The fintech company has developed a personal financial management and savings app designed to help people regain control of their money.

Founded in 2014, Squirrel is an FCA-authorised firm which issues users with a basic bank account and also provides an application that prompts users to create a budget. This allocates the user’s income into their commitments, saving and spending money before they get access to it, ensuring the money needed to pay for essentials, like rent and bills, is set aside. This novel approach to budgeting ensures users have access to money only when they need it, making it harder to impulse-spend and easier to save.

Squirrel works with both businesses and individuals, already partnering with health services, debt management companies and counselling providers across the UK. Squirrel is also offered as an employee benefit and aims to help those on lower incomes. The company plans to use the funds raised to expand its technical functionality to meet the needs of a broader customer demographic.

Mutaz Qubbaj, CEO and Co-founder of Squirrel, commented: “My main motivation for founding Squirrel was to make a real social difference. With a growing community of 8,000 people and rising, it is truly rewarding to hear the personal feedback from customers on how Squirrel has changed their habits with a positive impact on their personal financial management. With the funds raised via SyndicateRoom, we aim to expand our customer base even further and diversify our product offering.”

Gonçalo de Vasconcelos, CEO and Co-founder of SyndicateRoom, commented: “We’re thrilled to welcome Squirrel as the latest UK company to join the varied SyndicateRoom success story portfolio. At our core, we are committed to working with great companies, and remain very proud of the positive contribution our members are making to society through their investment decisions. Squirrel is a great example of opportunities offering both a disruptive and scalable business centred on creating meaningful, positive social outcomes.”