New investment platform Tillit raises £3.6m

Ex-Baillie Gifford head joins board

Kathleen Gallagher
clock • 1 min read

Investment platform Tillit, which opened to the public at the end of last year, has raised £3.6m in a seed funding round.

The funding round was led by the Patrick Edwardson, the former head of Baillie Gifford's multi-asset business. Edwardson will join the board of the platform in Spring, FCA approval permitting. Edwardson said the management team's "vision, deep industry experience and drive to transform the retail investment market and build a platform that empowers people to make better investment decisions is incredible". New investment platform Tillit has opened to the public Joining him in the fundraising was Nicholas Kirrage, portfolio manager at Schroders, Richard McGrail and Techstart Ven...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Platforms

DIY investment market hits £392bn as top five platforms remain dominant

DIY investment market hits £392bn as top five platforms remain dominant

Hargreaves Lansdown market share slips

James Baxter-Derrington
clock 26 February 2024 • 1 min read
Hargreaves Lansdown profits drop 8% as platform ramps up technology spend

Hargreaves Lansdown profits drop 8% as platform ramps up technology spend

Net new business slows to £1bn

Valeria Martinez
clock 22 February 2024 • 2 min read
Retail access to crypto ETFs to face Consumer Duty hurdles even if 'unlikely' UK approval granted

Retail access to crypto ETFs to face Consumer Duty hurdles even if 'unlikely' UK approval granted

Platform concerns over investor protections

Valeria Martinez
clock 17 January 2024 • 3 min read
Trustpilot