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Pisces: How the London Stock Exchange plans to lure firms to a private market

Two fintechs worth a combined $3.5bn are among those interested in the government’s plans to enable the trading of private companies’ shares on exchanges

Sunday 8 June 2025 at 23:00

The London Stock Exchange is courting private firms as it prepares to launch a new venue for unlisted shares
The London Stock Exchange is courting private firms as it prepares to launch a new venue for unlisted shares Photo: Vera Shestak/Getty Images/FN Staff

ClearScore is just the kind of home-grown company the government wants listed on the London Stock Exchange. 

Chief executive Justin Basini set up the credit-checking firm in 2015 and has overseen its growth into a profitable, diversified fintech group that was valued at $700m in its latest funding round four years ago.