Tagged: funding round

December 15, 2024 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Current, a consumer fintech banking platform transforming financial access for everyday Americans, announced steady growth in 2024 including an “over 90 percent increase in revenue.” Following this solid year, the company has secured $200 million in new capital to accelerate “growth and fast-track profitability in… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lumin Digital, a cloud-native digital banking provider, announced it has raised over $160M in growth equity financing, led by Light Street Capital, NewView Capital, and Partners Group, acting “on behalf of its clients.” Lumin Digital plans to leverage the funding to accelerate its growth initiatives,… Read More

November 29, 2024 @ 1:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Min Teo, Managing partner and co-founder at Ethereal Ventures (previously investments at Consensys) noted that they are pleased to be working with the team at Bleap App. Bleap enables users to connect their Web3 wallet to their pre-paid debit card with a “seamless” mobile-first neobank… Read More

November 29, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rarimo, a zero-knowledge (ZK) identity protocol, has announced the closing of a $2.5 million strategic funding round, with investors including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and other key web3 founders. Referred to as the Vision Round, this founder-only raise was designed to course-correct the current direction… Read More

November 27, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardless, a fintech known for co-branded credit card solutions, announced a $30 million investment round led by Activant Capital, along with participation from investors such as Mischief (the fund co-founded by Plaid’s Zach Perret), Industry Ventures, Thayer Ventures, Assurant and Amex Ventures. This reportedly brings… Read More

November 18, 2024 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Truelayer, which was once a Fintech Unicorn (valued at over $1 billion), has made the decision to cut around a quarter of its workforce. This appears to part of Truelayer’s overall business strategy to substantially lower costs and attempt to move towards profitability in order… Read More

November 7, 2024 @ 6:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Embedded lending platform Groov has raised £1.5 million in seed funding, according to a note from the firm. The Fintech says the money will drive the next generation of embedded lending, offering more options, better terms, and higher approval rates via a simple API. Fuel… Read More

October 27, 2024 @ 4:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Security platform Socket recently confirmed a $40 million Series B round. It was led by Abstract Ventures, with participation from Elad Gil, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Bret Taylor (OpenAI), Phil Venables (Google), Scott Johnston (Docker), Christina Cacioppo (Vanta), Ann Mather (Pixar, Alphabet, Netflix, Airbnb), and Tobias… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zip announced recently a $190 million Series D funding round, raising the company’s valuation to $2.2 billion. The latest investment round reported by Zip is said to have been led by BOND, with additional new investors Adams Street, Alkeon, (some others) along with Zip’s existing… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Projectworks has reportedly completed a Series A $5 million capital raise. This investment enables them to accelerate the growth of their team across New Zealand and the Silicon Valley to drive more value for Projectworks customers. Projectworks is professional services automation software that connects with… Read More

October 22, 2024 @ 11:11 am By Michael Wong  |  

Obligo, a US Fintech focused on bridging the trust gap between renters and landlords through flexible security deposit solutions, announced raising $35 million in its latest funding round. The latest investment round, co-led by True Global Ventures and 83North, comes at a time when Obligo… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PropertyLoop enables landlords to find tenants, manage their properties and then remain compliant all in one place. PropertyLoop has raised £311,007 from 70 investors (at the time of writing) of its £350,000 target via Republic Europe (previously doing business as Seedrs). There are, at the… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitero, the financial technology company that provides homeowners better options to access their home equity, announced today that it has a $300 million investment from funds managed by Antarctica Capital. This announcement comes at a time of “record” home equity. U.S. homeowners collectively hold $11.5… Read More

October 21, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investa is raising funds via Crowdcube. The firm explains that it has built the UK’s first zero-commission listed options trading app for on-the-go traders. Established by ex-Citi options brokers, and reportedly built by the co-founder of Freetrade, Investa intends to level the playing field by… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 4:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Simplismart announced this week a $7 million funding round for its infrastructure, which enables organizations to deploy AI models. The company hopes to position itself as the critical enabler for AI’s transition into mainstream enterprise operations. The Series A funding round was led by Accel,… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Axyon AI, an Italian AI fintech firm which enhances asset manager performance by delivering alpha opportunities via AI-based rankings and AI model strategies, has reportedly closed a further € 2.1 million in funding. This latest investment round had the participation of the US-based venture capital… Read More

October 10, 2024 @ 3:34 pm By Michael Wong  |  

FutureMoney, a Boston-based digital platform dedicated to helping families invest for their children and build generational wealth, has successfully closed a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round. The funding round saw participation from notable investors including Serac Ventures, Hustle Fund, Telegraph Hill Capital, Capacity Capital, Harvest… Read More

October 3, 2024 @ 4:29 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Enterprise data analytics firm e6data has secured a $10 million funding round. The series A was led by Accel, with participation from Beenext and others. It comes at a time when the total addressable market for data and AI solutions is slated to touch $230… Read More

September 30, 2024 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LiveFlow has reportedly raised a $13.5 million Series A round in order to modernize accounting and inspire the next generation of accountants. Lasse Kalkar, CEO, LiveFlow noted that the accounting industry is undoubtedly facing major challenges, with “one of the most pressing being a severe… Read More

September 25, 2024 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Desia, a system of intelligence and AI productivity for investment professionals, has successfully raised a $3.3 million pre-seed funding round led by Dig Ventures. Alongside Dig Ventures, various VCs participated in the round, “including 2100 Ventures, Vento by Exor Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Foreword Ventures, Plug… Read More