Tagged: investment

March 22, 2021 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Loanpad, a UK-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £420,000 raised. The funding round, which launched last month, originally sought to raise £250,000. It has so far attracted more than 360 Seedrs investors. Founded in 2015,… Read More

March 18, 2021 @ 9:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Socure, a U.S.-based digital identity verification provider, announced earlier this week it secured $100 million through its Series D funding round, which was led by Accel with participation from Commerce Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Flint Capital, Citi Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Synchrony, Sorenson,… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Estonia-based aspiring “crypto-bank” Crypterium has successfully secured more than €1.87 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round, which originally sought to raise a minimum of €1 million, has already attracted over 860 Seedrs investors. Founded in 2017, Crypterium stated it is building… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Real estate investing platform, addy, announced on Tuesday it recently launched its affiliate program in partnership with Fintel Connect. Founded in 2018, addy describes itself as an online investment platform that allows everyone to invest in real estate for as little as $1. “The hottest… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Brim Financial (Brim), a Canadian fintech and certified credit card issuer, announced on Tuesday it secured $25 million through its Series B round, which was co-led by Desjardins Group and  EPIC Ventures with participation from Canadian and U.S.-based investors, including goeasy Ltd., White Owl, and… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equa announced on Tuesday it has raised $2.2 million through a private investment round to support its mission of providing company founders and investors a single-source solution for governance and equity management. Founded in 2018, Equa claims to be the leading governance platform that scales… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    KOHO, a Canada-based challenger bank that offers Canadians an alternative to traditional banking, has reportedly secured $70 million through its Series C funding round. According to BetaKit, the funding round was led by TTV Capital with participation from Drive Capital and Portag3 Ventures…. Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 12:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  upSWOT, a U.S.-based fintech platform that is seeking to help financial institutions dramatically improve their ability to service Small-Medium Business clients (SMBs), announced on Monday it raised $4.3 million through its seed funding round, which was led by Common Ocean. Founded in 2019, upSWOT states… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GloveBox, a U.S.-based insurtech platform, has raised $3 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Mercato Partner’s Prelude Fund with participation from Heffernan Insurance Brokers. Founded in 2019 and launched in 2020, GloveBox describes itself as a centralized mobile and web application… Read More

March 14, 2021 @ 10:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    River Financial, a U.S.-based Bitcoin financial provider, recently announced it secured $12 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Goldcrest Capital with participation from Craft Ventures, Polychain Capital, M13, Castle Island, Slow Ventures, and The Kraft Group. The investment round… Read More

March 12, 2021 @ 10:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Coffee Shift,  a U.S.-based coffee startup, is now seeking funds through its equity crowdfunding campaign on WeFunder. The company, which is operating as a direct-to-consumer online coffee subscription service, has integrated blockchain technology to bypass the “coffee value chain middlemen” and pays growers directly… Read More

March 12, 2021 @ 1:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Juggle, a UK-based professional employment platform, has successfully secured its initial £350,000 equity crowdfunding target through its Crowdcube campaign. The funding round has so far attracted more than 300 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2015, Juggle describes itself as a digital platform for companies to find,… Read More

March 12, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Autobooks, a U.S.-based small business payment and accounting services platform, announced on Thursday it raised $25 million through its Series B financing round, which was led by MissionOG with participation from Renaissance Venture Capital, Detroit Venture Partners, Draper Triangle, and TD Bank Group. Founded in 2015, Autobooks… Read More

March 11, 2021 @ 9:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FalconX, a U.S.-based digital asset trading platform, has reportedly secured a $50 million investment from Tiger Global and B Capital Group. The investment notably comes just a few months after secured funding from American Express Ventures. According to FalconX, American Express Ventures joined existing investors… Read More

March 11, 2021 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Pipe, a U.S.-based SaaS company, announced on Thursday it has raised $50 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Raptor Group and Siemens Next47 with participation from Shopify, Slack, HubSpot, Okta, Chamath Palihapitiya, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell’s MSD Capital, Republic, Alexis Ohanian and Joe Lonsdale.  The latest… Read More

March 10, 2021 @ 4:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Change, a Northern Europe-based investment app, announced on Wednesday a  a 782% increase in the price of its shares since the company began trading on global equity funding and trading platform Funderbeam. Change reported it listed a portion of their shares in November 2020 and… Read More

March 10, 2021 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Corvus Insurance, a U.S.-based insurtech startup, announced on Wednesday it raised $100 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Insight Parters with participation from previous institutional investors. Corvus reported that as part of the transaction, Insight Partners’ Managing Director Deven… Read More

March 10, 2021 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Flutterwave, a U.S. and Lagos-based fintech that’s on a mission to build payments infrastructures to connect Africa to the global economy, announced on Wednesday it secured $170 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by growth-equity firms Avenir Growth Capital… Read More

March 8, 2021 @ 12:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  AeroPay, a U.S.-based alternative payments platform, announced on Monday it raised more than $5 million through its venture round, which was led by Chicago Ventures  This investment round comes less than six months after AeroPay secured funds through its seed round, notably led by… Read More

March 8, 2021 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

InterPrice Technologies, Inc., a U.S.-based early-stage debt capital markets fintech platform, announced on Monday it has raised $2.5 million through its seed funding round, which was led by Bowery Capital, with participation from Chaos Ventures, Operator Partners, and Dash Fund. InterPrice describes itself as a… Read More