Fintech funding round-up: 29 January 2018
Features Tender Armor, OpenDoor, Duco and Sancus Finance.
Investment & Funding
StreetShares brings in $23m in equity funding
StreetShares has landed $23 million in equity funding, bringing total investment to $43 million.
Digital ID firm Signicat raises $2m
Signicat is one cool cat with its Identity Assurance-as-a-Service.
Top fintech stories this week – 26 January 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Juvo gets Samsung investment for smartphone boost
Samsung will bring Juvo access to billions of underbanked prepaid users across the globe.
WealthForge tops $500m in investments processed
US-based private placement platform feeling perky.
Fintech funding round-up: 22 January 2018
Features Oval Money, TradeCore, Paytronix Systems and Hippo.
Lending firm Defi Solutions definitely lands $55m
The Series C funding round comes from Bain Capital Ventures.
Fintech funding round-up: 19 January 2018
Stars Varo Money, OakNorth Bank, NetPay and ISME ACE.
Blockchain security firm Ledger raises $75m funding
Investment takes the company’s total capital to more than $85 million.
Cisco’s ex-boss launches VC firm
He also praises eating insects.
Fintech funding round-up: 18 January 2018
Featuring BB&T Corporation, Solgari and Tinkoff Bank.
Interview: Dmitry Leus, Imperium Investments – how to protect money?
Reading smart books and applying other successful investment strategies will not lead to success.
Standard Chartered creates fintech investment unit
New adventures beckon as SC Ventures plans to invest in fintechs and other start-ups.
AI firm Savedroid launches ICO
German AI savings technology firm looks to raise capital – both crypto and conventional.
Turkey: the next cashless society
Turkey is perfectly placed to become the world’s next cashless society – a true digital payment powerhouse.
Fintech funding round-up: 12 January 2018
Features Ladder, Petal, Fisco, Equitise and Xinja.
Fintech funding round-up: 10 January 2018
Starring Mylo Financial Technologies, Goji and Collibra.
Alkami scores $70m in Series D funding
Takes Alkami’s total capital to more than $116 million. Woo! Yeah!
Fintech funding round-up: 8 January 2018
Features IBM, Comcast, MState, Early Salary, Previse and Dinghy.
Funding Circle eyeing £1bn IPO
The firm is preparing to go public and plans to have advisors put in place to oversee.
Wealthfront rakes in $75m
The financing was led by Tiger Global Management with participation from existing investors.
Failed fundraiser closes the folio on Folio
Closing this month after it failed to meet its fundraising target.
Ex-SoFi CEO on rebound with new fintech venture
Ex-CEO and SoFi founder plotting a comeback with a new fintech start-up amidst allegations of sexual harassment.
Kantox closes debt financing
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) supplied the funds to the UK-based company.
Passport raises $43m from Bain Capital
Transportation mobile payments company Passport enters 2018 with an extra $43 million in the bank.
Fintech funding round-up: 20 December 2017
Features Raisin, PayPal, Home Credit Venture Capital, Barion Payment and Cash Svidha.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 19 December 2017
Features ABI Lab, R3, the government of Estonia, Chronobank and Bitcoin.com.
Ex-Barclays boss mulls £10m Tandem investment
Former Barclays boss, Bob Diamond, is in talks to buy a stake in UK-based challenger bank Tandem.
Financeit recapitalisaton gives Goldman Sachs majority stake
Point of sale (POS) financing provider Financeit completed an investment round with existing shareholder Goldman Sachs
SBDA Group closes Series A investment round
Banking personalisation firm SBDA landed investment from FinSight Ventures and Digital Space Ventures.
Infographic: the rise of the ICO
The initial coin offering (ICO) investment has surged since the first one back in 2013.
Simility adds PayPal as investor in $17.5m funding round
Risk management firm Simility locks in $17.5 million in new funding, with help from PayPal.
NAB doubles investment in innovation hub
Will also increase hub’s workforce by 70% in 2018.
Cryptocurrency start-up Telcoin courts mobile finance firms
Looking to ride the wave of interest in cryptocurrencies, Telcoin is also hoping to raise funds from an ICO.
Avoka raises $16m in new funding
Digital customer acquisition technology firm gets equity funding in a round managed by Moelis Australia.
Alior Bank to launch fintech accelerator
Alior Bank has unveiled its acceleration programme for technology start-ups using the OpenAPI environment based on IBM technology, implemented by business solutions developer Tuatara.
Prevoty raises $13m in Series B funding
Real-time app security platform Prevoty has got an investment of $13 million. The Series B round was led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity, and featured participation from existing investors such as USVP.
Viola plans to pull strings with $100m fintech fund
Israeli investment group Viola has tuned up nicely with an initial closing of $100 million toward a target of $120-$150 million for its new global fintech fund.
Payoneer lands funding from China Broadband Capital
Cross-border payments company Payoneer announced today it has received funding from China Broadband Capital (CBC). While the amount of funding was undisclosed, the company specified that this week’s Series E-1 round follows the $220+ million Series E round received last year. This adds to the company’s total funding amount, which previously stood at $270 million.
