Tagged: investments

November 13, 2023 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Acton Capital, one of Europe’s longest-standing venture capital investors, has announced the closing of its Fund ACTON VI to invest throughout Europe and Canada. The team remains committed to “backing companies in their early growth phase, with a focus on startups developing sustainable scaling strategies… Read More

November 9, 2023 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moflix Group, a telecommunications industry pioneer providing next-generation digital solutions, announced that it has raised a $3.1 million seed funding round with the participation from The Hashgraph Association (THA) – the Swiss-based non-profit organization accelerating the adoption of the Hedera network globally, “alongside other strategic… Read More

November 8, 2023 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Primer, the unified infrastructure for global payments and commerce, has secured investment from the internet company Tencent. Primer claims that it has experienced rapid growth “across Europe, Asia Pacific and the US markets including significant customer wins across retail, fashion, travel and mobility industries with… Read More

November 8, 2023 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, the firm focused on cloud payments modernization, announced that it has secured $66 million in debt and equity financing in an investment round “led by Sixth Street Growth, the technology growth investing arm of Sixth Street, with participation from Wavecrest Growth Partners and… Read More

November 7, 2023 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer SIB Group – has reportedly repaid investors a €200 000 loan (real estate project “Lini namai”) and paid €41,076 in interest to our investors. PeerBerry enters its seventh year of operations “with a record amount of funded loans… Read More

November 7, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The month of October has shown “promising” growth on Mintos. Total investments saw “a significant increase to €97 million, and interest earned by investors climbed to €4.2 million.” Mintos also mentioned that this upward trend “was primarily driven by stable investments,” as explained Peteris Mikelsons,… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Yieldstreet, a private market investing platform, today announced the voting results for the Election of Directors and appointment of Prytania Asset Management as sub-adviser at its special meeting of Yieldstreet Prism Fund Inc. The meeting was held virtually “with the Fund’s stockholders on October 19,… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 5:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tabby, the MENA region’s shopping and financial services app, has raised $200 million in equity financing led by Wellington Management, which claims to be one of the world’s major independent investment management firms. The equity financing drew additional participation “from growth equity investor Bluepool Capital,… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 1:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spendology,  a Fintech licensing a digital-first SaaS-based travel money platform to retailers worldwide, has raised 117% (£351,210) of its £300,000 target (at the time of writing) through its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs, with contributions from 199 investors. Located in London, Spendology operates in the… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QI Tech, the Direct Credit Company (SCD) approved by the Brazilian Central Bank, today announced an investment of US$200 million (R$1 billion) in a Series B round “led by General Atlantic, a global investor, with participation from existing investor Across Capital, which is doubling its… Read More

November 2, 2023 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), today announced significant momentum and new financing on the heels of its top-grossing quarter and amid continued corporate growth. Cowbell’s new financing builds on its $148M raised to-date. Cowbell announced a new investment… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Lightyear announces its expansion into exchange traded commodities (ETCs) with the launch of gold. Adding ETCs to its existing suite of 3,500+ stocks, ETFs and MMFs, is another way for Lightyear’s retail and business customers “across Europe to diversify portfolios.” iShares Physical Gold… Read More

October 31, 2023 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the realm of financial technology, Spaceship claims that it is set to transform the investment experience for young Australians. The company has reportedly “established itself as a visionary in the field but has strategically chosen Alpaca as a service provider to further enhance its… Read More

October 31, 2023 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s workplace pension providers, and Mercer, the global consulting and investments leader and a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE:MMC),  launch a new pension solution to meet the accelerating demand for modern retirement technology amongst the UK’s 5.5 million small and… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One more business partner, LoanPlus from Sri Lanka, joins the PeerBerry platform. LoanPlus will reportedly offer PeerBerry investors investments “in short-term loans with an 11.5% annual return.” Loans provided by LoanPlus to PeerBerry investors “include a buyback and a group guarantee.” LoanPlus (legal name AISIT… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 1:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth was created to allow every investor in the world to benefit from access to investment opportunities—whether they have $10 or $10 million. Following the announcement of DriveWealth‘s Options launch, they are pleased to reveal that they’ve added more offerings: Fixed Income and Global Mutual… Read More

October 28, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Percent, the private credit platform that has created the modern credit marketplace, announced the findings of a recent study completed with Coalition Greenwich on trends and data in private credit, demonstrating a seismic shift to private credit market investments. The study, titled “Coalition Greenwich 2023… Read More

October 27, 2023 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Upfort, a cyber security and insurance platform, today announced it has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by SYN Ventures, “with participation of Eniac Ventures and Fika Ventures, which co-led Upfort’s seed round.” This investment round advances Upfort’s goal “to simplify… Read More

October 27, 2023 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Kota are pleased to share that we have raised a €5M Seed round led by our new partners, EQT Ventures, with participation from early partners Northzone and Frontline Ventures, “as well as some incredible new angels including Job van der Voort of… Read More

October 27, 2023 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SeedBlink, Europe’s tech-focused venture investment and equity management platform, has introduced a series of product enhancements as part of its Fall Release. SeedBlink is approved to operate across the EU under the new ECSPR regime. Based in Romania, the platform has expanded rapidly across the… Read More