Moneybox taps Pisces for employee share sale as valuation rises

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Moneybox enables long-serving employees to sell £45 million of shares via Pisces this month, offering liquidity while remaining private.
Pisces allows private company staff and investors to trade shares at a fixed price on set days, providing liquidity without raising new capital.
Wayve's $85 million share sale on Pisces demonstrates growing investor demand and momentum for London's private market infrastructure.

Employee liquidity plan through Pisces

As reported by Financial Times, Moneybox is using Pisces to let long-serving employees sell shares in a planned sale this month, giving staff liquidity while the company remains private.

The offering covers £45 million of stock owned by employees and places the business closer to the ranks of British fintech unicorns including Zilch, SumUp and ClearScore. Moneybox says rewarding early team members who joined the company at an early stage is a priority as it moves into its next phase of profitable scaling.

Karen Kerrigan, chief operating officer at Moneybox, says Pisces is a major step forward for UK capital markets because it offers a bridge between private company control and public market liquidity. She adds that the platform helps Moneybox stay private while retaining strategic flexibility.

Implications for London private markets

Pisces, the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System, launched last year and allows staff and investors in private companies to sell shares at a fixed price on selected trading days. The platform does not allow companies to raise new capital, but it is being promoted as a way to provide liquidity without the full demands of a traditional initial public offering.

Its development comes as London works to keep fast-growing companies in the UK and offer them alternatives to listing too early. The London Stock Exchange is also contending with weak public market valuations and a wave of take-private deals, increasing pressure to make domestic capital markets more attractive.

Moneybox follows self-driving technology company Wayve, which becomes the first big company to use Pisces this month. Wayve's earlier decision to sell $85 million of shares on the platform helps reduce concerns about investor demand, suggesting the market infrastructure is beginning to build momentum.

In our earlier coverage of the UK’s weak IPO market and rising overseas takeover interest, we noted how subdued valuations have helped fuel cross-border dealmaking while new London listings remain scarce. The report highlighted intensifying competition for UK assets and the growing pressure on policymakers, regulators and the stock exchange to push reforms that make domestic capital markets more attractive.

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