Published: March 26, 2026 at 7:13 am
The CEO of Prezzo has said “my mind is pretty blown” after raising £4.5 million for his FinTech TiPJAR.
James Brown started the cashless tipping platform from his bedroom in 2019, when he was retail director at BrewDog.He would go on to lead its bars business as MD then CEO but left in late 2024 for Prezzo.
In the background he was building TiPJAR, which has just secured the growth capital investment from YFM Equity Partners.
“My mind is pretty blown as I started this business in my bedroom frustrated at how hard and murky the world of tipping could be for both businesses and the tipped workers,” he wrote on LinkedIn.
“My first try I failed and it wasn’t until I found highly skilled, capable and patient co-founders in Ben Thomas and Paul Stancer did we really start going.”