Founded: 2012
Founders: Stu Taylor, Usman Khan, Robert Howes, Michael Schmidt
Headquartered: Fenchurch Street, London
Funding to date: £7.7 million ($11.8 million)
Founded by former UBS bankers, Algomi has created a social network for the bond market that connects those who want to sell with those who want to buy.
Prior to Algomi, this was done through speculative phone calls wasting a lot of time. It's service is currently used by nine banks, including some of the world's biggest.
The startup, founded in 2012, has offices in New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco and Chicago, and is planning a major push into the US.