Pento
5 New Street Square, London, England, EC4A 3TW, United Kingdom
Overview
Pento makes payroll painless, empowering HR & Finance teams by streamlining automation, calculation, payments, compliance & reporting. Pento provides a SaaS-based online platform that optimizes payroll services, enabling companies of all sizes to process pay with ease - but without a lot of time! Pento automates salary processing, taxes and is fully connected to HMRC, as well as offering a range of HRIS & accounting/ERP integrations, to make managing compensation and benefits a breeze. Active in the UK since 2020, Pento is remote-first, with a nominal HQ in London, United Kingdom.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- Accounting
- Bookkeeping and Payroll
- Compliance
- Employee Benefits
- FinTech
- Human Resources
- Payments
- Real Time
Investment portfolio
- Bitcoke
Participated · Equity · May 2022
BitCoke Exchange is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange focused on derivatives trading. It is regarded as the world's first Quanto swap crypto exchange and offers trader‑centric features such as fair matching, fast execution, and low fees. Original products include its Quanto swap, proprietary chart, and fund management system, which have made it popular among traders, funds, and asset management firms. BitCoke has long ranked in the top 10 by volume on the CoinMarketCap derivatives marketplace. In early 2022 the exchange raised $20 million in a strategic private round to accelerate development and to design features connecting centralized exchanges (CEX) with decentralized exchanges (DEX), and to promote its native token. Company leadership said the institutional investment underscores BitCoke's growth potential and will help explore merging CEX and DEX models.