Five months after it began the process, Finbourne, the London-headquartered fintech company led by Irishman Tom McHugh, has closed a £55 million (€51 million) series B investment round led by Highland Europe and Axa Venture Partners. McHugh told me in March it had appointed Banco Santander to advise on the funding round, and that there was a long list of around 50 investors interested. Back then, we met in a coffee shop near Fitzwilliam Square in the heart of Dublin. This time, however, McHugh is in Finbourne’s office near London’s beautiful St Paul’s Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren.  Securing…

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