Tagged: investment

January 6, 2021 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Renewable investment platform Abundance recently reflected on its platform success in 2020. As previously reported, Abundance launched its first investment in 2012, allowing anyone to invest in renewable energy projects. Since that time,  Abundance has funded 34 investments raising over £75 million while returning £12.1… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 12:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Hiro, a UK-based insurtech startup, announced on Tuesday it is planning to seek funds through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The company describes itself as a home insurance challenger that helps customers to actively protect their home using smart technology instead of relying on compensation… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 11:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  TagPay, a France-based provider of a scalable and open core banking system technology specifically for financial service providers, announced on Tuesday it secured a €25 million investment from Long Arc Capital. TagPay reported that through the investment, Long Arc Capital takes a majority stake… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Divvy, a modern payment and expense management platform for businesses, announced on Tuesday it raised $165 million through its Series D investment round, which included participation from Hanaco, PayPal Ventures, Whale Rock, Schonfeld, NEA, Insight Venture Partners, Acrew, and Pelion. The investment round comes… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Karshare, a UK-based car-sharing startup, has successfully secured its initial £1 million funding target and is now nearing £1.2 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round launched last month and has already attracted 430 Seedrs investors. As previously reported, Karshare stated… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    CRED, an India-based fintech startup, has reportedly secured $81 million through its Series C funding round, which was notably led by DST Global with participation from Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global, and General Catalyst. The investment round brings CRED’s post-money valuation to… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 9:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Brighte, an Australia-based green energy fintech, recently announced it secured $100 million through its latest investment round. According to various media outlets, the round was led by Grok Ventures, the investment fund of Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes. Founded in 2015, Brighte describes itself as a… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 10:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Argo Blockchain, a UK-based cryptocurrency miner, announced on Wednesday it will co-lead an investment in Luxor Technologies, a hashrate management platform. Argo reported it will invest $100,000 into Luxor, which intends to use the capital to make several key engineering hires to strengthen the… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Solivus, a UK-based startup that designs and creates solar products for the home and bespoke solar solutions for businesses, has secured more than £840,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round, which quickly secured its initial £500,000, has attracted nearly 650 Seedrs investors…. Read More

December 30, 2020 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Parallel Flight, a U.S.-based drone tech startup, has successfully secured more than $1.33 million through its Reg A+ offering on crowdfunding platform StartEngine.The funding round has attracted 900 StartEngine investors. As previously reported, Parallel Flight stated it has created patent-pending technology allowing drones to carry… Read More

December 29, 2020 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    UK fintech GeoDB is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £2.4 million raised from nearly 550 Seedrs investors. The funding round was launched last month and quickly secured its initial £2 million funding target.  As previously… Read More

December 28, 2020 @ 1:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    HyperSciences, a U.S.-based platform technology company that is seeking to solve some of the most challenging problems in tunneling, energy drilling, transportation, aerospace, and materials production, has successfully raised more than $640,000 through its Regulation CF (Reg CF) investment round on crowdfunding platform… Read More

December 27, 2020 @ 11:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    UK property crowdfunding platform Assetz Exchange is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with nearly £300,000 raised from more than 300 Seedrs investors. Assetz is now offering 5.25% in equity at a £5 million pre-money valuation through the funding round,  As… Read More

December 24, 2020 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Kestrl, a UK-based mobile budgeting app, has successfully secured its initial £160,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded earlier this year, Kestrl’s vision is to help users to combine their financial goals in life with their personal values, in order… Read More

December 24, 2020 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Crosspay, a UK-based international money transfer service, is now seeking funds through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Originally seeking a minimum of £150,000 Crosspay has already surpassed £180,000 and attracted nearly 160 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2015, Crosspay states that it enables individuals… Read More

December 23, 2020 @ 2:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  CoinDCX, an India-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Tuesday it raised Rs 100 crore ($13.9 million) through its Series B investment round, which was led by Block.one with participation from DG, Jump Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, Mehta Ventures, and Alex Pack. Founded… Read More

December 23, 2020 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  SEBA Bank, a Switzerland-headquartered digital asset bank that holds regulatory licensing, announced on Tuesday approved at its Extraordinary General Meeting the completion of its Series B capital increase. Founded in 2018, SEBA claims it is a licensed and supervised Swiss bank providing a seamless,… Read More

December 23, 2020 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Governance.com, a Luxembourg-based fintech that provides technology-enabled governance solutions, has successfully secured its initial €250,000 through its recently launched equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round has so far attracted nearly 225 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2015 by twin brothers Bert and Rob… Read More

December 23, 2020 @ 9:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  InvestSuite, a Belgium-based B2B wealthtech, has raised €3 million through its latest investment round. Founded in 2018, Investsuite describes itself as a European fintech company that provides automated investment solutions to help financial institutions retain their clients by addressing their rapidly-evolving digital needs and… Read More

December 22, 2020 @ 11:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Liberis, a UK-based fintech, announced on Tuesday it secured £70 million in financing from long-term partners British Business Investments, Paragon Bank, BCI Europe, as well as financing and venture debt from new partner Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The newly acquired funds brings Liberis’ total… Read More