A former British Army captain has raised £1.3 million in pre-seed investment from female angel investors for her FinTech DataWollet.

Cardiff-based Jen Lothian (pictured centre), who served in Afghanistan, subsequently performed tech roles at Bank of America before joining financial services group Octopus.

She founded DataWollet, described as the UK’s first full-spectrum open finance platform, in 2022. It aims to offer a single gateway for instant access to consumer financial data.