Tagged: investment

August 27, 2020 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GRID, an Iceland-based  Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, announced on Wednesday it raised $12 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from existing investors BlueYard Capital, Slack Fund, Acequia Capital and other strategic partners. Founded in 2018,… Read More

August 27, 2020 @ 8:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

i2invest, a Switzerland based fintech, reportedly announced it secured €1.2 million through its new seed funding round as well as launched its first investment products. Founded in 2017, i2invest describes itself as a “lending tech” for investors that uses a data-driven and artificial intelligent (AI)… Read More

August 26, 2020 @ 1:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just six months after announcing it secured $35 million through its Series B funding round, payments infrastructure platform Finix announced it has extended the funding round and raised a total of $75 million. Sequoia Capital led the round, with participation from Acrew Capital, Bain Capital… Read More

August 26, 2020 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Esusu, a U.S.-based fintech that is helping individuals save money and build credit, announced on Wednesday it secured $2.3 million in seed extension bringing total capital raised to $4 million. Participating investors in the investment round included Acumen Fund, Concrete Rose Capital, Global Good Fund, Impact America Fund, Next… Read More

August 25, 2020 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Copper Banking, a U.S.-based digital bank for teens, announced on Tuesday it secured $4.3 million through its latest seed funding round, which was led by PSL Ventures with participation from Jack Brody, of Snap Inc and Mana Ventures and Western Technology Investment. Founded in 2019,… Read More

August 25, 2020 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Artis Technologies, a U.S.-based fintech that provides lending solutions for businesses, announced on Tuesday it raised $1.5 million through its Seed funding round from Fintech Ventures Fund and its affiliates. Founded earlier this year, Artis Technologies claims it powers modern lending solutions for businesses to… Read More

August 24, 2020 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Open Payments, a Sweden-based fintech, announced on Monday it secured €3 million through its seed funding round, which was led by Industrifonden, with participation from existing investors Brightly Ventures, Luminar Ventures, and angel investors. Founded in 2017, Open Payments states it provides the groundbreaking market… Read More

August 21, 2020 @ 9:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  AlphaFlow, an online investment platform for real estate assets, is now seeking funds through its Regulation CF (RegCF) campaign on crowdfunding platform Republic. Founded in 2015, AlphaFlow described itself as a tech-driven investment manager that provides professionally managed portfolios of real estate loans to… Read More

August 20, 2020 @ 9:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offr, a UK-based prop-tech platform digitizing the buying, selling and leasing process for real estate agents and buyers, today announced it has raised £2.7 million through its latest seed funding round, which was led by Barclays with participation from Delta Partners on behalf of Bank… Read More

August 20, 2020 @ 7:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Neat, a digital bank based in Hong Kong, announced on Wednesday a $4 million extension to its $11 million Series A investment round, which originally closed in April 2020. MassMutual Ventures, Pacific Century Group, Linear Capital, and Robby Hilkowitz as well as new investor Vectr Fintech… Read More

August 19, 2020 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Kira, a Singapore-based decentralized fintech, announced on Wednesday it secured $2.2 million through its latest investment round, which was led by BTC12 Capital. Founded in 2019, Kira describes itself as a next-generation hyperscale decentralized exchange engineered for cross-chain transfer and frictionless trading experience. “We… Read More

August 18, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Claimsforce, a Germany-based insurtech startup, reportedly secured €7 million through its Series A investment round, which was led by Notion Capital. According to Verdict, the round saw participation from Fly Ventures, Point Nine, and La Famiglia. Claimsforce explained it is on a mission to create… Read More

August 18, 2020 @ 1:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SpyCloud, a U.S.-based anti-fraud platform, announced on Tuesday it secured $30 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Centana Growth Partners with participation from M12, Altos Ventures, Silverton Partners, and March Capital Partners. Founded in 2016, SpyCloud claims it is a… Read More

August 17, 2020 @ 3:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Robinhood, a modern trading platform that offers both traditional securities as well as crypto, announced on Monday it raised $200 million through its Series G funding round, bringing the company’s valuation to $11.2 billion. The investment was led by D1 Capital Partners. Founded in 2013,… Read More

August 14, 2020 @ 2:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. insurtech startup Kin Insurance announced on Thursday it secured $35 million through its Series B investment round, which was led by  Commerce Ventures with participation from Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (doing its reinsurance business as HSCM Bermuda), Flourish Ventures, QED, Alpha Edison, Allegis… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 10:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  PayActiv, a U.S.-based provider of employment-based holistic financial wellness services, announced on Thursday it secured $100 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Eldridge and includes existing PayActiv shareholders Generation Partners and the Ziegler Link•Age Fund II. As previously reported,… Read More

August 13, 2020 @ 3:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BYP Network, an empowerment platform dedicated to black professionals, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £800,000 secured. The funding round was launched last month and has attracted over 1100 Seedrs investors. As previously reported, BYP Network was founded… Read More

August 12, 2020 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Routable, a U.S.-based fintech startup, announced on Wednesday it raised $12 million through its Series A funding round, which involved participation from Founders Co-op, Y Combinator, Box Group, and Liquid 2 Ventures. Founded in 2017, Routable claims to be the simplest way to send and receive business-to-business… Read More

August 12, 2020 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. digital lending solutions provider Blend announced on Wednesday it secured $75 million through its Series F funding round, which was led by fintech-focused venture capital firm Canapi Ventures with participation from Temasek, General Atlantic, 8VC, Greylock, and Emergence. Founded in 2012, Blend states it… Read More

August 7, 2020 @ 7:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  IDEX, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX), announced on Thursday it secured $2.5 million through its seed investment round, which was led by G1 Ventures and Borderless Capital with participation from Collider Ventures, and Gnosis. IDEX claims it operates the world’s most technically advanced cryptocurrency… Read More