February 18, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global venture capital firm Antler has closed its second Nordic-focused fund, which is valued at roughly €100 million at the final closing. The fund will invest in early-stage tech companies across the Nordics with a significant “focus on Finland.” Enni Rautio, Interim Director of Tesi’s… Read More

 Tagged europe, growth fund, nordics, venture capital

February 18, 2025 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eurobank S.A., a subsidiary of Eurobank Holdings, a banking group in Athens, Greece and LTIMindtree, a technology consulting and digital solutions company, joined forces to initiate cooperation focused on enhancing customer experience by improving banking operations and “building innovative IT services for Eurobank and its… Read More

 Tagged EU, eurobank, greece, india, ltimindtree, pune

February 18, 2025 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Market Pay Group announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Altapay, a payment service provider (PSP) headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Altapay, which serves over 400 merchants, has developed “expertise in managing online transactions.” With a portfolio of local and international payment methods, as well… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, altapay, denmark, market pay, psps

February 18, 2025 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ShopMate is pleased to announce its partnership with DNA Payments, a leading provider of advanced payment solutions. Through this partnership, ShopMate is enhancing its support for retailers by integrating an “efficient payment solution into its EPOS system, ShopMate Pay.” ShopMate Pay will be available to… Read More

 Tagged dna payments, payments, shopmate

February 17, 2025 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Varo Money, a federally chartered digital bank, is raising growth capital. According to a Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Varo is seeking $55 million. As of the date of the filing, Varo has raised almost $29 million with around $26 million… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, funding round, varo, varo money

February 17, 2025 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The French crowdfunding market experienced a significant decline in 2024, dropping by 17.1% compared to results generated in 2023. In total, €1.7 billion was raised, according to a report published by France Fintech in collaboration with Forvis Mazars. The peak amount of funds raised for… Read More

 Tagged ecspr, EU, forvis mazars, fpf, france, france fintech

February 17, 2025 @ 11:07 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

40Seas, an accounts receivable management platform for SMEs, has launched its Trade Insurance Management solution for SMEs. The platform enables live coverage tracking and digital policy compliance for global SMEs and supports coverage from insurers such as Allianz Trade, Atradius, Coface and AIG. Companies, especially SMEs,… Read More

 Tagged 40seas, Eyal Moldovan, Izzy Rosenzweig, Portless, trade insurance

February 17, 2025 @ 11:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, and Phlo Systems, a provider of digital solutions for commodity trading, trade finance and international trade compliance, announced that the firms have entered into a tech partnership, which includes an… Read More

 Tagged equity investment, london, phlo systems, uk, us

February 17, 2025 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With the acquisition of Danish payment reconciliation software Storebuddy, accounting platform Ageras rolls-up its seventh company -preceded by its 2024 acquisition of business banking provider Shine from Société Générale– to complement its service offering and “enhance its position as a leading accounting platform for SMEs… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, ageras, denmark, europe, storebuddy

February 17, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Harvey has reportedly finalized a $300 million series D funding round at a $3 billion valuation. Harvey, which is described as the domain-specific (artificial intelligence) AI platform transforming workflows for legal and professional services, has recently confirmed its $300 million Series D financing, bringing its… Read More

 Tagged funding round, harvey