🚀 Get Early Access to Menna – The Small Business Finance Assistant! 🚀 Are you the owner of a limited company in the UK? Meet Menna, your AI-powered finance assistant, here to make managing your business finances simple and stress-free. Watch co-founder Dan Mines explain how we’re looking for small business owners from our network to test and provide feedback on Menna before our full launch. 🌐 Sign up here to join our beta test: https://lnkd.in/eRNFG_2g Get early access to personalised insights and AI Chat assistant to: 📈 Manage Your Credit Score – Improve your personal and business credit health. 💸 Track Your Cash Flow – See what’s coming in and going out and discover where you can save. 🔍 Understand How Lenders See You – Improve your affordability score and chance of acceptance. 💰 Find The Right Credit – Menna makes it easier to find the right small business loan! Plus, help us ensure that Menna meets the needs of small business owners like you. As an early user, you’ll get new features first and help shape the future of Menna with your feedback. 🚨 Limited spots available, so don’t miss out! 🚨 🌐 Sign up here to join the beta: https://lnkd.in/eRNFG_2g Let Menna handle the finances so you can focus on what you do best - running your business! #MennaAI #SmallBusinessFinance #BetaLaunch #CashFlowManagement #AffordableFunding #UKBusinessOwners #EarlyAccess #AIChat #LLM
About us
Menna helps UK small businesses become smarter about money, engage more with their finances and grow faster by reducing their costs and improving access to affordable funding.
- Website
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https://www.menna.ai
External link for Menna
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Cardiff, Wales
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2023
- Specialties
- Business Loans, Open Banking, Credit Score, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Machine Learning, Large Language Model, Financial Health, Finance Assistant, Business Finance, SME, Fintech, Business Banking, Innovation, Technology, Information, and Internet
Locations
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Maindy Road
sbarc|spark, Cardiff University
Cardiff, Wales CF24 4HQ, GB
Employees at Menna
Updates
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We had a fantastic working day yesterday at the wonderful Cardiff Innovation Centre #Sbarc. A huge thank you to our hosts Peter Sueref and Empirisys for allowing us to use their office space for the day. It was great to explore new opportunities with you. It was also great to finally meet Ahmed Abdellah and Alun Preece at the Hartree Center. Thank you for all your hard work, Ahmed. It was also a real pleasure to see some of the other SMEs the Hartree Centre has been helping, including Cerys Furlong at GroupEd and Dan Mines at Menna and to meet Gavin Johnson and Rhys Pearce-Palmer. #InnovationCollaboration #NetworkingOpportunities #SMECommunity
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Thanks for your support FinTech Wales. We're thrilled to see some fantastic fellow Welsh #Fintechs securing funding this year. 🚀 It's exciting to see so much innovation and growth in the Welsh #Fintech ecosystem. Here's to a great 2025. 🏦💡
🚀 We are thrilled to announce that the Fintech in Wales Annual Report 2023/24 is now live! Published annually since 2021, the report provides an in-depth overview of the fintech sector in Wales. In particular, looking at investment, skills, industry trends and the growth of the ecosystem, as well as making recommendations for the future. 🔗 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/e65qdp2W Here are some of the key highlights from the report: 📈 Investment Growth: Welsh fintech investment rose from £13 million in 2022 to £70 million in 2023. 🌎 Global Trends Reflected: While larger deals remain rare globally post-pandemic, seed and early-stage deals in Wales have shown a slight recovery. 👭 Employment Growth: The financial and professional services sector in Wales grew from 64,000 to 73,000 employees in the past year, with fintech employment specifically increasing by 15% since 2021 to reach around 13,000. 🏴 Insurance Hub: Cardiff remains the UK’s second-largest insurance cluster after London, with employment in the sector increasing from 6,000 in 2022 to 8,550 in 2023. 💷 Economic Impact: The fintech industry contributes approximately £1.6 billion in GVA to Wales. 🤝 Scaling Through Partnerships: Acquisitions and collaborations continue to drive growth, enabling Welsh fintechs to innovate, scale, and expand into new markets. ❤️ We would like to thank the following FinTech Wales partners, members and supporters for contributing their thoughts and insights to this year’s report: Sarah Williams-Gardener, Sarah Kocianski, Lucy Cohen, Sophie Hughes, kellie beirne, Anthony Hunt, Charlotte Richards, Mark Brereton, Carl Sizer, Kate Davey, Ian Heard-Jones, IBRAHIM MUHAMMED (CAMS) (PCIP), James S., Rowena O., Dominic Chalmers, Ammar Akhtar, Toby Kernon, Radharamanan Hariharan, James Fell, Rob Saunders Glenn Thomas, Stephen Ashworth, Nigel Lombard, Clare Barclay, Jane Mudd Timothy Barnett, Shaun Middleton, Rebecca Evans - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning - Welsh Gov, Jo Stevens of State for Wales, UK Gov , Ikki Morris, Daniel Hughes, Colin Arnold, Edoka Idoko Finally, we would like to thank the team at Karolo Design who supported the design of the report this year.
