Tagged: funding

August 2, 2023 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be one of the world’s on-demand working capital platforms, recently announced that on July 21, it “passed the $300 billion mark in total funding to its customers.” This record funding amount “reflects invoices paid an average of 31 days early via… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 5:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novo, the “powerfully” simple financial platform for small businesses, announced the launch of Novo Funding, “offering small businesses a fast and flexible way to access working capital.” The company has also “secured a $125 million facility from Victory Park Capital (VPC), which will be used… Read More

July 31, 2023 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Passage reports that it has raised $6 million in order to launch an AI-driven Virtual World Builder. Funds were reportedly raised through private sale of its PASG token and will now “go towards the continuous development of the Passage world building platform, built with Cosmos… Read More

July 31, 2023 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Immediate, an earned wage access company, announced a $16 million round of funding. These funds, split between growth equity and a working capital facility, will “enable Immediate to accelerate its growth trajectory in the workplace financial health sector.” Immediate explains that it “solves liquidity challenges… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 8:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Q-CTRL, a global firm focused on developing useful quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, announced the addition of Morpheus Ventures as a new investor in their record-setting Series B funding round, which has raised $54 million USD. Morpheus Ventures, “known for its expertise in… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech unicorn Tipalti recently announced an additional $150M in growth financing, bringing the company’s total equity and debt raise to more than $700M. Led by JP Morgan Chase Bank and Hercules Capital, this incremental growth financing will enable Tipalti to further invest in product innovation… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEAR Foundation, the non-profit that supports and funds ecosystem development on NEAR Protocol, an open-source and climate-neutral blockchain, has announced it signed up to the Ethereum Climate Platform. The move demonstrates the foundation’s commitment “to sustainability in Web3 – and to working collaboratively with globally… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trunk Tools, a construction-focused fintech startup that addresses the skilled labor shortage by helping workers get paid faster, announced its launch out of stealth with $9.9 million in seed funding. The investment round was “led by Innovation Endeavors, with participation from Fifth Wall, Foundation Capital… Read More

July 8, 2023 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CrowdProperty revealed recently that it has now “funded more than £700m of property projects and the development of over 3,000 homes.” Having agreed £24m in June alone, the business has now “closed in excess of £400m of facilities to support the construction of residential and… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clair, a mission-driven fintech company, announced it raised $175 million in funding to launch the first free, consumer-friendly, on-demand pay solution as a consumer lending program backed by an FDIC-insured bank. The new program “provides for a participation amount of up to $150 million, which… Read More

July 3, 2023 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stratiphy, which has developed proprietary tech giving users a toolkit to form expertly managed portfolios, without the need for an advisor, has raised 82% (£206,119.46) of its  £250,000 target from 112 investors (at the time of writing) with 7 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding… Read More

June 29, 2023 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance (which has been sued by US regulators for a wide range of issues), continues to support the growth of the DeFi sector and has participated in a strategic funding round for Maverick Protocol, a DeFi… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transcend, a provider of liquidity, funding, and collateral optimization solutions, has appointed Emily Harris as a Product Specialist, based out of the United Kingdom. In this role, Emily will “focus on leading Transcend’s securities finance product development efforts and growing the firm’s global footprint, particularly… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ansa announces a digital wallet infrastructure platform for merchants, alongside its first round of funding of $5.4 million. The investment round was “led by Christina Melas-Kyriazi at Bain Capital Ventures with participation from Nimi Katragadda at Box Group, Nichole Wischoff at Wischoff Ventures, Cambrian Ventures,… Read More

April 25, 2023 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantum engineering company Riverlane announced it has raised £15 million in a Series B funding. The investment round was “led by Molten Ventures and included participation from simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence leader Altair and returning investors Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), Amadeus Capital… Read More

April 16, 2023 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading alternative finance providers, has announced that it has “funded a loan of £2.83 million for a new residential development in the affluent area of Purley, south London.” The loan has been “granted to a… Read More

March 29, 2023 @ 6:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mars Growth Capital and Liquidity Group, a technology firm that has become the industry’s “fastest-growing” lender to mid-market, late-stage companies globally by automating the entire debt lending cycle, announced a $30M funding deal with Fashinza, an AI-driven B2B marketplace for global fashion supply chains. The… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Obligate, a Zürich-based investment platform that enables companies to issue on-chain bonds and commercial paper to receive funding, recently “opened onboarding for issuers and investors.” Built on Polygon, the L2 blockchain for institutional finance, the platform “enables the management of corporate debt financing in a… Read More

March 22, 2023 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Card issuing and processing pioneer Enfuce has teamed up with UK neobanking start-up Science Card in order to launch a payments card, which forms “part of a new infrastructure for funding scientific research, designed to create the future earlier rather than later.” Science Card’s customers… Read More

March 13, 2023 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech lender Sonovate has surpassed £3.5bn in total funding and £1 billion in annual funding for the first time “as rising costs force businesses to seek finance to manage cashflow and drive growth.” During 2022, Sonovate reportedly “provided businesses with £1.1 billion in finance, a… Read More