Tech & Finance

What Tech & Finance does

Tech & Finance, operating as TechFin, is a privately held UK-based IT consulting and infrastructure provider founded in 2015 and headquartered in Liverpool. The firm specializes in low latency infrastructure, connectivity, hardware procurement, and cloud solutions purpose-built for trading environments and financial services enterprises, addressing challenges created when modern infrastructure is forced into legacy setups. Its core technology stack combines Arista and Dell low latency hardware with a broader 18+ partner ecosystem spanning networking (BSO, Exegy, euNetworks, Solarflare, Mellanox, Fixnetix), server and storage (Super Micro, HPE), and colocation (Equinix, Interxion, Colt) providers, supplemented by emerging AI-enabled consulting capabilities.

The company's product portfolio spans three integrated service lines: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providing cloud-based computing resources for trading clients, hardware procurement across its partner catalog, and bespoke IT consulting that navigates procurement, legal, and budgetary processes on behalf of clients. TechFin employs a consultative, sales-led go-to-market motion, engaging clients directly through quote requests and tailored service packages rather than self-serve or transactional channels. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is custom-quoted per engagement.

TechFin monetizes through a mix of professional services fees, hardware resale margins, and managed services revenue, with distribution handled via direct enterprise engagement in a single-country (UK) commercial entity operating across European markets. The firm maintains a sister-company relationship with ffc services, enabling bundled financial and technology advisory offerings. There is no public disclosure of revenue, headcount, funding, or named customers, and the company appears to operate as a small specialist with limited external visibility.

Name

Tech & Finance

Legal name

Tech and Finance

Website

https://techfin.biz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TechFin is a UK-based IT consulting and infrastructure provider specializing in low latency hardware, networking, and cloud solutions for trading and financial services firms. It sells consultative, project-based engagements backed by an 18+ partner ecosystem anchored by Arista and Dell.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Infrastructure Services for Trading and Enterprise

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Telecommunications & Network Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Emerging Tech (IoT, Blockchain, AR/VR, Edge) Consulting (BPAHAEAL)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• Low latency infrastructure
• Hardware procurement
• Cloud infrastructure services
• Trading technology solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Liverpool

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: IT consulting practice providing solutions that help businesses grow, acting as trusted adviser for IT requirements.
2. Hardware Procurement: Services covering hardware procurement from extensive partner network including Arista, Dell, Super Micro, HPE, Solarflare, and others.
3. Infrastructure as a Service: Cloud infrastructure solutions backed by extensive resource pool covering customer requirements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Tech & Finance (TechFin) provides IT consulting, low-latency infrastructure design, hardware procurement, and cloud/IaaS services targeted at trading environments and enterprise IT leaders. The firm acts as a vendor-agnostic advisor and integrator, sourcing and deploying servers, switches, networking and colocation kit from a broad vendor ecosystem for financial-services and enterprise clients. It combines independent advisory with hands-on infrastructure delivery spanning design, procurement, and managed cloud deployment.

Product overview

TechFin is a technology consulting company offering a portfolio of services centered on low latency infrastructure for trading environments. The core offerings include Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), hardware procurement (leveraging partnerships with Arista, Dell, HPE, and Supermicro), and IT consulting services. These solutions are designed to work together to address challenges in legacy infrastructure setups, with an emphasis on delivering outcomes rather than just sales. The company positions itself as a market leader in low latency technologies, integrating AI capabilities with partner-provided hardware infrastructure to serve the trading community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IT Consulting Services Independent, vendor-agnostic IT advisory and design services covering low-latency trading infrastructure, server and network architecture, and overall IT strategy. Targeted at enterprise IT leaders and trading-firm technology teams.
• Low Latency Infrastructure Deployment Design and deployment of low-latency networking and trading infrastructure using multi-vendor hardware (Arista switches, Solarflare/Mellanox NICs, BSO connectivity, Exegy/Fixnetix acceleration). Intended for trading firms, market makers and latency-sensitive enterprise environments.
• Hardware Procurement Services Sourcing and resale of enterprise server, switching and networking hardware from partner vendors including Dell, Super Micro, HPE, Arista and Boston. Targeted at enterprises and trading firms building or refreshing IT and trading infrastructure.
• Colocation and Cross-Connect Services Provisioning of exchange colocation, cross-connect and carrier connectivity for trading and enterprise clients via relationships with Equinix, Interxion, Colt, euNetworks and BSO Network.
• Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS) Services Managed cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service built on platforms such as vScaler, providing compute, storage and networking capacity for trading and enterprise workloads. Targeted at firms seeking alternatives to public-cloud hyperscalers for latency-sensitive or regulated environments.
• Market Data and Trading Acceleration Solutions Deployment and integration of market-data feeds and trading-acceleration technologies from partners Exegy and Fixnetix to reduce tick-to-trade latency. Targeted at trading firms and market-making operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Solutions designed by TechFin architects are consistently the most innovative, cost-effective, and future-proof

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AristacoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic technology partnership for low latency networking infrastructure solutions. Arista is recognized as a market leader in data center networking.
• Dell TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership providing Dell's low latency infrastructure solutions specifically tailored for trading environments.
• ffc servicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company partnership providing integrated financial and technology services. Part of the core strategic offering alongside the company's own capabilities.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• IPC Systems: IPC is a large, established provider of unified communications and infrastructure for financial markets, offering overlapping low-latency connectivity and trading-floor solutions as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Itiviti (Broadcom): Itiviti/Broadcom delivers trading technology, connectivity, and market data infrastructure used by sell-side trading desks — addressing the same capital-markets technology buyer TechFin targets, though from a global, productized software perspective.
• Radianz (BT/ICE): Radianz provides a global financial community network and low-latency connectivity for trading firms, similar in capability to TechFin's network partner integrations but at vastly greater scale and breadth.

Emerging players

• Velocimetrics: Velocimetrics offers latency-monitoring and analytics tooling for capital-markets infrastructure, an adjacent niche that competes for the same trading-technologist buyer budget that TechFin serves with its integration and consulting practice.
• MayStreet (Nasdaq): MayStreet provides high-resolution market data infrastructure and analytics for trading firms, an emerging specialist that overlaps with TechFin's low-latency trading infrastructure remit at the market-data layer.

Direct peers

• Options IT: Options IT provides low-latency managed services, hosting, and connectivity infrastructure specifically for capital markets participants — the same vertical, use cases, and customer profile TechFin addresses, making it the closest direct competitor.
• McKay Brothers: McKay Brothers operates low-latency wireless and fiber networks purpose-built for trading, overlapping with TechFin's connectivity and infrastructure remit for capital markets.
• Beeks Financial Cloud: Beeks delivers low-latency cloud and managed infrastructure for financial services firms, closely matching TechFin's IaaS and connectivity offerings for trading venues and exchanges.
• Vela Trading Technologies: Vela provides low-latency trading infrastructure, market data, and managed services to brokers and trading firms — directly comparable in technology, customer base, and delivery model.
• Trading Performance Architects (TPA): TPA provides specialized consulting and engineering for ultra-low-latency trading systems, mirroring TechFin's consultative positioning around performance optimization and infrastructure design for trading firms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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