General News

September 6, 2022 @ 10:41 am By Freddie Digby  |  

As firms battle with reduced revenue, Freddie Digby, CCO of Adsum, stresses that halting your investment in tech should be the last thing a business should be considering ahead of a recession The identity of the nation’s next Prime Minister was just one of many… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich-headquartered digital signature firm Skribble has finalized a EUR 10M round of funding. The firm’s investment round has been led by Munich’s Acton Capital Partners and Swiss VC company VI Partners. Contracts including employment and supplier agreements, along with delivery notes or tenders, have long… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Raftt, has raised a seed round of $5 Million. The funding was led by Aleph VC and Cardumen Capital. Raftt shared that a number of private investors participated in the round, including Ariel Maislos and Benny Schneider, Devtools angel investors; Adi Sharabani, founder of Skycure… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After months of investments tumbling in a downward trend, July seemed “to mark a positive turning point for global markets,” according to an update from PensionBee. In fact, China was “the only leading stock market to fall in value.” This brief rebound had “created speculation… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

StepFunction, a key player in SaaS revenue growth solutions, recently announced a $5M post-seed raise led by Dallas Venture Capital (DVC) along with contributions from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Inventus Capital Partners, and Z5 Capital. McKinsey research indicates that SaaS companies that “focus on cross-selling,… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fairmarkit, the automated sourcing platform that is transforming the procurement of goods and services for enterprises, announced a $35.6 million Series C investment, “bringing its total funding to date to $78 million.” The investment round was “led by OMERS Growth Equity with participation from investors… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sberbank Switzerland, part of one of the largest banks in Russia, is being sold while planning a name change. Sberbank has been impacted by the sanctions applied to the Russian regime due to its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Sberbank is partly owned by the government… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ticketmaster announced that it will allow event organizers to issue NFTs (non-fungible tokens) that are reportedly tied to tickets on Flow, a blockchain/DLT network that’s run by a16z-backed Dapper Labs. Big news for live event fans! @Ticketmaster Event Organizers now can offer digital keepsakes, minted… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 8:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Numerix, a key player in capital markets risk management technology, announced that it has been acquired by Genstar Capital, a private equity firm “focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrials, and software industries.” Founded in 1996, Numerix reportedly “has over… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 6:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) had a booming month in August. While other markets sank (think crypto and public securities), platforms participating in securities offerings under Reg CF jumped. CCA reports that new issuers hit a record 159 companies aiming… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 1:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Reserve has reportedly changed the timing of the introduction of its real-time payments solution, called FedNow, to the middle of 2023. The US Federal Reserve is aiming for a full-scale production rollout of the new payments service for somewhere between May and July… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 2:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Infobip Group, a global cloud communications platform company for customer engagement, and key player in CPaaS solutions, announced a partnership with Google and Goldman Sachs to launch “an innovative mentorship program for startups from Croatia, the youngest European Union member state with a population of… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] is warning investors that cybercriminals are “increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency, causing investors to lose money.” The FBI has “observed cybercriminals exploiting vulnerabilities in the smart contracts governing DeFi platforms to steal investors’… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Truist Wealth has expanded its digital investment offerings with Truist Invest, a robo advisor, and Truist Invest Pro, a hybrid investing solution that “combines automated investing with access to a team of financial advisors.” Joseph M. Thompson, chief wealth officer at Truist, said: “Digital investing… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of payments and financial services technology with a growing presence in New Jersey, is reportedly partnering with Rutgers University-Newark “to create and fund a new program designed to drive diversity and innovation within the financial technology field.” The… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 4:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), the top academic group studying Fintech, has published a report on digital finance in Latin America and its impact on SMEs’ access to capital. The SME Access to Digital Finance Study: A Deep Dive into the Latin America… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital identity is a constantly evolving concept and one that is “increasingly entwined with allied areas such as security, privacy, and management of identity-related data,” according to an update from Juniper Research. Usually issued and/or regulated by national identity schemes, a digital identity can “serve… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Security Token Market is pleased to confirm that Archax, a global cryptocurrency and FCA regulated digital asset ecosystem, has joined the STM data partnership network. Archax provides professional investors and institutions “with a primary market for investing into digital asset projects, as well as a… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyberstarts, a venture capital firm focused on building next generation cyber companies, announced the closing of Cyberstarts Seed Fund III “with $60 million committed capital to invest in early stage cybersecurity companies.” This fund was “raised only a few months after the firm raised $200… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Floating Point Group (FPG), a cryptocurrency prime brokerage with an institutional trading desk and settlement platform, has appointed Peter Eliades, former J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo banking executive “as Head of Distribution.” Eliades joins “a predominately technical and crypto-native leadership team.” With over two decades… Read More