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London based digital assets platform raised an undisclosed amount of growth funding at a $14b valuation led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Blockchain.com last year said it was moving its U.S. headquarters from New York to Miami, and is leasing a 22,000-square-foot...…
San Francisco based network of 500K+ cryptocurrency-mining hotspots offering p2p networking raised $200m in Series D funding led by Tiger...
New Jersey based digital bank that offers payment and lending APIs to others raised $620m in Series D funding led by Eldridge and a16z.
“Cross River enables every company to become a fintech company, a vision we are bullish about at a16z and another reason why we’ve been...…
Hong Kong based provider of cap table software raised $3m in Seed funding led by Sequoia Capital India.
“We think there’s a tremendous opportunity to help traditional and crypto companies manage tokens.”
New York City based freelancer pay company raised $5m in new funding led by B Capital Group.
“We will continue to focus on growth, building out different layers of the platform. That includes providing ways for contracts and other...…
Denmark based BNPL company raised €4m in seed funding from Inventure.
"As it is now, Anyday uses a number of metrics to assess the credit worthiness of a customer. We approve around 50 % of the applications,...…
Estonia based payments gateway that enables direct NFT purchases with credit cards raised $5m in Seed funding led by Tagus Capital.
"Wert uses embedded finance technology in order to simplify purchasing of NFTs and other DeFi products. Its payment module facilitates...…
New York based debt resolution platform raised $10m in new funding led by Brewer Lane Ventures.
"I was looking to see ‘How can we solve what’s objectively one of the most broken and antiquated parts of consumer finance?’ And that led...…
London based lifestyle credit card company raised £20m in funding led by Northzone and LocalGlobe.
“We have seen the rise of a $300 billion fintech industry, predominantly driven by customers demanding better seamless financial...…
Egypt based financial super-app raised $38m in Series A equity and debt funding led by Quona Capital.
“We are much more of a super app than a digital bank because we have, in addition to the financial services, launched multiple...…
Vancouver based protocol to connect decentralized apps across multiple blockchains raised $135m in growth funding led by Sequoia Capital,...
Virginia based investing round-up platform raised $2m in Seed funding led by Virginia Innovation Partnership.
"There's so much cool stuff going on in web3, and no central platform," Elliott said, adding that he sees integrating the RoundlyX...…
UK based cashless payment company raised $3m in Seed funding led by Flutterwave and Techstars.
“I exactly understand this pain and how difficult it is to go to a bank and go through the exact procedure applied to a big enterprise....…
India based payment infrastructure platform raised $13m in pre-Series A funding led by Infinity Ventures.
“Businesses don’t have to go to banks separately for integration/approvals. We take care of everything, thereby enabling companies to...…
London based electronic trading company raised $17m in Series A funding led by AlbionVC.
“As banks and asset managers focus on automating trading workflows to deliver increased efficiency, our ‘One API’ has been implemented at...…
San Diego based strategic finance company raised $25m in Series B funding led by Founders Fund.
"Over the last year, the company has focused on building out features for core components of its strategic finance platform centered...…
San Jose based real estate investment and property management company raised $26m in Series B funding led by Viola Growth.
"Home365 is bringing significant value to its clients that is wholly unique in the market, as demonstrated by our recent expansion rate...…
California based revenue operations and intelligence platform raised $29m in Series B funding led by NGP Capital.
“Leaders use cockpit-style forecasting command centers to review and source forecast judgements across their whole team hierarchy and...…
San Francisco based payments infrastructure company raised $50m in Series C funding led by SVP Capital and Salesforce Ventures.
“The areas that I think they’ve wanted to go after initially have been these low-hanging fruits where the volume and the complication of...…
Bengaluru based digital payments provider raised $50m in growth funding led by Vitruvian Partners.
"Pine Labs, which filed for a confidential IPO filing in the US in January this year, has had to postpone its IPO plans to the second...…
Kenya based accounts receivable company raised $1m in Seed funding led by Unicorn Growth Capital.
“It was really not hard for us to unlock a lot of ideas, products, innovation and tech around the financial industry space. We’ve been...…
Remote decentralized protocol for order flow markets raised $2m in Seed funding led by Multicoin Capital and Framework Ventures.
We are building the first protocol for decentralized order flow markets, and this capital raised will be used to onboard institutional...…
San Francisco based risk management platform for financial companies raised $4m in Seed funding led by Accel.
“Cutting-edge technologies that drive Effectiv have so far been prohibitively expensive and were designed for and by large organisations....…
California based remote investing platform focused on alternative investments raised $10m in Seed funding led by Foundation Capital.
