Tagged: investment

July 17, 2020 @ 1:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

IntelliBonds, a UK-based AI/human collaborative investment platform for fixed income institutional investors, has successfully secured its initial £300,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round has already attracted nearly 250 investors. Founded in 2018, IntelliBonds describes itself as a technology… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Teller, a blockchain project for decentralized lending incubated by A16Z’s crypto startup school, announced on Thursday it secured  $1 million through its seed investment round, which was led by Framework Ventures with participation Parafi Capital and Maven11 Capital. Teller revealed it is on a mission… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 7:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Wednesday it reached its extended fundraising goal of $17,000,000 in partnership with BnkToTheFuture. According to Celsius Network, more than 700 qualified investors from all over the world have already participated in the round since June…. Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 12:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bond Financial, a U.S. fintech platform, announced on Wednesday it secured $32 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Coatue with participation from existing seed investor Canaan and new strategic investors Goldman Sachs and Mastercard.  Founded in 2019, Bond states its on… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital Asset, the creators of the open-source DAML smart contract language, announced on Tuesday VMware has joined its Series C funding round, which was announced in December 2019. VMware notably joins technology leaders Salesforce Ventures and Samsung Venture Investment Corp (Samsung) as investors in Digital Asset… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  UK banking group Barclays announced on Tuesday the launch of its new digital advice service, Barclays Plan & Invest, which notably aims to tackle the UK’s advice gap and give more people the confidence and support to invest their savings. According to Barclays, the… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bbot Inc., a restaurant and hospitality tech startup dedicated to simplifying and improving the ordering and payments process, today announced a $3 million seed funding round led by Craft Ventures, an early-stage venture fund headquartered in San Francisco. Founded in 2017, Bbot states it offers… Read More

July 13, 2020 @ 4:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Foxquilt, a Canada-based insurtech startup, recently announced it secured $3.5 million through its seed funding round. Founded in 2016, Foxquilt describes itself as an insurtech company that’s focused on empowering social groups and B2B networks to save on Small Business and Home insurance. “Our Insurance-as-a-Service… Read More

July 13, 2020 @ 2:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. fintech Robinhood has reportedly secured an additional $320 million in funding through its Series F investment round. Robinhood previously announced it raised $280 million through the round, which was led by Sequoia Capital.  Founded in 2013, Robinhood is on a mission is to democratize… Read More

July 13, 2020 @ 11:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based insurtech Honcho has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The new crowdfunding campaign less than six months after raising nearly £900,000 through its Crowdcube round. Honcho revealed that the Seedrs campaign is a follow-on round from the £1.2 million crowd raise completed in April… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 10:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equipsme, a UK-based startup that is aiming to democratize health insurance by making it an affordable reality for businesses of all sizes, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 equity crowdfunding target on Crowdcube. The company is now offering 4.64% in equity at a £10,922,896 pre-money… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 7:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Senso, a Canadian cloud-based AI platform that enables financial service providers to manage and grow their consumer credit portfolios, has reportedly secured $3 million through its pre-Series A funding round, which was led by Mendoza Ventures and BreakawayGrowth. Founded in 2016, Senso stated it is… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 3:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BYP Network, an empowerment platform dedicated to black professionals, has quickly surpassed its initial £500,000 equity crowdfunding target on Seedrs. Founded in 2016 after a culmination of Black Lives Matter movement and Kike Oniwinde’s (founder of BYP Network) personal experiences, BYP Network claims it is… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 12:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Concirrus, a UK-based insurtech, has reportedly secured a $6 million investment from Commerzventures. Founded in 2012, Concirrus shared its Quest platform provides proprietary behavioral data and predictive models that significantly outperform traditional risk assessment and underwriting techniques in the insurance market. “Our Quest products access… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Kangaroo, a smart home security company, is now seeking funds through its regulation crowdfunding (Reg CF) campaign through funding platform Republic.  Founded in 2018, Kangaroo states its security systems have a singular aim of making the world safer. The company notes it wants to… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Wintermute, an algorithmic liquidity provider for digital assets, announced on Tuesday it secured $2.8 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.  Founded in 2017, Wintermute claims to be a leading global market maker for digital assets. It… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 7:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Swap, a Brazil-based fintech startup, announced on Tuesday it raised $3.3 million through its Seed funding round, which was led by ONEVC with participation from  Global Founders Capital, Soma Capital, Brad Flora, a.b.seed Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Canary, Hustle Fund, Rhombuz VC and Patrick Sigrist. Founded in 2018 by Douglas Storf and Ury Rappaport, SWAP… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 4:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wagestream, a UK-based fintech, announced on Tuesday it has secured £20 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Northzone with participation from Balderton Capital, QED Investors, LocalGlobe, Fair By Design, Jigsaw VC, and Village Global. Founded in 2018, Wagestream explains it… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain security and analytics firm Chainalysis announced on Tuesday it raised an additional $13 million to expand its Series B round to $49 million with an investment from Ribbit Capital and Sound Ventures.  Founded in 2014, Chainalysis claims it offers cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions to global law enforcement… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Digital bank Penta announced on Tuesday it has more than €4 million in funding from new international investors. Penta reported that this second closing of its financing round increases the total investment of its Series B to more than €23 million. The new investors… Read More