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The power of proximity! It was a delight attending the Cardiff Hartree Centre SME Hubs 1-year showcase last night. Especially when I realised that so many of the #SMEs to have had support in the first year are from within the #CardiffInnovations community. Physical proximity is a subtle but important factor for business opportunities. Sharing a building with Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd services and academics certainly seems to have paid off in #sbarc. A huge congratulations to Alun Preece and team for empowering SMEs with #AI and #DataAnalytics in the Cardiff Capital Region and Western Gateway. Last night was fantastic showcase of their achievements so far and I can't wait to hear about their future successes 👏 👏 👏 Great presentations from Dan Mines (Menna) Bleddyn Williams (Rusty Design Limited) Cerys Furlong (GroupEd) Will Webberley (Simply Do)
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Please join us in supporting the businesses on your high street this weekend as Small Business Saturday UK returns on Saturday 7th! #SmallBizSatUK
🩵 COMING SOON: Small Business Saturday UK! #SmallBizSatUK returns this Saturday 7th December to encourage millions of people to shop small and champion their local high street! We'd love for you to join us and our Principal Supporter American Express in supporting and celebrating our phenomenal small businesses. ☑️ Find out more and get involved: https://lnkd.in/eXYdCQZ Image description: GIF graphic for Small Business Saturday, with snow falling against a blue background. The text 'It's Coming' appears in bold white letters, before making way to the Small Business Saturday UK logo and the date 7th December.
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Menna reposted this
🌟 SHIFT Fortnightly Update #29 is LIVE! 🌟 Here’s the quick summary, but don’t miss the full version 👉 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/e5MQM8zk SHIFT Updates: 🚀 Navigating Fundraising Challenges for Fintech Companies 🗓️ Wednesday 11th December | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM 🎟️ Register here: https://lu.ma/ur08yy5u New Members: 👋 Tahir Farooqui, founder of Smartlayer.ai 👋 Pietro Arina, MD, PhD candidate, founder of Lapis AI Studio Member Milestones: 🤝 Doshi partners with Market Harborough Building Society – Congrats to Daniel Rose! 🤝 Menna launches Beta Small Finance Assistant – Kudos to Dan Mines! Partner News: ❄Get your SHIFT-discounted ticket for the VC Winter Ball – 5th December here: https://lnkd.in/eY2xQAp3 🎟️ ❄Love Ventures Christmas Padel event for founders: https://lnkd.in/eGN4q7Zk ❄SHIFT x FinTech Connect – Uniting world-leading FinTechs and Financial Institutions: https://lnkd.in/eGN4q7Zk Resource Highlight: 💵 Kick-Start 2025 with Advanced Sales Skills – Elevate your B2B sales game: https://lnkd.in/eRs8-yJa Recommended Reading: 📚 Why Nations Fail – A must-read for anyone exploring economic systems and innovation: https://lnkd.in/dwUUKBCZ Stay tuned for more updates, and let’s keep building the future of FinTech together! 💡
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Menna reposted this
It’s a gorgeous morning in Cardiff Bay as we kick off our Investment Conference! ☀️ We’re delighted to be at the iconic voco ® St David’s Cardiff for our first full-day event. With 88 founders, investors and fintech ecosystem supporters filling the room for the opening session, we are truly grateful to our headline sponsor Aviva for making today’s event happen! Let’s get started!
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Great to see Dan Mines in today's edition of Business News Wales talking about why #Wales is a perfect home for us.
In today's edition of Business News Wales, The Welsh Secretary kick-starts drive for ‘new era of prosperity and growth for Wales’ We have a guest columns from Dan Mines Co-Founder of Menna and Sophie Sheedy from the Euroclad Group Ltd. We showcase our third podcast from our Newport Business series, in this episode host Rt. Hon. Professor Carwyn Jones and guests Kevin Ward NEWPORT NOW BID, Councillor Dimitri Batrouni, leader of Newport City Council, and Niall Leighton-Boyce of Boyce Group Ltd, discuss what lies ahead for Newport’s city centre. Other contributions and mentions include; Jo Stevens, Wales STEM Awards, Frank Holmes, Gambit Corporate Finance LLP, CBI Wales, Cardiff Business Club, Samantha Noble, Lloyds Banking Group, Hann-Ju Ho, Tina McKenzie MBE, Ben Cottam, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Robert Hindle, La Creme Patisserie, Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru | Food & Drink Skills Wales, Zep Bellavia,Rakesh Shaunak, MHA, Julie Bellamy, University of South Wales, Business in the Community, Matthew Hyde,Recruit 121 (Finance, Technology & Executive), FinTech Awards Wales, Boris Diakonov, eduard panteleev, ANNA Money, FreeAgent, Principality Building Society, https://lnkd.in/dPTMqKd
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Thrilled to have been invited to discuss the current and future skills needs in the FinTech sector in Wales with Sarah Kocianski, CEO at FinTech Wales and Dan Mines, Co-Founder at Menna #FinTechWales #FinTechSkills #Talentpipeline
Finance & Investment November Edition: Wales’ Emerging Fintech Sector GUEST COLUMN: Delivering Fintech Skills Needs a Partnership Approach Written by Leanne Waring, Business Development Manager of Cardiff and Vale College https://lnkd.in/eP_xQeE5