have low or no risk tolerance or are looking for capital protection, who are seeking a guaranteed or regular income, or a predictable return profile. The Company does not offer capital protection.

Value Assessment

Frostrow Capital LLP, the Company's Alternative Investment Fund Manager, has conducted an annual Value Assessment on the Company in line with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules set out in the Consumer Duty regulation. The Assessment focuses on the nature of the product, including benefits received and its quality, limitations that are part of the product, expected total costs to clients and target market considerations. Within this, the assessment considers quality of services, performance of the Company (against both benchmark and peers), total fees (including management fees and other fees as applicable to the Company), and also considers whether vulnerable consumers are able to receive fair value from the product. Frostrow Capital LLP concluded that the Company is providing value based on the above assessment.

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