Tagged: investment round

July 19, 2020 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zürich-based Swiss Infrastructure and Exchange (SIX) Group AG, the operator of Switzerland’s stock exchange, revealed that it has invested in the operations of Vestr, a Swiss company that offers a software engine to the issuers of Actively Managed Certificates (AMCs). The amount invested, through a… Read More

July 19, 2020 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lucinity, an AML software developer established by a compliance professional who previously worked at Citigroup, has acquired $6.1 million in capital. Meanwhile, Regtech company Hummingbird, which is also an anti-money laundering software developer, has finalized an $8.2 million Series A investment round. Lucinity’s recent round… Read More

July 17, 2020 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Moneybox, a company that provides a user-friendly app to help people save and invest by rounding up their purchases to the nearest pound and setting aside the spare change, has secured £30 million through a Series C investment round that was led by Eight… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 7:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Evertas, which claims to be the very first crypto-asset insurance firm, has finalized a $2.8 million seed funding round. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, Evertas’ investment round was led by Morgan Creek Capital.  Plug n Play, Kailash Ventures, RenGen, Vy Capital and… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Lanistar, an alternative financial services provider, has acquired £15 million in additional capital in order to support its upcoming commercial launch later this year. Established in 2019, the personal financial management company has received funding from family members of CEO, Gurhan Kiziloz, which… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wilmington-based Fintech company Apiture is reportedly planning to scale its business operations after acquiring $20 million in capital through an investment round. Established in 2017, Apiture also has business offices in Austin, Texas. The company says it is working on its digital transformation strategy as… Read More

July 6, 2020 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s ICONLOOP, a company that developed its own blockchain-powered engine, loopchain, which is used for various Internet services, has reportedly acquired KRW 6 billion (appr. $5 million) in additional investments.  The company has secured a total of KRW 16 billion (appr. $13.4 million) in… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 11:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial services firm Zeller has acquired $6.3 million in capital through a seed funding round led by Australian VC Square Peg Capital. Zeller says that it’s planning to use the funds raised to offer services that plug the existing gaps or shortcomings of the business… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 7:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based banking as a service platform solarisBank announced on Tuesday it secured €60 million through series C investment round, which was led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures with participation from Vulcan Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund and Storm Ventures.  Founded in 2016, solarisBank claims to be the… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polish-British Fintech firm Symmetrical.ai, which provides “salary on-demand” services and other products to help people manage their finances, has secured €5.6 million (appr. $6.3 million) in seed funding, in order to bring “ethical” finance to employees. Maintaining financial wellbeing by effectively managing one’s finances remains… Read More

June 27, 2020 @ 2:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

France-based AI company ubble has acquired more than €10 million (appr. $11.2 million) in capital through a round led Breega and Partech and Breega. The funds raised will reportedly be used to develop ubble’s remote onine ID verification product which will include biometric facial recognition…. Read More

June 27, 2020 @ 1:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Slice, a Fintech company that provides various card-based products to young people in India to help manage their credit scores, has secured $6 million in capital via a round led by Japanese venture capital firm, Gunosy. Other investors that took part in the round included… Read More

June 27, 2020 @ 12:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Picture Wealth has finalized a A$12 million equity and debt funding round. The wealth management firm is planning to transform Australia’s financial advisory and superannuation sector. Picture Wealth has also acquired financial services licensee NEO Financial Solutions (NFS) for an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition,… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 7:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based Karat, a company founded by an Instagram alum and backed by the co-founder of Twitch, is reportedly planning to offer a new credit card for upscale clients who are focused on creating digital content. The Silicon Valley firm’s management attended the recent Y-Combinator… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm RenoFi, a platform that partners with lenders in order to make it possible for them to offer “the next generation of renovation loans,” has reportedly secured $6.4 million in capital through a Series A investment round. Established around two years ago by former… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 11:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Egyptian Fintech firm MoneyFellows has secured $4 million in capital through a Series A round from Paris-based global VC company Partech and Sawari Ventures, an international VC investor. The investment has come after MoneyFellows acquired more than $1 million in funding via a pre-series A… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum based Opyn, an options issuance platform, has secured $2.16 million in capital via a round led by Dragonfly Capital, a cross-border crypto-asset investment firm. Other investors in Opyn’s latest round included 1kx, an early-stage token fund focused on remittances, computation, storage, prediction, and the… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 9:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thailand-based Fintech firm SYNQA, the parent company of OmiseGo (previously called Omise Holdings), has reportedly secured $80 million in capital via a Series C investment round led by SCB 10x, a subsidiary of the Siam Commercial Bank. Asia-based VC group SPARX also took part in… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 6:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Institutional Lending Exchange (iLex), a Fintech firm focused on developing a multilateral digital or e-market platform that will support the deal flow and liquidity opportunities for loan market participants, has reportedly finalized its seed funding round. The amount raised has not been disclosed. Investors… Read More

June 16, 2020 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dovly, a consumer-focused credit improvement firm, has reportedly acquired $2 million in seed funding. The US-based Fintech firm’s round was led by VC firm NFX, which helps companies expand their operations by leveraging network effects and strategic marketplaces. The capital acquired will be used to… Read More