Tagged: investment

April 27, 2020 @ 2:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LGB Corporate Finance, a UK fintech that provides capital markets and M&A advisory services to companies, entrepreneurs, and financial sponsors, announced on Monday it has arranged a £20 million Medium Term Note (MTN) program for Simply Asset Finance, a private equity-backed specialist asset finance provider…. Read More

April 27, 2020 @ 9:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nigerian fintech platform Okra announced on Monday it has secured a $1 million pre-seed fundraise from Sub Saharan Africa focused tech venture capital firm, TLcom Capital. The funding will go toward Okra’s efforts to build the infrastructure for Africa’s next wave of fintech innovation. Launched… Read More

April 20, 2020 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alan, a France-based independent digital health insurance platform, announced on Monday it secured €50 million through its Series C investment round, which was led by Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with participation from Index Ventures. The funding brings Alan’s total amount raised… Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 4:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Thursday the extension of its Series G funding round. The company reported it is raising an additional $600 million from investors, which includes Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, GV, and Sequoia. Founded in 2010, Stripe describes itself as a technology company… Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 11:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Airwallex, an Australia-based fintech company, announced on Thursday it secured $160 million through its Series D funding round from various investors, such as ANZi Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, Hillhouse Capital, and Horizons Ventures. The latest funding brings Airwallex’s total equity… Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 10:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Onfido, a global identity verification provider, has reportedly secured $100 million through its latest investment round, which was led by TPG Growth. Founded in 2012, Onfido describes itself as the “new identity standard” for the internet. The company reported that its AI-based technology assesses whether… Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OpenInvest, a U.S.-based investing platform, announced on Thursday it secured $10.5 million through its Series A1 funding round, which was led by QED Investors with participation from SystemIQ, Resolute Investment Managers,and ABN AMRO Ventures. The latest found of funding comes less than two years after… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Medic Bleep, a UK-based secure and real-time medical communication solution, announced on Monday it has extended its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which has now raised more than 600,000 from over 500 Crowdcube investors, will now close at the end of April. … Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cerebro Capital, a U.S.-based digital commercial loan marketplace, announced on Tuesday it received additional venture capital funding through its latest investment round, which was co-led by Ulu Ventures and Grotech Ventures with participation from Sterling Partners, Inner Loop Capital, and Point Field Partners. Launched in 2017, Cerebro describes itself as… Read More

April 10, 2020 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

AcreTrader, a U.S.-based online investment platform for farmland, announced on Friday it secured $5 million through its latest seed funding round, which was led by RZC Investments. Founded in 2018, AcreTrader stated it was created with a mission to provide direct access to farmland asset… Read More

April 9, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Keyno, a U.S.-based startup that created CVV2 code technology that integrates with already-issued credit cards to prevent fraud, announced it will seeking funding through equity crowdfunding platform Wefunder. Founded in 2019 by Robert Steinman, Keyno describes itself as a dynamic security code that can easily… Read More

April 9, 2020 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, which raised £893,620 in total funding, UK insurtech Honcho announced it raised an additional £1.2 million through its recent investment round. The company reported that between 2018 and 2019 honcho raised £1.8m from a combination… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sila, a U.S.-based banking and payments API platform, announced on Wednesday it secured $7.7 million through its seed funding round, which was co-led by venture capital firms Madrona Venture Group and Oregon Venture Fund, with participation from Mucker Capital, 99 Tartans, Taavet Kinrikus, CEO & Co-founder of Transferwise, as… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 9:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Austria-based digital asset exchange Bitpanda announced on Wednesday its expansion plans as part of its first institutional investment, led by early-stage venture capital fund Speedinvest. The company reported that the undisclosed funding round amount will allow it to increase the number of available digital and… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 5:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Xpension, a German digital corporate pension and life insurance brand, announced on Monday it secured €25 million through its Series C funding round, led by HPE Growth with participation from  Cinco Capital, led by Lars Hinrichs (Founder of XING and Chairman of Xpension), and Armada… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yapily, an open banking platform based in the UK, announced on Monday it secured $13 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Lakestar, an early investor of Skype, Spotify, Airbnb, Facebook, and Revolut, with participation from HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and LocalGlobe…. Read More

April 5, 2020 @ 10:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Medic Bleep, a UK-based secure and real-time medical communication solution, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round has already attracted nearly 275 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2015, Medic Bleep claims it enables doctors, nurses… Read More

April 3, 2020 @ 8:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nordic challenger bank Lunar announced on Friday it secured an additional €20 million through its extended Series B, bringing the funding round’s total amount to €46 million raised. Seed Capital Denmark reportedly led the investment round with participation from Greyhound, Socii, and Augustinus. Founded in 2015,… Read More

March 31, 2020 @ 2:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Solar crowdfunding platform Ecoligo recently announced a new guarantee fund that will safeguard investors against potential COVID-19 impact. The fund will notably be initially funded with €50,000 from Ecoligo, which will cover payments that are upcoming in the next months.  Ecoligo also revealed the guarantee… Read More

March 31, 2020 @ 8:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kyash, a Japanese financial app, announced on Tuesday it secured $45 million through Series C funding round, which was co-led by Greenspring Associates and Goodwater Capital with participation from Altos Ventures, Partech Partners, Broadhaven Ventures, Tekton Ventures, and Rahul Mehta, Managing Partner of DST Global…. Read More