Policygenius, a U.S.-based online insurance marketplace, announced on Thursday it secured $100 million through its Series D funding round, which was led by global investment firm KKR, with participation from Norwest Venture Partners, Revolution Ventures, Susa Ventures, AXA Venture Partners, MassMutual Ventures and Transamerica Ventures…. Read More
KKR, a global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, announced on Wednesday it has officially closed its $2.2 billion KKR Next Generation Technology Growth Fund II. The Fund is notably dedicated to growth equity investment opportunities in the technology space in North America,… Read More
KKR, a global investment firm with over $150 billion in assets under management, has an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Germany based Fintech heidelpay. The deal involved AnaCap Financial Partners which is currently the majority shareholder in heidelpay. Details on the acquisition were… Read More
Cross River, a bank that delivers advanced financial and compliance products/services to the fintech industry, has partnered with Stripe to help those in the marketplace economy by giving them real-time access to earnings using push-to-card payments. The API-first, integrated platform aims to improve the way independent… Read More
U.S. fintech Cross River announced on Thursday it secured $100 million through its latest funding round, which was led by KKR, with participation from CreditEase and Lion Tree Partners, Battery Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Ribbit Capital. Founded in 2008, Cross River stated it combines innovative technologies with… Read More
CEO Charles Clinton and CIO Marious Sjulsen co-founded EquityMultiple with a shared vision of transforming real estate investing through tech and by providing new access to private transactions while streamlining the investment process. With a mission committed to transparency, rigorous underwriting, and investor support, EquityMultiple is backed by the… Read More
Victory Park Capital (VPC) and KKR have announced a $175 million asset-backed securitization of unsecured consumer loans originated via Avant, a direct lending platform. The securitization was priced on Nov. 13. The transaction pairing KKR and VPC is a first. According to company representatives, the… Read More
Marketplace lending platform, Avant, announced on Thursday that two newly secured transactions totaling $339 million in debt financing. These recently minted deals bring Avant’s funding total to $1.1 billion in debt financing, $334 million in equity financing and $400 million raised through the Avant Institutional… Read More
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