Tagged: valar ventures

Global API Provider Ivy Raises $20m to Unify Real-Time Payments Worldwide

Ivy, the company providing a global API for instant bank transfers, has successfully secured $20 million in a Series A investment round led by Valar Ventures. This development follows a $7.7 million seed round led by Creandum just a few months prior. “The rapid succession… Read More

Digital Assets: Bitpanda Pro Becomes One Trading After Finalizing Series A

Bitpanda has announced that Bitpanda Pro, their digital asset exchange for institutions and “seasoned” investors, is rebranding and becoming ‘One Trading.’ Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Vienna, Bitpanda is one of the most successful digital asset firms in Europe. After a €30m Series A… Read More

London’s Social Investing App Shares Acquires $40M for European Expansion Efforts

London-headquartered social and community-focused investing app Shares is looking to expand operations in European markets and also move into crypto after securing $40 million via a Series B round that was led by Valar Ventures. The investment round, which brings Shares’ total funding to $90… Read More

Mondu Acquires $43M via Series A to Support Product Dev, Global Expansion

  Mondu is pleased to announce an important milestone in their company’s history: their $43 million Series A round. Since being founded in August 2021, they’ve been focused on “delivering a highly attractive product, growing [their] merchant base and the number of businesses [they] serve,… Read More

Social Investing App Shares Raises $40 Million Series A

Shares, a combination investing and social app, has raised $40 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Peter Thiel’s fund – Valar Ventures. Other investors include Singular and Global Founders Capital. Shares previously raised $10 million. Shares reports 130 employees in three… Read More

Neo Financial, a Rare Central Canadian Fintech Success Story, Receives $1.6M for Training

Neo Financial, a Canadian fintech based in Winnipeg, Man., has made great strides since its founding in the fall of 2019. This week Neo Financial received $1.6 million from the Province of Manitoba’s Industry Expansion Program to train 300 new and 32 existing employees in… Read More

XanPool Acquires $27M to Consolidate APAC Presence, Expand Products, Business Operations

XanPool, a payments infrastructure developer that operates in more than 13 countries in the Asia Pacific region, has acquired $27 million in capital via a Series A round that was led by Valar Ventures, along with contributions from investors such as CMT Digital, as well… Read More

Point Card, the High-Reward Debit Card, Secures $46.5M via Series B Round led by Valar Ventures

Point Card, the “high-reward” debit card, reveals that it has finalized a Series B round that was led by Peter Thiel‘s Valar Ventures. Other investors in Point Card’s latest investment round include Breyer Capital, YC Continuity, and Human Capital. Point completed a $10.5 million Series… Read More

Digital Investment Platform Bitpanda Finalizes $263M Series C at $4.1B Valuation

The beginning of 2021 marked a key milestone moment for Bitpanda, as the digital investment platform achieved Unicorn status. Bitpanda notably became the very first Austrian firm to exceed the billion-dollar valuation mark. It took them around 7 years to go from 0 to a… Read More

Crypto Wealth Platform Vauld Raises $25M, Thiel-Backed VC Firm Leads Raise

Cryptocurrency wealth platform Vauld has completed a $25 million Series A round led by Valar Ventures, a VC firm cofounded by Peter Thiel. Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, CMT Digital, Gumi Cryptos, Robert Leshner and Cadenza Capital also participated. The funding will be used to hire… Read More

Digital Wealth Management Fintech Syfe Secures SGD 40M via Series B led by Valar Ventures

Singapore-based Syfe, a digital or online wealth management company, has secured SGD 40 million through a Series B round. Syfe‘s investment round has been led by US-headquartered Valar Ventures, the VC fund co-founded by Peter Thiel, which led Syfe’s Series A round and was the… Read More

Unicorn: Bitpanda Raises $170 Billion Series B Led by Valar Ventures, Plans to Expand Beyond Crypto-Assets into ETFs, Shares and More

Digital investment platform Bitpanda has raised $170 million in a Series B funding giving the company a $1.2 billion valuation making it Austria’s first unicorn. The Vienna-based company says the round is one of the largest Series B investments ever in Europe. The round was… Read More

Fintech Syfe Raises USD $18.6 Million in Series A Funding

Singapore based Digital wealth manager Syfe has closed on a SG$ 25.2 million (USD $18.6 million) Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. Other investors in the round include Presight Capital, and existing investor Unbound, the UK-based investment firm that led Syfe’s seed funding… Read More

California Fintech Even to Help Workers Achieve Financial Wellbeing, Secures Investments from PayPal, Valar Ventures, Others

Oakland, California based Fintech firm Even aims to improve the financial wellbeing of workers and also wants to help people become better money managers. PayPal Ventures, Valar Ventures, Founders Fund, and Marc Benioff have recently made investments in Even. Even claims it’s the only Fintech… Read More

European Digital Bank Qonto Expands to Germany, Also Serving France, Italy, and Spain

Qonto, a neo-bank for business account holders that was established in France in 2017, has expanded its operations into Germany, Italy, and Spain. Notably, Qonto was the recipient of the first investment by billionaire Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures in France during its Series A funding… Read More

U.S. Fintech Petal Secures $30 Million Through Series B Funding Round Led By Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures

Petal, a credit card startup pioneering “Cashflow Underwriting” as an alternative to traditional credit scoring, secured $30 million through its Series B funding round, which was reportedly led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. This news comes just one year after Valar Venture led Petal’s $13 million… Read More

New York Fintech Petal Raises $13 Million Through Series A Funding Round Led By Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures

Petal, a credit card startup pioneering “Cashflow Underwriting” as an alternative to traditional credit scoring, announced on Wednesday it raised $13 million through Series A financing round, which was led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. Founded in 2016, the fintech company is looking to build a… Read More

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