“The traditional investment advice of just dollar-cost averaging into Vanguard funds, and hoping everything’s going to be okay — that was...…
Bahamas based NFT marketplace for professional traders raised $11m in Seed funding led by Paradigm.
"Infrastructure has failed to keep up as monthly trading volumes hit billions, and web2 business models hold the space back with poorly...…
In 2020, the City of Fountain started looking for a provider to deploy a community-wide broadband network. Underline answered the call...
The proposed rule would hold SPACs and the companies they acquire to similar standards as traditional IPOs, SEC officials said. Under the...
A multiyear plan would bring a wide range of financial tasks in-house, which includes payment processing, risk assessment for lending,...
The question about whether you made money on cryptocurrency is even higher on your tax form than the line for your wages. There are new...
Solana is the second-largest NFT ecosystem behind Ethereum, with an estimated market cap of $1.5b across its myriad collections. The...
Latin America based cap table management company raised $12m in Seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and NFX.
“The ecosystem is being stress-tested and it’s all going to break if someone doesn’t build superhighways to make things more efficient...…
Pennsylvania based patient financial management company raised $15m in new funding led by PeakSpan Capital.
"FinPay has experienced accelerating growth over the last two years due to our focus and investment in our proprietary analytics,...…
California based proptech for single-family rental investors raised $53m in Series B funding led by LL Funds.
"Single family rentals are an increasingly valuable asset, and Poplar is at the forefront of bringing institutional operating power to...…
Manila based small business digitization platform raised $78m in Series C funding led by the IFC.
“The pandemic has fundamentally changed how business works … Businesses that ignore digital technology put themselves at an immediate...…
Zurich based spend management platform raised $80m in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital.
“AI and automation have a meaningful role to play in refining this piece of the enterprise experience and can save companies a lot of...…
Stockholm based alternative financing company raised €15m in Seed funding led by Local Globe.
"Once we have all the information we need from the customer, turnaround is shorter than two weeks. We aim for precision financing,...…
Australia based account-to-account merchant payments company raised A$25m in Series A funding led by AirTree Ventures and Decade Partners.
“Data-rich, real-time payments, directly between bank accounts are the future of how we transact, and Australian policymakers have...…
New York based data tokenization company raised $31m in Series A funding led by undisclosed investors.
"Datavault's mission is to create monetizable value from our customers' data assets. We began our company with charitable intent–to...…
Cardiff is in the top 10 cities in the UK when it comes to tech investment so far in 2022, and alongside this investment coming into the...
African payments giant Flutterwave co-led the growth round with Techstars. Daniel Gould, venture partner at Asymmetry Ventures, and...
As some Robinhood clients head back to the office following the pandemic, the stock trading app — which has experienced a slowdown in...
Goldman Sachs is buying NextCapital, a robo-adviser that specializes in workplace pensions, as part of chief executive David Solomon’s...
Six months after raising $250m, Papaya Global is making a key acquisition to expand its cloud-based HR and payroll platform globally on...
The Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware (ECASH) Act, introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), would direct the Secretary of the...
The company used 19,800 Bitmain S19j Pro miners to secure the loan, which has a 25-month term and an 11% interest rate. Iris Energy has...
Many who participated in what prosecutors are calling the largest fraud in U.S. history — the theft of hundreds of billions of dollars in...
Aiming to become the ‘Shopify for NFTs’, Berlin-based technology company FUEL has raised €1.5m. The pre-seed round saw the participation...
Lunar's offer for the deal was 3.75 kroner a share, which represents a 56.3% premium on Instabank's closing share price on March 25....
Chase, which launched in the U.K. last September, will offer a variable interest rate of 1.5%, which is more than double the rate offered...
The firm issued about $36b of investment products after registering with U.S. regulators in August 2019 to sell up to $20.8b. The error...
A record $319b of share buybacks have been authorized this year, according to Goldman Sachs data, with a rising number of companies using...
Equiano is Google’s 14th investment in internet subsea cables, but the first dedicated to internet access in Africa. It is expected to...
By enabling a secure messaging channel between biller and payer, Request to Pay (RtP) allows the biller to initiate a transaction and the...
Yuga Labs’ Otherwise metaverse project will join an increasingly crowded group of metaverse platforms, some of which also incorporate...
It’s not yet clear what Apple has planned for Credit Kudos. The company has made significant inroads into financial services over the...
A slew of cryptocurrency companies could be forced to wind down their business in the U.K. if they fail to register with the finance...
Finland based European social shopping app raised €6m in Seed funding led by General Catalyst and Peak.
