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Investment & Funding
ICYMI funding round-up: ApexEdge, DirectID, Everything, NALA, Tuum, & OZÉ
Our weekly round-up for you to get the latest fintech funding news.
Insurance payments platform Ascend lands $30m Series A
Ascend claims to be “the first modern insurance payments platform”.
Pinwheel raises $50m in Series B to help create “fairer financial system”
Pinwheel provides an API that allows businesses to connect payroll accounts to their applications.
Crypto asset software and data provider Lukka lands $110m in Series E
New York-based Lukka is now valued at $1.3 billion.
Crypto IRA software platform iTrustCapital secures $125m in growth equity
The growth equity investment round values the company at more than $1.3bn.
Start-up Vartana launches with $57m funding with aim to become the “Affirm for B2B”
Vartana is a new provider of managed checkout and BNPL options for businesses.
The state of start-up funding in Europe
European start-ups are starting to have access to a far broader and more founder-focused investment ecosystem.
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ICYMI funding round-up: BillEase, Cake, Gr4vy, Finmap, Shield, & Skilling
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Financial services customer engagement platform Personetics raises $85m in growth funding
Personetics’ technology analyses real-time financial data at customer touchpoints, learning their financial behaviours.
SaaS financial data platform Canalyst secures $70m Series C investment
Canalyst says it wants to be “the new fundamental dataset of record”.
Fintech funding deals globally 10 January – 16 January 2022
Featuring Checkout, Qonto, CAIS, Qraft Technologies and SEBA Bank.
E-commerce one-click checkout fintech Bolt raises $355m in Series E
Bolt says it has doubled its valuation in three months.
SaaS tech start-up financing platform Arc lands $161m investment
“We’re on a mission to help start-ups grow,” says Arc co-founder and CEO Don Muir.
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Digital asset fintech Zero Hash lands $105m in Series D round
The round saw participation from Bain Capital, NYCA and Point72 Ventures.
GPS adds $100m to its latest funding round, appoints new chair
Global Processing Services (GPS) closes its latest funding round at over $400 million.
ICYMI funding round-up: DigiDoe, Acorn Finance, ThankUCash, Trust & Will, MDXT, & Paywatch
Don’t let funding announcements slip you by in this fast-paced industry.
Accrue Savings raises $25m to offer consumers “a responsible purchasing option”
The Series A funding round was led by Tiger Global.
AI-focused fintech Qraft Technologies secures $146m SoftBank investment
Qraft’s US CEO says investment management is “ripe for disruption” thanks to AI.
Alternative investment platform CAIS hits unicorn status with $225m funding
CAIS describes itself as “the first truly open marketplace for alternative investments”.
Checkout.com secures bumper $1bn Series D round at $40bn valuation to boost US growth
The paytech has now raised around $1.8 billion in total funding to date.
US SME banking platform Novo raises $90m in Series B funding
Novo CEO Michael Rangel says the funds will go towards improving cash flow for small businesses.
Brex hires Meta product head Karandeep Anand as CPO, lands $300m funding
Since its founding in 2017, Brex has raised a total of $1.2 billion.
Fintech start-up Twig raises $35m to support Web 3.0 plans
The London-based fintech intends to expand into the EU and US in 2022.
Fintech funding deals globally 3 January – 9 January 2022
Featuring OpenSea, PayFit, Petal, Sygnum and Starling Bank.
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Alternative retirement investment platform Alto raises $40m in Series B
The firm claims more than 15,000 IRA investors with a billion dollars of assets under custody.
Credit building start-up Petal raises $140m in Series D, faces lawsuit
Petal CEO says firm is hiring across the board for more than 100 positions this year.
ICYMI funding round-up: Anfin, Cion Digital, D2X, KRM22, & Orenda Finance
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Biometric authentication specialist iProov secures $70m investment
iProov has received $70 million growth investment from Sumeru Equity Partners.
UK paytech CellPoint raises $25m to expand internationally
The investment will also support the platform’s expansion into new market verticals.
2021: Top five fundraises
FinTech Futures takes a look back at some of the year’s most eye-catching funding rounds.
What the FinTech? Podcast | Season Two’s Jailed Buzzwords
We run down all the buzzwords our podcast guests wanted gone from the industry this year.
2021: Top five mergers and acquisitions
FinTech Futures takes a look back at some of the year’s top mergers and acquisitions.
Embedded finance platform Ant Money raises $20m, acquires savings app Blast
Acquisition of Blast boosts the number of apps under the Ant Money umbrella.
Cross-border payments platform Taptap Send raises $65m in Series B round
Taptap Send reports more than 8x growth since the onset of the pandemic.
MODIFI secures $145m in debt financing to boost SME trade support
“2021 has been a challenging year for SMEs,” says MODIFI CEO.
