September 16, 2019 @ 1:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

United Nations Development Program (UNDP), an organization that provides expert advice, training, and grants to developing countries, is partnering with Silicon Valley venture capital firm and project accelerator 500 Startups, in order to make investments in Indonesia’s emerging startup ecosystem. The UNDP will be working… Read More

September 4, 2019 @ 10:12 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Bitcoin has started to lift its head off the mat in recent months, but new money has been flowing much more slowly into ICO and blockchain ventures this year, Crunchbase reports. The start up analysis platform notes, “not a popped balloon (in crypto), but certainly a… Read More

August 13, 2019 @ 1:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based fintech Delio announced on Tuesday it secured £3 million in venture capital to continue increasing its presence across Asia, the Middle East, and North America. As previously reported, Delio describes itself as a complete white-label platform solution for private assets, helping financial institutions and… Read More

January 16, 2019 @ 2:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Dow Jones has published their Q4 VentureSource report today and while investment in European companies “held steady” deal flow dropped. According to the report, the UK garnered the bulk of the activity with no Brexit impact visible. At least just yet. The report indicates that… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, U.S.-based global venture capital fund Rokk3r Fuel ExO announced it has formed a new partnership with the Holt Fintech Accelerator Program. The partnership will reportedly enable Rokk3r Fuel ExO, which targets startups with exponential models in the segments of fintech, property tech, artificial intelligence/machine learning and IoT,… Read More

April 28, 2018 @ 5:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, CB Insights published their quarterly report on global investment into Fintech and following the numbers from Q1 the authors are making a bullish prediction. They expect global Fintech investment to hit a new high during 2018. The first quarter of 2018 saw 323… Read More

April 16, 2018 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Dow Jones VentureSource is out with their quarterly report and their numbers indicate a decline in venture capital funding during the first quarter of 2018. According to the report, investment declined by 16% in the number of funds and delivered a 29% drop in capital… Read More

February 7, 2018 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance is out with report on UK Fintech investment and according to their numbers 2017 was a banner year. The group said VC investment into emerging Fintech firms jumped 153% versus year prior. Approximately $1.8 billion went into 224 deals with the UK ranking… Read More

October 16, 2017 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Dow Jones has just released its quarterly report on Venture Capital in Europe.  According to their tally, venture capital declined both in regards to funds raised and investment activity during the 3rd quarter. Both the number of funds and amount raised by European VC funds decreased… Read More

September 14, 2017 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Target Global, a venture capital firm based in Berlin, has closed on a new €100 million fund focused on early stage investments in marketplace, mobility, Insurtech, Regtech and Fintech. Target Global Early Stage Fund I will invest in Seed and A rounds, and is expected… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced its collaboration with London-based venture capital firm Worth Capital to help support, fund and grow its network of entrepreneurs on their journey to disrupt the landscape of their sectors. The funding portal revealed: “Through this relationship, our Crowdcube… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 5:04 pm By Cole Lyons  |  

Draper Espirit (LSE:GROW), an AIM listed venture capital firm backing promising digital technology companies, has announced their results for the end of the year, the 31st of March. Simon Cook, the CEO Draper Esprit, commented: “At the time of the IPO in June 2016, we… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance is out with a report on global VC investment into Fintech. According to their numbers, the first half of 2017 saw $6.5 billion of VC investment into 787 Fintech deals globally. This was a dramatic decline of 45% versus the same period year… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Partech Ventures has closed its seventh venture fund at the €400 million cap, for its program spanning pre-seed, seed, venture to growth stages over the past eighteen months. Partech states the fund has been oversubscribed, bringing together thirty major European and U.S. investors along with business angels,… Read More

July 5, 2017 @ 2:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Breega Capital, a France-based venture capital firm, announced this week its new venture fund, Breega Capital Venture 2, which is aimed towards startups in the fintech and insurtech sectors. The fund offers startups €100 million ($113 million). Founded in 2013, Breega describes itself as a… Read More

April 23, 2017 @ 5:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dow Jones Venturesource is out with their most recent European Venture Capital report and, according to them, the numbers are good for the first quarter of 2017. While the total amount of venture funding raised in Q1 2017 is below Q1 2016, the numbers are… Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 11:13 am By Cole Lyons  |  

Earlier this week, Fintech firm Meniga raised €7.5 million in investments for their digital banking platform. This money was invested, or rather reinvested, primarily by Nordic venture capitalists. Leading this round of funding was Industrifonden, a venture capital firm based in Norway. They were joined by… Read More

March 23, 2017 @ 8:05 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

The total number of venture-backed deals to fintech companies in South East Asia (i.e. Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) reached record highs in 2016 according to data released by CB Insights recently. Deals Up, Dollars Down 2016 saw 71 total deals in the… Read More

February 25, 2017 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

KPMG published their quarterly Fintech report last week. The Pulse of Fintech Q4 2016, shares both quarterly and full year numbers for global Fintech investment. According to the report, investments and mergers value dropped from $46.7 billion in 2015 to $24.7 billion in 2016. KPMG… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Venture capital firm Draper Esprit (AIM: GROW, ESM: GRW) has appointed Nicola McClafferty to the Dublin office. She will join Brian Caulfield as the VC seeks to identify the next generation of Irish tech firms poised for success. McClafferty was most recently CEO of  Covetique.com, a… Read More