(Alliance News) - Augmentum Fintech PLC on Tuesday said it swung to a loss in the first half of its current financial year, as it made a fair value loss on its investments.
The London-based investor focused on European private fintech said it swung to a pretax loss of GBP6.5 million during the six months that ended September 30, from a profit of GBP893,000 the year before.
This was primarily due to its swing to a GBP4.3 million loss on investments held at fair value, from a gain of GBP2.3 million last year.
"Although early stage growth portfolios have been out of favour since 2022, the need to digitalise and transform last century's infrastructure remains, as nearly all financial services sectors continue to be dominated by traditional businesses whose operations cannot ignore the rapid development of less costly, and in many cases more secure, business models and technology", Augmentum Fintech said.
Its net asset value per share after performance fees was down 1.9% at 164.3 pence on September 30, from 167.4p on March 31.
Prior to performance fees, its September 30 net asset value was 175.6p per share, down 1.7% from 178.6p on March 31.
Chair William Reeve said: "European fintech is an extremely exciting growth sector, with some businesses now reaching impressive scale. Indeed, the combined revenues of the top 10 largest businesses in our portfolio have now passed the GBP1 billion mark, which is an exciting milestone to be announcing in my first set of results.
"Augmentum has proved its model through its successful realisations to date, which have generated an internal rate of return before costs of 38% and 2.6x capital invested. We believe our portfolio, our people and the opportunities in front of us position us well for future growth."
Shares in Augmentum Fintech closed 2.0% lower at 100.00 pence each in London on Tuesday.
By Emily Parsons, Alliance News reporter
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