Corgee, secures first pre-seed to help UK’s 5.3 million self-employed take control of their finances.

Corgee has secured its first pre-seed investment from Think Bigger Capital to develop its AI-powered finance app to make personal finance simpler for the UK’s 5.3 million self-employed.

With over 700,000 self-employed workers shutting up shop during the pandemic, Corgee believes that something needs to be done to make money management straight-forward for the self-employed or those with unpredictable income.

In fact, the idea for Corgee came about after founder Dmitrijs Vitjazevs struggled to find a simple way to manage his finances while self-employed a few years ago. After realising that there was no personal finance app designed to cope with the unique challenges of being self-employed, he set about building his own.

Corgee will let users see all of their income at a glance. Intelligent algorithms and insights will help them predict when they might have a slower month, encourage them to tuck some money away for tax and, most importantly, send them gig opportunities through the app, so they can go beyond just managing their money and start earning more too.

Ultimately, Corgee wants to put a financial and business advisor into every freelancer’s pocket, giving them the kind of personalised tips, recommendations, and analysis they’d get from an accountant or business analyst, all completely free.

Looking forward to the launch, Vitjazevs said: “As somebody who struggled to stay on top of their self-employed finances, I’m very excited to be building the app that I wish had been around a few years ago. Unfortunately, the way financial services are set up is based on the outdated idea of getting paid on the same date every month, which just isn’t the reality for 26% of the UK workforce any more.

We’re building an app that drags personal banking into the 21st Century and lets you manage your money, however, and whenever it arrives. It’ll give you personalised advice, help you bid for more work and — most importantly — make managing your freelance finances as simple as checking your emails.”

To read more about how Corgee can help you take control of your finances and to sign up to be among the first to take it for a spin, visit www.corgee.co
About Corgee: Corgee is a free personal finance app for the self-employed. Started in July 2020, Corgee is a buddy and financial adviser to those that have fluctuating income and are looking for more financial security. Corgee is based in Barcelona but has team members in London, Chicago and Beijing.

Corgee
Demium
Carrer de Julià Portet, 3
Barcelona, 80002

Press contact:
Amir Gharzeddine
amir@corgee.co

Corgee is an AI powered financial tool that will advise and enable customers to gain a better perspective of their finances. We will notify the customers of potential risks such as unhealthy financial habits, upcoming slow months, or risk of overdraft. Rest assured, we are developing Corgee to become a part of every freelancer’s day to day use when it comes building a financial stability and we are so close to launch our first MVP on 3rd of May 2021. Our mission is simple, to give every self employed in the UK fair access to financial services like all others full time employee currently have.

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