“Sixty percent of e-commerce in Europe today is dominated by Amazon, and then a long tail of others like it. We believe that there is a...…
Australia DeFi trading platform raised $2.1m in growth funding led by Republic Capital and IOSG Ventures.
“We believe prePO’s approach to synthetic pre-public assets is a game changer for those who have not been able to participate in the...…
San Francisco based AI source-to-pay startup raised $6m in Series A funding led by Accel.
“Aavenir has uniquely positioned its solutions with an extensive set of fully configurable functionalities powered by digital workflows,...…
San Francisco based DeFi startup focused on crypto derivatives raised $8.8m in growth funding led by Paradigm.
“Ribbon simple way for users to earn high yield on bitcoin, ether and USDC. We help users create exposure to expert, complicated...…
Oakland based cloud tokenization provider raised $100m in Series B funding led by K1 Investment Management.
“It’s 2022 and cybercrime is at an all-time high. The rise in card-not-present transactions, which has been further propelled by...…
Arizona based digital estate planning platform raised $16m in seed funding led by Anthos Capital.
"Our team commissioned one of the largest estate planning studies, surveying 10,000 American adults ages 30-55. We found that only 32% of...…
So far this year, just 22 companies have gone public in traditional IPO's, raising a combined $2.3 billion. That is a huge downshift from...
New York based AI collaboration platform for asset managers raised $18.7m in Series A funding led by HCAP Partners.
"Saphyre has developed an industry leading software platform that organizes unstructured data and documents and automates activities in...…
As employers contend with growing numbers of younger employees quitting in the great resignation, the COVID-19 recession and gradual...
The pandemic sparked a wave of older workers retiring in 2020, according to Pew Research. However, many early retirees don’t have the...
A long form read on money washing and "Londongrad" from Scott Galloway. In short, the AML, KYC business is going to boom!
Yet until just a few weeks ago, a first cousin to money laundering received far less attention: money washing. The conversion of corrupt,...…
Seattle-based banking solution for freight carriers raised $3.4m in new funding led by Neo and PSL Ventures.
"We just felt like those carriers were underserved and they needed to have better tech and greater transparency on the decisions they’re...…
Disrupting banks when interest rates are near zero is in some ways playing on easy mode writes the WSJ. As rates rise, the game will get...
Berlin based startup focused on international salary payments raised $9.1m in Seed funding led by Addition.
"There are 180 million migrant workers in the world traveling across the globe to provide a better future for their loved ones. We...…
Millions of Americans retired sooner than they anticipated because of Covid-19, but applications for Social Security benefits are roughly...
The Bogota based company, which provides payment infrastructure in Latin America, has raised $24m in a Series A funding round led by...
According to the OECD, the crypto market posed a “significant risk” around tax transparency, claiming that any gains will eventually be...
Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and leading Pan-African Payments Company Cellulant have announced a partnership...
The objective of the Fund is to drive global financial inclusion through a series of pilots, building an evidence base to prove the...
San Francisco based construction payment compliance startup raised $10m in Series A funding co-led by Energize Ventures and Ironspring...
San Francisco based real-time accounting startup for SMBs raised $65m in Series C funding led by SoftBank.
“We know we are building pretty compelling technology that no one else has. For example, if you are a bank and want to apply different...…
Denver based real estate investment startup for landlords raised $26m in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
“Flock buys the property from the landlord, who then gets shares in this partnership which owns a bunch of houses. They get to keep all...…
Cincinnati based data orchestration platform raised $213m in Series C funding led by Insight Ventures.
“As the modern data stack has arrived at scale, we now need an orchestration experience to support today’s sophisticated, high-velocity...…
Episode 2 is live! From topics like female founders, the world of fintech journalism, and how to get ahead in your career, join in the...
Egypt based credit and cashback platform raised $25m in Series A funding led by Nclude.
"Lucky revolutionizes how MENA’s population shops, pays, and saves by designing a seamless app that offers credit products, discount...…
Texas based mortgage fintech raises $40m in Series A funding led by SVB Capital.
"Tomo aims to be a PayPal for the mortgage industry, offering both underwritten pre-approvals and verified pre-approvals, which do not...…
California based multi-lender buy now pay later consumer financing platform raised $44m in Series B funding led by The Pheonix.
"While BNPL has exploded in popularity in recent years, the marketplace often gives consumers limited options and up to a 70 percent...…
New York based corporate cards and spend management startup Jeeves raised $180m in Series C funding led by Tencent.
“The space is growing and so is the TAM. More companies are coming online every day and they need spend management. The way we look at it...…
New York based Ethereum scaling startup raised $150m in Series B funding led by Paradigm and a16z.
