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Fintech Tide seeks more than $1bn valuation in share sale

Business banking firm looks to become UK’s latest fintech ‘unicorn’

Tide, which was founded in 2015, has a roughly 11% share of the UK’s small and medium-sized business banking market
Tide, which was founded in 2015, has a roughly 11% share of the UK’s small and medium-sized business banking market Photo: Ascannio/Alamy

Tide is seeking a more than $1bn valuation in a planned share sale, Financial News has learned, as the business banking provider looks to become Britain’s latest fintech ‘unicorn’.

London-based Tide has hired Morgan Stanley to coordinate the share sale, and the Wall Street bank has recently started gauging investors’ interest in a deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

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