Tagged: investment round

March 12, 2022 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capchase, a firm offering non-dilutive capital for recurring-revenue businesses operating in the US and Europe, announced an $80 M Series B round which has been led by 01 Advisors. QED, Caffeinated Capital, Bling Capital, ScifiVC, Thomvest Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Invesco and Gaingels also contributed… Read More

March 9, 2022 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Glean AI, the intelligent accounts payable firm, has secured $10.8 million in seed financing from Contour Venture Partners (lead investor), Amex Ventures, Infinity Ventures, B Capital Group, Portage Ventures, Parameter Ventures, and several other venture funds and angel investors. The proceeds from the investment round… Read More

March 9, 2022 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stax, a comprehensive payments platform, announced its new funding raise of $245 million. Led by sibling co-founders Suneera Madhani, CEO, and Sal Rehmetullah, president, Stax celebrates this milestone at a time when “less than three percent of venture capital goes to minorities and less than… Read More

March 9, 2022 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stellar, which claims to be on a mission to offer “unprecedented” access to credit-building and financial tools to underserved communities, has reportedly attracted several investors to finalize an oversubscribed $7 million round. Stellar Founder and CEO, Lamine Zarrad, stated: “We created Stellar to provide credit… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Business Finance Market (BFM), a Fintech established by the businessman behind two UK-based banking challengers Craig Iley recently acquired £1.3 million in capital via a seed round. BFM, which maintains offices in Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, is planning to enhance the process bringing lenders… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capitalists’ enthusiasm or eagerness to invest in Fintech platforms, which ranked as one of the most active industry segments for startup investments in 2021, is showing signs of slowing down. During the last few weeks, a total of 51 Fintech firms secured a total… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian Fintech firm CredAvenue has achieved Unicorn status (valued at $1 billion+) after raising funds from Insight Partners, B Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, and others. The Chennai-headquartered Fintech is now valued at $1.3 billion. The Fintech company plans to use the proceeds to further expand… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sequoia Capital India and Saudi Arabia based VC company STV have reportedly led a $54 million round for Tabby, which claims to be one of the largest Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) providers in the Middle East. As the overall demand for Fintech services continues… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 1:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zaapi, a mobile app that allows small businesses to establish their digital commerce presence within seconds, has finalized a $4 million seed round. VC investors including GFC, Flourish Ventures, and Partech have led Zaapi’s investment round. Other investors in the funding round reportedly include 1982… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dubai-headquartered Fintech firm Alaan has acquired $2.5 million in capital via an investment round. The firm is now coming out of stealth mode. The multi-currency spend management platform developers noted that they would use the proceeds to hire new talent and scale operations across the… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperhuman is reportedly raising a €0.7M round being led by Sparking Capital, along with contributions from Early Game Ventures and SeedBlink investors. The offering on SeedBlink is raising equity capital from retail investors at a pre-money valuation of €6.2 million. The offering is scheduled to… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 12:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We all realize that the world right now is in a bit of a shaky place due to the circumstances in Ukraine. In this uncertain socio-economic environment, the developers at ArDrive, a permanent storage app built on Arweave, recently announced a $17.2M seed round led… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Subspace Labs, the developer of Subspace Network, recently revealed that they have finalized a $32.9 million financing round that was led by Pantera Capital along with contributions from Coinbase Ventures, Crypto.com, Alameda Research, ConsenSys Mesh, and KR1. Other investors reportedly include: Hypersphere Ventures, Stratos Technologies,… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payhawk, the payment and expense solution with offices in London, Sofia, Berlin, and Barcelona, has secured an additional $100 million in order to extend its Series B round to $215 million. The Fintech firm’s Series B extension was reportedly “raised at a valuation of $1… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweater, a Fintech firm building the “first” fully-managed venture capital fund that is open to “everyday investors,” recently finalized a $12 million seed round. Sweater’s investment round has been co-led by Motivate VC and Akuna Capital, with participation from Jeffrey Cruttenden (Co-founder of Acorns), Eli… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pakistan’s NayaPay Pvt. has reportedly acquired $13 million in early-stage capital as it aims to onboard consumers who an underbanked or financially underserved. The Karachi-headquartered Fintech firm’s seed round has been led by Zayn Capital, MSA Novo and Silicon Valley’s early-stage investor Graph Ventures, CEO… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 12:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayMongo, an online payments Fintech in the Philippines, has secured $31 million via a Series B round from JAM Fund, the venture capital firm of Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, and other investors including ICCP-SBI Venture Partners and Kaya Founders. Super thrilled to announce @paymongo has… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Saudi Arabia-headquartered Fintech firm EdfaPay has secured $1.6 million (appr. SAR 6 million) in capital via its latest investment round. The pre-seed investment has reportedly been led by Nuwa capital, InspireUs VC, Wallan Investment group, and angel investors. The proceeds will be a core driver… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sydney-headquartered Fintech firm Lumi has acquired an additional $10 million in funding from existing investors Arbel Fund and Melbourne’s Perennial Partners in order to capitalize on the faster than anticipated growth in certain market segments. The SME lender has acquired a total of $30 million… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PrimaryBid, a SoftBank-backed Fintech assisting retail investors with getting early access to IPOs, has secured $190 million in capital via the SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with the participation from Molten Ventures and others. The London-based Fintech firm is focused on helping retail clients get improved… Read More