Tagged: series a

December 10, 2023 @ 4:54 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Tokyo-based fintech startup Yoii has announced raising $5.5 million in a Series A funding round anchored by Emellience Partners. The startup, which provides a revenue-based financing (RBF) platform, said the round was also backed by Itochu Technology Ventures, FFG Venture Business Partners, and five other… Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Docyt, an accounting automation software platform that works with small-and-medium-sized businesses, this week announced an $11.5 million Series A fundraising round. It was led by Lobby Capital with additional participation from First Rays Venture Partners and Morado Ventures. The funding will be used to increase staffing and for customer acquisition…. Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 10:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Helcim, a payments company catering to small businesses, this week announced it has closed its Series A funding. The round was led by Toronto-based venture capital firm Information Venture Partners and Aquiline Technology Growth. The round also included participation from Generational Platform Partners, Alberta-based Accelerate… Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 1:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Reigo Investments, a global financial real estate technology company, today announced it has closed a $100 million securitization of residential bridge loans led by Cantor Fitzgerald. The transaction marks the company’s second securitization completed since June 2021- a figure it has now doubled to $200… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rutter, a Fintech building a universal commerce API, or “Plaid for Commerce” has raised a $27M Series A financing round led by a16z. This round also includes participation from new and existing investors including Comma Capital, Basis Set Ventures, Haystack, Mischief Capital, The Chainsmokers and… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

VISO Trust, an AI-based cybersecurity due diligence platform, has raised $11 million in Series A funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with additional participation from Work-Bench, Sierra Ventures, and Lytical Ventures. Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia, Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz, and former Splunk CEO Doug Merritt also participated in the round, with… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 6:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Weavr, a UK-based company providing businesses with plug-and-play financial solutions, this week announced the close of a $40 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. Additional backers included Mubadala Capital, LocalGlobe’s growth stage Latitude Fund and past Weavr backers QED Investors, Anthemis and Seedcamp…. Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 7:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nanonets, an AI-based document workflow automation platform, today announced a $10 million Series A round led by Elevation Capital. The funds will be used to expand Nanonets’ engineering and AI/ML teams as well as hyper-scale its operations and go-to-market teams in new geographies. “The Series… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 6:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MoneyGram International this week announced it has completed a strategic minority investment in Coinme, an American cryptocurrency cash exchange. The deal, which gives MoneyGram an approximate four per cent ownership stake in Coinme, closes out Coinme’s Series A financing round. “At MoneyGram, we continue to… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 8:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

TripleBlind, a private data sharing company that offers a proprietary cryptographically-enforced data privacy solution, this week announced it has received $24 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding led by General Catalyst and Mayo Clinic. This round follows TripleBlind’s pre-seed raise of $8.2 million announced… Read More

October 2, 2021 @ 9:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

UK-based money app Ziglu this week its £1 million crowdfund oversubscribed in 81 minutes, beating its previous record of three hours. The campaign was launched on Seedrs, an equity crowdfunding platform. Ziglu is raising equity capital at a pre-money valuation of £85 million. Ziglu’s previous… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 4:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Merkle Science, a predictive blockchain monitoring and investigative platform, today announced the close of its $5.75 million Series A funding round led by Darrow Holdings. Other investors in the round include Kraken Ventures, Bain-backed Uncorrelated Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, Token Bay Capital, Kenetic, and Lunex Ventures…. Read More

August 27, 2021 @ 4:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital Horizon Venture Fund this week was among the investors in Singapore Fintech Honest Bank’s Series A financing round. The company raised a total of $19.7 million, with the round led by Insignia Ventures Partners and Digital Horizon VC. Digital Horizon contributed $5.5 million of… Read More

August 25, 2021 @ 5:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fintech omnichannel payments platform Qolo has closed a $15 million Series A round led by The Raptor Group. Additional professional investors and strategic partners also participated. The funds are earmarked for staffing, international expansion and product development.  “We experienced strong investor interest fueled by our… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 2:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Data-driven fintech firm Klover today announced the close of $60 million in new funding. Mercato Partners Traverse Fund led the Series A with participation from new and existing investors including Lightbank, Core Innovation Capital and Starting Line. With this financing, Klover will expand the sales,… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 10:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital business card platform HiHello has confirmed a $7.5 million Series A round led by Foundry Group, with participation from Lux Capital and existing investor August Capital. Additional investors include HiHello cofounder and CEO Manu Kumar, the co-founders of Lyft, Everlaw, Auth0, Path/June, and Military.com,… Read More

July 22, 2021 @ 7:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

dollarVenture studio Thesis has completed a $21 million Series A round. Participants include ParaFi Capital, Nascent, Fenbushi Capital, Polychain Capital, and Draper Associates along with Kain Warwick, James Prestwich, Viktor and Lisa Bunin, and Josh Cincinnati. Founded in 2014, Thesis’ portfolio includes Fold, Keep, Saddle… Read More

June 29, 2021 @ 9:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Internet of Things (IoT) communications network provider iWire this week announced a $34 million Series A funding round led by Noor Capital. France’s sovereign fund BPI France participated by offering a long-term equipment purchase option to iWire. That brings the company’s total raise to more… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Currencycloud, the Fintech firm that aims to simply and streamline business in a multi-currency environment, has introduced its Bold Academy – which is described as a knowledge-sharing program for Series A-funded startups or early-stage ventures. The Bold Academy has been launched along with an update… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Belvo, a Latin American fintech, announced on Tuesday it secured $43 million through its Series A funding round, which saw participation from Future Positive and FJLabs. Founded in 2019, Belvo enables financial innovators to access and interpret data from their end-users in an easy… Read More