'Success isn't hidden formula', says pension app founder after raising £1.8m

The founder of a pensions app that has raised £1.8m in funding this year says there is no "hidden formula" to success. In the two years since establishing his business, Royden Greaves has developed a retirement planning platform and secured backing from major investment funds.
The London-based entrepreneur, who moved to the UK from Montserrat to do his A-Levels more than 20 years ago, is on a mission to simplify financial planning for retirement.
He launched Jarvis in 2022 after a decade working in wealth management. The 39-year-old, who invested £100,000 to start up his company, was inspired to set up a business after deciding access to financial planning was limited to a select few firms.
"I knew I needed to si
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