Raised: Midway through funding round.
Founded: 2014, launching this year.
What it does: Student-focused mobile money product, with a prepaid card that can be managed from an app.
Why it's hot: While half the company are still students and it has yet to launch, LootBank is already talking to Royal Bank of Scotland. The bank is interested in the speedy and easy way the startup has developed for on-boarding customers, particularly foreign students coming to the UK for the first time.