Tagged: investment

December 2, 2019 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Openly, a U.S.-based tech-enabled home insurance provider, announced last week it secured $7.65 million through its latest seed funding round, which was led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund. Founded in 2017, Openly claims it offers comprehensive homeowners insurance to help independent insurance agents… Read More

December 2, 2019 @ 7:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Baanx, a mobile digital banking app, payments engine, and cryptocurrency platform, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £600,000 in funding. Launched in 2018, the company reported that it is looking for real change in the Digital Banking and Cryptocurrency sector. “In short,… Read More

November 27, 2019 @ 7:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, a globally accessible solution for developing compliant, blockchain-based digital securities, has reportedly completed another strategic fundraise in order to further develop its technology platform to “modernize the legacy securities industry.” The latest investment comes from SBI Investment, a subsidiary of Tokyo-listed SBI Holdings, Inc.,… Read More

November 23, 2019 @ 5:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investment division of the NEM blockchain ecosystem, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency platforms with a market cap of more than $300 million (at time of writing), has reportedly made an investment in Cyclebit, a provider of “simple, affordable… Read More

November 10, 2019 @ 11:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global insurtech company Cover Genius announced last week it secured $10 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by King River Capital with participation from Belfer Family, Jasper Tans, Regal Funds Management, and Marinya Capital. Founded in 2014, Cover Genius claims to… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Fintech firm Modulr revealed on October 30 that it’s planning to invest most of its £20 million in funding in Scotland’s financial technology sector, in order to promote innovation and support the nation’s role as a leading tech hub. Modulr’s investment-related decision has come after… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 7:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based crypto exchange Huobi’s Japan division has reportedly received nearly 500 million yen (appr. $4.6 million) in funding from a major Tokyo-listed firm focused on several areas including leasing, real estate, insurance brokerage and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). As noted in Huobi’s press release, the… Read More

October 17, 2019 @ 10:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

West Creek, a U.S.-based fintech company that provides point-of-sale financing, announced on Thursday it secured a $150 million credit facility from Pollen Street Capital, bringing the company’s total credit facility capacity to $250 million. Founded in 2014, West Creek claims it focuses on using big data… Read More

October 17, 2019 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Galileo Financial Technologies, a U.S.-based fintech, announced on Thursday it secured $77 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Accel with participation from Qualtrics Co-Founder and CEO Ryan Smith.   Founded in 2000, Galileo claims it has grown to become one of… Read More

October 15, 2019 @ 2:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

eToro, a global social trading platform, announces on Tuesday the launch of TheTIE-LongOnly CopyPortfolio, which offers users access to a sentiment-based, AI-driven investment strategy from The TIE, a cryptocurrency data analytics platform trusted by some of the largest traditional quantitative hedge funds as well as… Read More

October 15, 2019 @ 10:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday it led the first funding round of PrivacyCloud, a Spanish startup developing a series of tools to allow users to control how their data are used by businesses to create commercial or marketing offers. La Sexta Opción, an investment vehicle promoted and… Read More

October 14, 2019 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Commercial real estate crowdfunding platform ArborCrowd announced last week a new offering today that allows investors to acquire equity interests in Biscayne 112, a Class-A, ground-up development located at 11200 Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami. According to ArborCrowd, the offering presents an opportunity for investors… Read More

October 7, 2019 @ 5:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Oneiro, global provider of blockchain solutions, announced last week it secured $5 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Cosimo Ventures. Oneiro reported that this is the second investment round by Cosimo to Oneiro, following a seed round of $3 million… Read More

October 7, 2019 @ 4:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tide, a UK-based SME challenger banking, announced on Monday it secured £44.1 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by specialist fintech investment companies, The SBI Group and Augmentum Fintech plc. As previously reported, Tide describes itself as a current account that saves businesses time and… Read More

October 3, 2019 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bnext, a Spain-based mobile-first neobank, announced this week it raised $25 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by DN Capital, with participation from RedAlpine, SpeedInvest, Founders Future, Cometa, Enern, USM, and Conexo. Founded last year, Bnext states it offers customized services… Read More

October 2, 2019 @ 11:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vega, a decentralized trading technology startup, announced on Wednesday it secured $5 million through its latest funding round, which was led by Pantera Capital. Founded in 2018, Vega describes itself as a technology protocol that is building an open, blockchain-based public network for fully automated… Read More

October 1, 2019 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rapyd, a global Fintech-as-a-service provider, announced on Tuesday it secured $100 million through its latest financing round, which was led by Oak HC/FT with participation from Tiger Global, Coatue, General Catalyst, Target Global, Stripe, and Entree Capital. The latest funding round comes just months after Rapyd… Read More

October 1, 2019 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Assetz Exchange, a UK-based property crowdfunding platform, has closed its equity crowdfunding on Seedrs with a total of £750,367 raised. The funding round launched earlier this summer and quickly raised its initial £350,000 funding target. Assetz Exchanged offered 4.83% in equity at a £6,902,276 pre-money… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 1:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced last week it is set to open a new office in New York City. The company reported that it is going to be hiring for hundreds of roles across engineering, sales, marketing, partnerships, recruiting, and more in the next few years…. Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 8:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Teampay, a U.S.-based provider of distributed spend management software, announced last week it secured $12 million through its Series A financing round, which was led by Tribe Capital with participation from existing investors Crosscut, Silicon Valley Bank, and Precursor Ventures. The company reported that the… Read More