Israeli P2P Lender BLender Opens Up First EU Offices

September 20, 2016 @ 6:05 am By Erin Hobey |

BLender, the Israel-based P2P lending platform, announced the first milestone in its global expansion, opening new offices in Milan, Italy, and Vilnius, Lithuania to serve customers in Italy and the Baltic region. “Offering multi-national P2P lending has been our vision since BLender’s establishment,” BLender CEO… Read More

Fundbox Secures $50M in Equity During New Funding Round

September 10, 2015 @ 6:30 am By Samantha Hurst |

Fundbox, a cash flow optimization tool for small businesses, announced today that it has underwritten its 15 millionth invoice while also completing its 7th consecutive quarter of at least 2x quarter-over-quarter revenue growth. The company also announced that it has raised an additional $50 million in… Read More

Brief: Israeli Peer-to-Peer Platform BLender Secures $5M to Expand to Western European & Latin American Markets

July 13, 2015 @ 2:39 pm By Samantha Hurst |

Israeli peer-to-peer lending platform, BLender, recently announced that it has secured $5 million in funding from American venture capital firm, Blumberg. The company, which launched last fall, is looking to use the funds to expand into Western European and Latin American markets. According to its description,… Read More

OurCrowd and Blumberg Capital Help BioCatch Raise $10 Million To Fuel Rapid Growth

June 17, 2014 @ 7:18 pm By Samantha Hurst |

BioCatch, a behavioral biometric authentication and threat detection, has completed a$10 million financing round. The funding will be used to expand R&D efforts and continue growth in key markets, including the U.S. and Europe. The financing round was led by venture capital firm Blumberg Capital and equity… Read More

Moment.me Announces $1.65M of New Funding From Singtel Inov8 and Blumberg Capital

June 16, 2014 @ 7:30 am By Samantha Hurst |

Moment.me announced on Monday morning its latest investment of $1.65 million from initial investors Singtel Inov8 and Blumberg Capital, along with a new European fund. Moment.me has raised over $3 million to date. In March 2014, Moment.me launched a new, monetizable service, offering the quick… Read More

VC Taskforce to Hold Event on Equity Crowdfunding

September 6, 2013 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois |

Silicon Valley based VC Taskforce, an organization working to enhance collaboration in the venture community, has announced their “Crowdfunding Series”, scheduled to launch on September 18, 2013. The new programs will focus on the new world of crowdfunding, using equity, debt or pre-sale dollars. Founded in… Read More