Tagged: investment round

September 21, 2021 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

bolttech, one of the fastest-growing global Insurtech unicorns, reveals that it has completed an extension of its $180 million series A round that was led by Activant Capital Group, bringing the series total to $210 million. As mentioned in a release, this is the largest… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Saudi Arabia-headquartered virtual payment and point-of-sale (POS) solutions provider CashIn has reportedly acquired SAR 6 million (appr. $1.6 million) in capital through a seed round. CashIn’s investment round has been led by investor Mine. Saudi venture capital firm BIM Ventures also took part in the… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China’s XTransfer, an established one-stop cross-border financial and risk management solution provider, has secured $138 million in capital via its Series D round. XTransfer‘s investment round was led by D1 Capital Partners, along with existing shareholders also making contributions. XTransfer will be using the funds… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered crypto Regtech firm Coinfirm reveals that it has finalized an $8 million Series A round. The company has also announced the appointment of Dr. Mircea Mihaescu as their new CEO. Coinfirm’s investment round has been co-led by SIX Fintech Ventures, which is the corporate… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Melio, a B2B payments platform for SMEs, reveals that it has acquired an additional $250 million in capital, which has now tripled the firm’s valuation to around $4 billion since January of this year. The funds acquired should help with supporting the firm’s business expansion… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polychain and Three Arrows Capital have led a $230 million investment in the Avalanche public blockchain ecosystem. They’ve been joined by R/Crypto Fund, Dragonfly, CMS Holdings, Collab+Currency, Lvna Capital and several angel investors and family offices. The Avalanche Foundation will be using the funds from… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

dopay, a B2B2C payments platform that aims to serve 1.7 billion unbanked workers in emerging markets, has finalized an $18 million Series A round. As mentioned in a release, dopay intends to address a steady and growing demand from businesses for cashless payroll and from… Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SellersFunding, an international Fintech firm focused on growth for digital commerce sellers, reveals that it has acquired $166.5 million in capital via a combination of equity and credit facility, with a round that was led by Northzone, along with contributions from Endeavor Catalyst and Fasanara…. Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Lightyear announced on Wednesday (September 15, 2021) that they’ve acquired an additional $8.5 million in capital. The firm also confirmed the launch of its app as the business begins onboarding UK clients off its waiting list. Lightyear aims to combine multi-currency accounts with… Read More

September 13, 2021 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Egypt-based Kashat, a microloan services platform, has acquired $1.75 million in capital as part of a bridge round, according to a report from Magnitt. Kashat’s investment round has been led by VC fund Launch Africa Ventures, and also included contributions from regional investors, the report… Read More

September 13, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amsterdam-headquartered Sprinque, a checkout service provider, has reportedly secured €1.7 million in capital from Volta Ventures, Force Over Mass and several angel investors and payments industry professionals. Established this year, Sprinque has created seamless digital checkout infrastructure in order to make business transactions as easy… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Canoe Intelligence, a Fintech firm that aims to transform data management processes for alternative investors, wealth management platforms, fund servicers, and capital allocators, reveals that it has finalized an oversubscribed extension of its Series A round. Canoe’s investment round was led by Blackstone Innovations Investments… Read More

September 9, 2021 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Koyo has finalized a Series A round that was led by Force Over Mass along with contributions from existing investors Forward Partners, Frontline Ventures and Seedcamp. New investors in Koyo’s latest investment round include Force Over Mass, Matt Robinson (founder at GoCardless, founder at Nested)… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fluency, a company that’s introducing a proprietary central bank digital currency or CBDC-focused blockchain enterprise platform, has received $1.3 million as part of a seed funding round from Europe-based investors (at a $23.5 million pre-money valuation). In statements shared with Finextra, Fluency Chief Executive Inga… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Greengage Global Holding Ltd, a UK registered firm, which intends to serve as the very first digital merchant bank through its wholly owned Gibraltar subsidiary, Greengage & Co. Ltd, reveals that it has acquired another institutional investment, along with its £2.5 million investment from IOVLabs…. Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeff App, the Latvian Fintech company offering a data-powered loan brokerage platform for unbanked or financially underserved consumers in Asia, has finalized a $1.5 million seed extension round, which was led by J12 Ventures. Jeff App has now secured a total of $2.5 million. Other… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyclos, a newly developed Solana-powered DeFi project, has secured $2.1 million in capital (combined from a private and a public round). The proceeds will be directed towards developing the “first” concentrated liquidity AMM  (automated market maker) on Solana, which will enable several features “never seen… Read More

September 4, 2021 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SurePay, a Rabobank spin off that offers Confirmation of Payee (CoP) in the United Kingdom and Benelux, has secured €12.2 million through a round that was led by Connected Capital with Iris Capital also joining Rabo Frontier Ventures in the fundraise in order to support the… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Databricks, the data and AI firm, reveals that it has completed a $1.6 billion round in order to promote the innovation and adoption of the data lakehouse, as the data architecture’s utilization across data-oriented organizations keeps growing rapidly. The Series H investment round in Databricks… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Heroes, an established digital commerce firm which acquires, operates and scales “top performing” Amazon brands, reveals that it has finalized a $200 million round from US-headquartered investor Crayhill Capital Management. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the investment round will aim to facilitate… Read More