Case study: Home Credit – to its credit
Life is good at the heart of Europe.
Investment & Funding
ConsenSys drums up $6.5m blockchain funding for DrumG
Former R3 founders to build their first banking solution on Ethereum.
DAVO gets tooled up with new funding
Round was led by Anania & Associates Investment Company.
Goldman Sachs leads $25m funding in blockchain paytech Veem
Veem living the dream with its payments platform plan.
Stripe lives up to hype with $245m funding raise
US-based mobile payments provider now valued at $20 billion.
Fintech Bread lands $60m funding
Bread’s revenue has increased fivefold so far this year.
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo turns to Onfido for ID verification tech
Onfido will help crowdfunding platform Indiegogo fight fraud.
Credit scoring firm Cortera lands $10m funding
B2B credit scoring company Cortera has landed $10 million in funding,
Virtual money assistant Cleo really gets $10m funding
The “Siri of personal finance” speaks about its Series A investment.
No mystery as BB&T invests $5m in data firm Enigma
This is BB&T’s first outlay of its $50m fintech commitment.
UiPath raises $225m for AI and RPA solutions
Series C led by CapitalG and Sequoia Capital.
Insurtech Setoo set to woo with €8m funding
Main investor in Series A round is Kamet, AXA’s insurtech start-up studio.
Ribbit Capital to raise $420m fintech fund
Prior investments include Coinbase, Nubank, Revolut and Robinhood.
Infographic: 11 of the biggest ICO ROIs of 2018
“All the following tokens and currencies were merely a blip on the radar last year.”
Fintech Valley Vizag and Bizofit launch $1m start-up challenge
Roadshows planned in seven cities across the globe.
Fraud detector Ravelin reels in £8m funding
Series B round led by BlackFin Capital Partners.
Baltimore in awe as Facet Wealth scores $33m funding
US wealthtech plans to expand its personal financial planning platform.
Case study: Live Oak Bank and Finxact – riding the second wave
The US, in particular, is in urgent need of new core offerings to support next generation digital banking.
The power of the crowd: why blockchain could be the answer to the broken VC model
While VC funding may be slowing, ICOs and equity crowdfunding platforms harnessing blockchain have risen dramatically.
Top fintech stories this week – 7 September 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
SynapseFI raises $17m in new funding
It’s making public what insiders have known for months.
CAN Capital receives $287m financing facility
Money courtesy of alternative asset manager Varadero Capital.
How to finance your tech business – balancing equity and debt
Plus top tips on raising capital.
Foxconn and friends form $100m VC fund in US
Wisconsin business community gets some love and (more importantly) money.
Funding Circle plans to raise £300m in IPO
Lending platform’s plan was first revealed in January. Now it’s official.
Dfinity raises $105m funding for blockchain supercomputer dream
Sees itself as “The Internet Computer”.
CULedger gets $8.5m to support blockchain for credit unions
Part of a $10m funding goal.
Gold-as-currency enabler Glint seeks US sprint
Partners with Sutton Bank and Galileo Processing for American dreams.
Salary Finance raises $20m funding to launch in US
UK personal finance firm wants to make waves across the Atlantic.
Andreessen Horowitz leads very nice $8.5m investment in Very Good Security
“You can’t hack what isn’t there.”
US credit card firm Deserve raises $17m funding
Going for Generation Z with its “financial independence” offer.
Binance Labs launches incubator for crypto start-ups
$500K for those firms selected.
Latvian entrepreneurs buy Colorado National Bank for $9m
Co-owners of payments firm to profit from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Regtech ComplySci on a high with Vista Equity investment
New York-based firm feeling funky via Vista’s Endeavor Fund.
Vestigo Ventures unveils vertigo-inducing $59m fund
Good news for US fintech companies.
US lender receives Series C $62m funding Upgrade
Financing led by CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund.
Cloud finance platform Consero gets $50m investment
Boston-based BV Investment Partners invests in Texan firm.
SFOX raises $23m funding for crypto asset management platform
Series A funding round led by Tribe Capital and Social Capital.
Top fintech stories this week – 17 August 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Canadian lendtech Progressa feeling progressive with $84m funding
Funding round co-led by Canaccord Genuity and Gravitas Securities.
