Tagged: investment round

May 23, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kiwi, a fintech dedicated to helping consumers build credit history and improve financial literacy, announced that it has closed a $75 million credit facility and $4.5 million pre-series A funding round. The debt financing was “provided by i80 Group an investment firm that specializes in… Read More

May 19, 2023 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Percent, the platform that has created the modern credit marketplace, announced today the successful close of a $30 million Series B funding round, more than doubling the company’s total funding, which now sits at $48.7 million. The investment round was “led by White Star Capital,… Read More

May 19, 2023 @ 12:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PYOR (Power Your Own Research), a “pioneer” in enabling high-fidelity data and insights for the digital assets industry, announced $4 million USD of funding in its seed round. The investment round was “led by Castle Island Ventures, with further investment from Hash3, Antler, Future Perfect… Read More

May 18, 2023 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

bolttech announced it raised $196 million in connection with its Series B with an up-round valuation of $1.6 billion. The investment round was “led by Tokio Marine – Japan’s first insurance company with a 140-year history.” Other key investors “include global life insurance giant MetLife… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

River, a Bitcoin technology and financial services startup, announced a $35 million equity round. This series B funding was led by Kingsway Capital. Other contributors to the investment round “included Peter Thiel, Goldcrest, Cygni, M13, Valor Equity Partners, Esas Ventures, and Alarko Ventures.” River is… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart, the London-headquartered fintech transforming the global retirement savings market, today announces it has closed its $95m Series E funding in a round led by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a private investment firm based in New York and London. Existing investors participating in the investment… 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

May 14, 2023 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThreatFabric, a provider of fraud detection solutions & intelligence for the financial services sector, has raised €11.5 million in a seed round “to expand its technical capabilities and support the company’s growth.” Specifically, the funds were secured “to increase ThreatFabric’s international expansion and extend its… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credit card and financial technology company Petal announced today that it has raised $35 million in new funding and has spun off its B2B-focused data infrastructure and analytics subsidiary, Prism Data. Petal claims that it pioneered “the use of automated cash flow underwriting in consumer… Read More

May 6, 2023 @ 1:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fraud prevention firm Moonsense announced they have raised $4.2 million in seed funding and the general availability of its user behavioral and network intelligence solution to help organizations future-proof their fraud detection and prevention. Moonsense’s new approach “allows companies to better customize fraud management based… Read More

May 5, 2023 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tarabut Gateway, which claims to be one of MENA’s leading open banking platforms, announces the completion of a US$32 million Series A fundraise. The investment round was “led by Pinnacle Capital, a leading alternative investment firm that focuses on KSA investments to provide unique alternative… Read More

May 4, 2023 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novidea, creator of the born-in-the-cloud, data-driven platform optimizing the entire insurance policy and distribution lifecycle, announced that it has raised $50 Million in Series C funding. The investment round was “led by Battery Ventures with participation from Cross Creek, both new investors, and the company’s… Read More

May 3, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bits Technology, the Stockholm-based startup that focuses on business and customer identity, announces a new €4 million seed funding raise that will help the company further its mission of reshaping how future fintech products are built. Bits will use the funds from the investment round… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 11:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto lending business model has come under intense scrutiny following a spate of recent credit events. Credora is helping “rebuild confidence in credit markets through transparency, and the lending infrastructure provider announced a $6 million strategic funding round with S&P Global and Coinbase Ventures… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Reviewpad, the platform that helps developers by automating the code review process, has raised a €1M pre-seed round. The investment round was “led by Shilling VC with participation from angel investors Simon Brandhof and Freddy Mallet.” The new round “brings the total raised to date… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ansa announces a digital wallet infrastructure platform for merchants, alongside its first round of funding of $5.4 million. The investment round was “led by Christina Melas-Kyriazi at Bain Capital Ventures with participation from Nimi Katragadda at Box Group, Nichole Wischoff at Wischoff Ventures, Cambrian Ventures,… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clara, the “end-to-end” spend management solution for companies in Latin America, today announced that it has closed $60M USD ​ in an equity financing round “led by GGV Capital.” In addition, GGV Managing Partner Hans Tung will “join the company’s Board of Directors.” The additional… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ctrl, the workspace that helps Revenue teams “supercharge” their CRM and customer workflows with advanced automation, AI tools and integrations,  has raised a $9 million funding round led by LocalGlobe and Earlybird. Dig Ventures and Jibe Ventures, alongside angels including sales leaders from Slack, Intercom,… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 1:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Giddy, the self-custody smart wallet that connects crypto holders to DeFi earning opportunities, has raised $6.9 million in a fresh round of funding. The capital raised from the investment round will be used “to further Giddy’s mission of bringing easy crypto DeFi adoption to the… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wayhome, the Gradual Homeownership provider, announced that they have closed a Series A equity funding round of £8 million. The firm’s investment round was reportedly led “by existing investors Allianz X (Stripe, WeLab, CLARK), Augmentum Fintech (interactive investor, Tide, Zopa) and new funders Volution, Love… Read More