Tagged: investment

March 8, 2021 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    AgentSync, a U.S.-based insurtech, announced on Monday it secured $25 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Lead Gil and David Sacks’ Craft Ventures with participation from Benioff, Caffeinated Capital, Operator Collective, and Nine Four Ventures. The investment round… Read More

March 7, 2021 @ 9:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Sugi, a UK-based green investment mobile app, has successfully secured its initial £350,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The campaign, which recently made its debut, has already attracted more than 170 Crowdcube investors. Sugi describes itself as a new way for everyday… Read More

March 5, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Eco, a U.S.-based digital wallet for saving and spending, announced on Friday it raised more than $26 million through its latest investment round, which was led by a16z Crypto with participation from Founders Fund, Activant Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Slow Ventures. Eco reported that the… Read More

March 5, 2021 @ 10:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Just a little over six months after raising £2,346,770 through its previous Seedrs campaign, Howsy, a UK-based rental marketplace platform, has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform to raise £800,000. The funding round has so far raised over half its funding target from nearly… Read More

March 5, 2021 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Betterment, the largest independent online financial advisor, announced on Thursday it has acquired Wealthsimple’s U.S. book of business. Betterment reported that through the acquisition, Wealthsimple will transfer all of their existing U.S.-based customers to the Betterment platform, and will no longer support accounts based in… Read More

March 4, 2021 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than six months after it achieved its 20 million portfolios analyzed milestone, FinMason, a U.S.-based fintech and investment analytics provider that enables WealthTech platforms to accelerate development and time-to-market, announced on Thursday it has achieved 30 million portfolios analyzed milestone. As previously reported, FinMason claims… Read More

March 4, 2021 @ 7:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

nextmarkets, a Germany-based commission-free online broker, announced on Thursday it raised $30 million through its Series B financing round, which was existing investors Alan Howard and Christian Angermayer with his Cryptology Asset Group. DEWB also participated.  Founded in 2014, nextmarkets describes itself as a German fintech… Read More

March 3, 2021 @ 3:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Scribestar, a UK-based SaaS platform that digitises and automates the documentation and compliance processes required for raising capital on stock markets, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Founded in 2010, Scribestar claims its platform is… Read More

March 3, 2021 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoinRise, a trading and investment firm, announced on Wednesday that following its Bitcoin ETFs trade developments, it is planning to expand its services in Canada. Coinrise describes itself as a premium online trading platform that offers professional services for a wide variety of online traders…. Read More

March 3, 2021 @ 10:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Xendit, an Indonesia-based digital payment infrastructure, announced on Wednesday it secured $64.6 million through its Series B investment round, which was led by Accel with participation from YCombinator. Founded in 2014, Xendit is a fintech that provides payment solutions and simplifies the payment process… Read More

March 2, 2021 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  PayGround, a U.S.-based healthcare fintech, announced on Tuesday it secured $4 million through its seed investment round, which was led by Triventures, a venture capital fund investing in data-driven health startups, with participation from SixThirty, which invests in early-stage fintech and insurtech enterprise technology companies…. Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 3:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ZELF, a neobank that provides financial services through online messengers, has reportedly secured $2 million through its pre-seed funding round, which was led by Austrian venture capital fund 3VC, with Seed X and Hard Yaka  Founded in 2017, ZELF claims to be the first bank… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 2:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Together Price, a European sharing network, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly €540,000 raised. The funding round launched last month originally seeking €200,000 and has so far attracted 2355 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2017, Together Price describes itself as a digital identity… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 11:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  First Boulevard, a digitally native neobank that is focused on improving the financial livelihood of Black America, announced on Monday it raised $5 million through its latest seed funding round, which saw investments from a group of leading financial services investors including Barclays and… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mobility Capital Finance (MoCaFi), a U.S.-based mobile-first banking platform, announced on Monday it secured $12 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Tom and Wende Hutton, with participation from Citi Impact Fund, Mastercard, 1Flourish Capital, Commerce Ventures, Founded in 2015, MoCaFi… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 8:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Payment processing and global retail banking platform Klarna announced on Monday it secured $1 billion through its equity funding round to accelerate international expansion and further capture global retail growth. Klarna revealed that the round, which subscribed four times the amount it originally sought to raise, included… Read More

February 28, 2021 @ 10:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Lumio, a UK-based personal financing app, is now nearing £700,000 in funding raised through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The investment round, which originally sought to raise a minimum of £250,000, has already attracted more than 870 Crowdcube investors so far. As previously reported,  Lumio describes… Read More

February 28, 2021 @ 10:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  BlockDox, a UK-based proptech, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with nearly £400,000 raised. The funding round was launched last month, originally seeking £125,000, and has attracted more than 280 Seedrs investors. As previously reported, BlockDox describes itself as a data science… Read More

February 26, 2021 @ 9:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Circulo, a U.S.-based insurtech, recently announced it secured $50 million through its Series A funding round, which was co-led by Drive Capital and General Catalyst.  Circulo reported it is building the Medicaid insurance company of the future to provide tech-enabled, world-class care to the nation’s… Read More

February 26, 2021 @ 8:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Virtual school-gate community, Classlist, is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly £800,000 in funding. The company returned to Crowdcube less than five years after raising £837,160 through its previous crowdfunding campaign. The latest funding round has attracted more than 890 Crowdcube… Read More