Tagged: financing

August 13, 2023 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blackfinch Property, the Gloucester-based rapidly growing agile lender to the UK property market, has completed a £4.3m buy-to-let (BTL) refinancing loan “for the completion of a collection of seven modern and energy-efficient homes contained by a gated closed mews in Archway London.” The 24-month deal… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 6:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Small and medium-sized business (SMB) financing platform Funding Societies announced that it has teamed up with CGC Digital, the Fintech division of Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia (CGC) in order to support MSMEs operating across the Southeast Asian nation. Via this collaboration, CGC Digital created a… Read More

August 3, 2023 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance, a climate tech investment marketplace, has financed €40 million in agricultural loans across Europe. The achievement marks a major step forward “in promoting sustainable practices and the company’s aim of generating 250,000 carbon credits from 100,000 hectares of agricultural land by the end of… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be one of the world’s on-demand working capital platforms, recently announced that on July 21, it “passed the $300 billion mark in total funding to its customers.” This record funding amount “reflects invoices paid an average of 31 days early via… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 5:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novo, the “powerfully” simple financial platform for small businesses, announced the launch of Novo Funding, “offering small businesses a fast and flexible way to access working capital.” The company has also “secured a $125 million facility from Victory Park Capital (VPC), which will be used… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced the second Venmo Small Business Grant, a program for small and emerging businesses “providing financial grants and mentorship for 20 Venmo business profile customers.” The selected businesses will each “receive $10,000 for expenses, such as rent, or to help… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 5:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank offers a welcome to Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) after their recent announcement to enter the electric vehicle (EV) auto market for their Model Y in Malaysia. This also signifies the Group’s involvement “as the key EV financing partner for Tesla in the country aligned to its… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KTX.Finance, a “decentralized” perpetuals exchange on BNB Chain, announces a $4 million USD seed round financing led by Hashed. Other participants in the investment round “include: AlphaLab Capital, CRIT Ventures, 100&100 Ventures, Trinito Corporation / Morpheus, GSG Asset, KuCoin Ventures and Sky9 Capital.” Edward Tan,… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum reports that the month of July 2023 has started with several positive developments for existing and new investors. According to a blog post by Debitum, more investment options are available via the platform, and there is also an updated “Invite a friend” program conditions,… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Founded in 2020, Silvr‘s mission is to make financing more accessible to SMEs. Silvr claims that it has rapidly become a European leader in short-term lending due “to its technology and innovative data processing tools.” This new securitized facility will “increase Silvr’s financing capacity., which… Read More

July 3, 2023 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qardus, which claims to be an ethical & Sharia-compliant financing platform for social impact SMEs and investors, has secured 106% (£318,837) of its £300,002 target from 153 investors (at the time of writing) with 17 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign carried out via… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capchase, the provider of financing solutions for Software-as-a-Service companies, announced a milestone for its 2021 initiative to provide non-dilutive capital to women- and minority-led startups. Over the last two years, the company has “deployed more than $100 million in funding to these underserved groups using… Read More

June 29, 2023 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European SMEs are increasingly using cards and making online and  virtual payments, according to research by Qonto, the European business finance  solution for SMEs. Analysis published has looked at “the spending habits of 350,000 SMEs and freelancers.” The  data “shows increased card usage as well… Read More

June 26, 2023 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Technology Association (FTA) welcomed Pipe as its newest member. Pipe claims it is “the modern capital platform, built to connect entrepreneurs, and small and mid-size business owners to fast, frictionless, dilution-free financing, helping them scale and operate on their terms.” Penny Lee, President… Read More

June 5, 2023 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tabby, the MENA region’s shopping and financial services app, has successfully closed a new financing round “resulting in upsizing its debt facility to $350 million, over a 2X increase since its last debt raising announcement.” The investment round reportedly “involved the participation of key global… Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Muse Finance, a working capital business finance provider – today announces the appointment of Julie Ashmore “as COO to help achieve its ambition to reach 30,000 customers and provide £1.5bn of SME financing in the next three years.” With three decades of experience in fintech,… Read More

May 28, 2023 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unlimited, a new investment firm that gives all investors exposure to the alpha-generating potential of alternative investment strategies without the high fees and adverse tax implications of typical fund structures, announced that it has “raised $8 million in Series A financing led by FirstMark and… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) actively seeking new ways to help small business owners secure financing during the current credit crunch, Biz2Credit and CPA.com have introduced a new SBA 7(a) lending option “to the CPA Business Funding Portal, a cloud-based platform that supports… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 6:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amount, a fintech powering banking technology for consumer and small business account opening, loan origination and financing, announces the appointments of Kevin Trilli as Chief Product Officer and Raj Kolluri as Chief Technology Officer. Kevin Trilli, who “brings over 27 years of industry expertise, joins… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tipalti, the global payables automation platform, announced today it has raised $150 million in incremental growth financing from JPMorgan Chase Bank and Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC). Coming on the heels of a $270 million Series F in 2021 “that brought the company’s total funding… Read More