January 7, 2019 @ 4:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingFront, a U.S.-based small business lending software provider, has raised $4 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Information Venture Partners with participation from Newark Venture Partners, Revel Partners, Contour Venture Partners as well as existing investors Struck Capital, ValueStream Ventures… Read More

December 21, 2018 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TicketGuardian, an insurtech startup that’s aiming to shake up the ‘no refunds’ standard of live events ticketing, announced this week it has secured $8 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by American Family Ventures and IA Capital Group. Founded in 2016, TicketGuardian is an… Read More

December 20, 2018 @ 7:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based fintech Flux announced on Wednesday it secured $7.5 million through its Series A round, which was led by e.ventures, a global venture capital firm which has previously backed Farfetch, Sonos and Groupon, along with participation from existing investors PROfounders and Anthemis. Founded in 2016, Flux is… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sentieo, a California-based financial research platform, announced on Tuesday it secured $19 million through its Series A funding round led by Centana Growth Partners, with participation from existing investors. Launched in 2015, Sentieo is described as a modern financial research platform, utilizing machine learning and… Read More

October 2, 2018 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kontist, a Berlin-based challenger bank, announced on Tuesday it secured a Series A investment to expand the financial services available to freelancers, small businesses, and entrepreneurs. The round was led by Haufe Group, one of Germany’s providers of digital workplace solutions and services with participation from… Read More

August 1, 2018 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Radar Relay, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced earlier this week it secured $10 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Digital Currency Group, Distributed Global, Elefund, and Tusk Ventures. Radar Relay notably facilitates wallet-to-wallet trading using an open… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OpenInvest, an impact investing platform empowering individuals to drive social change with their dollars, announced on Thursday it secured $10.4 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by QED Investors, with additional participation from Andreessen Horowitz (who led OpenInvest’s previous venture round in… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 7:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crossflow, a working capital marketplace for corporates and their supply chains, announced positive annual results. Launched in 2014, the Brexit neutral platform (Crossflow is domiciled in the Republic of Ireland) aims to allow financial institutions to cost-effectively finance corporates and suppliers in a click. Crossflow, a member… Read More

July 12, 2018 @ 7:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bambu, a Singapore-based robo-advisory solutions provider, announced this week it secured $3 million through its Series A financing round, which was led by Franklin Templeton Investments.  Founded in 2016 by Ned Phillips and Aki Ranin, Bambu describes itself as a leading global provider of robot-advisory technology… Read More

June 22, 2018 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TradeIX, a blockchain-powered trade platform, announced on Thursday it secured $16 million through its Series A investment round, which was led by ING Ventures with participation from investor Kistefos, BNP Paribas, and Tech Mahindra. Founded in 2016, TradeIX is on a mission to rewiring trade finance… Read More

June 20, 2018 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech Oval Money, a Robo-advisor founded by Benedetta Arese Lucini former CEO of Uber Italy, announced on Tuesday it kicked off its Series A round with a significant investment led by Italian banking group Intesa SanPaolo Group. The bank will reportedly take a minority stake in Oval… Read More

June 12, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cappitech, the operator of regtech service platform, Capptivate, has successfully secured $4 million during its Series A funding round, which was led by 83North with participation from the co-founders ofMarkit. Founded in 2013, the company’s platform allows customers to automate submission and analyze their daily trades… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 10:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With Money 20/20 comes exciting news! Case in point, Chainvine, a provider of cutting edge Distributed Ledger Technologies that develops bespoke, white label, blockchain platforms, is now publicly celebrating a £2.5M private equity investment from Deepbridge Capital. The platform works closely with management teams to create a… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 9:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dosh, an app that gives consumers cash back every time they shop at participating merchants, announced on Thursday it has completed a $44 million Series A financing round to accelerate product innovation and technical capabilities. Goodwater Capital, PayPal, and institutional investors participated in the funding round. Founded… Read More

April 10, 2018 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AccessFintech, a UK-based fintech firm, announced on Tuesday that JPMorgan has invested in the company through its Series A funding round. AccessFintech also revealed it has joined JPMorgan’s exclusive In-Residence program, which is described as a program designed to assist emerging fintech companies that are looking… Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinanZero, a marketplace for consumer loans in Brazil, announced on Monday it raised $3.6 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by  Swedish publicly listed investment company, Vostok Emerging Finance, with participation by other Swedish investors, including Webrock Ventures and Zentro Founders. Founded in 2015 and launched in 2016, FinanZero describes… Read More

April 2, 2018 @ 8:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Atidot, an Israel-based insurtech company empowering the life insurance industry with big data and predictive analytics, announced last week it secured $5 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Vertex Ventures with the participation of existing investors The D.E. Shaw Group, Moneta Seeds, and… Read More

March 23, 2018 @ 8:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

StashAway, reportedly the first robo-adviser to receive a retail license in Singapore, has completed a USD $5.3 million (SGD $7.0 million) Series A funding round. According to the company, a group of family offices and  new investors as well as previous investors in the business, such… Read More

February 22, 2018 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gabi, a California-based insurtech startup, announced this week it secured $9.5 million during its Series A round, which was led by Canvas Ventures, with participation from Correlation Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Securian Ventures, and other existing investors. Founded in 2016, Gabi stated it has developed intelligent… Read More

February 22, 2018 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Anyfin , a Sweden-based fintech startup that enables consumers to refinance their existing loans with a picture, today announces a €4.8 million Series A investment led by Accel and Northzone. Global Founders Capital and angel investors, including consumer finance executives and international fintech entrepreneurs, also participated… Read More