Tagged: financing

November 2, 2022 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) launched a new financing solution, a merchant cash advance, provided by Parafin–a U.S.-based provider of growth capital for sellers. This secure financing option “ties payment on the cash advance to a portion of sellers’ future sales for a fixed capital fee and… Read More

October 22, 2022 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech Capital on Tap has secured a $110 million corporate revolving credit facility with Atalaya Capital Management “to provide small businesses in the US and UK with a central hub to manage all aspects of their business finances.” Since launching in 2012, Capital on… Read More

October 14, 2022 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NorthOne recently announced it has raised $67 million in Series B funding. With participation from new and existing investors, NorthOne claims it is poised “to further expand the reach of its business banking and financial management platform across all sectors of the small business community.”… Read More

October 13, 2022 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FlapKap, a tech-enabled revenue-based financing platform in the Mena region, “revolutionizing” e-commerce growth, announced the close of its $3.6 million Seed round. The investment round “included participation from Bolt by QED, Nclude, Outliers, and A15.” This latest capital injection “comes six months after the company’s… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zetl and Netbank, (a Rural Bank), inc. have partnered in order “to provide an innovative approach to SME financing in the Philippines.” Under this partnership, Zetl will “identify ‘asset light’ SMEs with a regular and guaranteed income stream, seeking funding.” Netbank will “provide loans to… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

October, the European Fintech company specializing in SME financing, and Solution Bank, an innovative corporate & investment bank, have “developed a new way of financing SMEs.” Businesses that apply to October for financing will also “have Solution Bank’s resources directly available to them.” The challenger… Read More

October 5, 2022 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapid Finance, which claims to be a market leader in helping small businesses find sustainable and customized financing solutions through a fast and simple application process, announced its acquisition of digital lending platform provider, Thrive, at American Banker’s Small Business Banking conference. As part of… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Societe Generale – one of Europe’s leading financial services groups, which supports its clients in their environmental and energy transition by providing responsible and innovative financing solutions – and Altalurra Ventures – a fund investing in technological start-ups with an positive impact – “are investing… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsr, the global embedded finance experiences platform, is partnering with DND Finance (DND), a multinational commercial equipment finance provider, “to launch the Score Credit Mastercard.” Branded as the Score Credit Mastercard by DND, it is “aimed at personal users and business owners with a less-than-perfect… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grover, the consumer-tech subscription platform, has finalized a new €270 million debt financing facility with M&G, the international asset manager. With the fresh capital, Grover will “expand its product inventory to serve rising demand from customers in existing markets such as Germany, Spain, Netherlands, and… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mollie is pleased to introduce a new product to help their customers drive growth: Mollie Capital. Described as a fast and flexible way for their customers to access funding, Capital’s launch also signifies their “move into financial services.” Mollie Capital is “a… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liberis, a global embedded business finance platform,  announced that they have secured £140m in financing from Barclays Bank PLC and BCI Finance in order “to help secure its global partner expansion and growth plans for the next two years.” This brings Liberis’ total funds raised… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Younited, the instant credit provider in Europe, provides European households – in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Germany – with financing solutions “for projects and purchases up to 50,000 euros.” This milestone is the “best proof” of the relevance of Younited’s offer to its customers:… Read More

September 25, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ParallelChain Lab, an enterprise-grade blockchain-as-a-service provider that combines high performance with censorship-resistant characteristics, announced it has secured a $50 million financing commitment from GEM Digital. This token subscription facility is “dedicated to funding ParallelChain’s continuous innovation and ecosystem growth following the launch of its mainnet… Read More

September 25, 2022 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capchase, a provider of non-dilutive financing to SaaS companies, has announced a partnership with Sastrify, the global automated SaaS procurement platform, to offer a “Save Now, Pay Later” program to “high-growth” customers. This program will “enable Sastrify’s customers to extend their runways, cutting their SaaS… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 11:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The BIS Innovation Hub’s Hong Kong Centre and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority have introduced Project Dynamo, which aims “to deliver a prototype for the compliant use of decentralized finance (DeFi) tools, such as blockchain and smart contracts, to improve access to finance for unfunded… Read More

September 16, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ratio, a new kind of fintech platform that combines payments, predictive pricing, financing, and a frictionless quote to cash process into one platform for SaaS and technology companies, emerged from stealth and “announced raising $11M in venture funding and a $400M credit facility for customer… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Ramp, the spend management and corporate card provider, has launched a lending partner network “to help customers find better long-term financing options.” As mentioned in an update shared with CI, partners “include Stifel, Capchase, Live Oak Bank, SmartBiz Loans, Lighter Capital and Founderpath.” This… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 5:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mesh Payments, the insight-driven finance automation platform, recently announced $60 million in new financing, “bringing the total amount raised to $123 million.” Alpha Wave leads the equity round “with participation from existing investors, including Tiger Global, TLV Partners, Entreé Capital, and Meron Capital.” The proceeds… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Carta notes that they’re making a visual change which is indicative of “the external manifestation” of the next evolution of their platform. The first problem they had set out to solve at Carta was “the electronic issuing and signing of private stock… Read More