“We made a commitment to the public that we would not take profit from operating centralized parts of the system, so we wanted to remove...…
New York based NerdWallet for the insurance industry raised$125m in Series E funding led by KKR, Norwest Venture Partners, and...
San Francisco based Solana NFT marketplace focused on independent creators raised $4.7m in Seed funding led by Variant Fund.
"Formfunction is the platform I would have wanted when I was first getting into NFTs—it’s a marketplace dedicated to 1/1 art on Solana,...…
Germany based operating system for payments raised $6.4m in Seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
“We have created an operating system that at its core will let you build up internal courses, allowing cash-based and other payments from...…
Japan based mobile financial app raised $41m in Series D funding led by Japan Post Investment Cor., Block and Greyhound Capital.
“Challenger Bank is a core theme in fintech and unbundling of traditional banking has become an irreversible trend globally. We believe...…
Josué País, owner of an El Salvador taxi business that accepts payments in bitcoin from the tourists who use the service, is...
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is setting down roots in the Gulf as it seeks to placate global regulators by...
Ireland’s technology and finance sectors have long been going from strength to strength with major global players either originating or...
The volume of deals in 2021 increased by 20% to 279, up from 233 the previous year. IVCA director general Sarah-Jane Larkin said this...
L.A. based payment and credit platform for food industry management raised $4m in Seed funding led by Crossbeam Venture Partners.
"Local restaurants are facing tough new challenges from the pandemic, but unreasonable payment terms and outdated purchasing systems have...…
Hong Kong based multichain stableswap backed by Binance raised $5.25m in Series A funding co-led by Animoca Brands and Hailstone Ventures.
"Wombat Exchange is a BNB native multichain stableswap focused on re-engineering the stableswap experience with an innovative algorithm...…
Seattle based bill payment platform raised $18.5m in Series C funding led by Jackson Square Ventures.
"People are shifting to more customer-centered, secure payment methods and billers are looking for ways to improve their payment...…
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov claimed Russia had the necessary funds to fulfill its obligations and pay $117 million in...
Founded by J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citi and Credit Suisse and expected to launcher later in the year, Versana “will aim to reduce...
Robinhood's plan to let users loan out their stocks to other financial institutions -- a program known as fully paid securities lending...
Texas based fintech for users of modest means raised $6m in Seed funding led by Leap Global Partners.
"Far too many Americans are rejected when they apply for financial products because of adverse selection. The goal of Onuu is to bring...…
Indonesia based earned wage access startup raised $8.3m in Seed funding led by East Ventures.
"We see a massive opportunity for financial technology in Bangladesh that is characterized by similar attractive fundamentals like...…
WWR is MoneyLion’s mission-based community platform to empower women from all walks of life to level up on financial knowledge, financial...
Israeli based compensation and benefits benchmarking startup raised $15m in Series A funding led by Tiger Global.
“Talent will make or break companies. As the labor market becomes increasingly hyper-competitive, organizations struggle to adapt their...…
Congratulations to FTC portfolio company Oxio, which just raised $40m in a Series B funding round that was led by ParaFi Capital. Oxio is...
Singapore based on chain data startup focused on DeFi investors raised $18m in Seed funding led by an undisclosed large FinTech investor.
“As the number of DeFi protocols, supported L1s, L2s, and bridges increase over time, Treehouse’s approach of building an in-house...…
Kenya based digital lender raised $18.5m in Series C funding from Lightrock.
"We will be building new loan products this year, with longer durations and larger amounts and lend to bigger businesses in the...…
Fayetteville based farmland investing platform raised $20m in new funding from Drive Capital.
"AcreTrader also announced the launch of the company’s land brokerage platform AcrePro, which makes it easier for agents, buyers, and...…
San Francisco based universal API for e-commerce raised $27m in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
“What surprises people is that this is more fragmented than people thought. We offer a diversity of platforms and act as the glue that...…
India based remote work payment startup raised $60m in Series B funding co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India.
"Today, founders and businesses are not constrained by borders in their thinking. This has been one of the most fascinating trends in the...…
Hong Kong based provider of digital asset custody services raised $88m in Series B funding led by Animoca Brands and Liberty City Ventures.
“From a licensing perspective, we are getting a license in Dubai and we’re studying Europe on this and where to go. Operationally, we are...…
Kenya based e-commerce inventory platform raised $125m in Series B funding co-led by Tiger Global and Avemir Growth Capital.
“We realized that to deliver the quality of service these shops deserved, we needed to get more involved. In managing the operations...…
Palo Alto based blockchain startup from some of Meta's old crypto team raised $200m in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
"The Move programming language has been thoroughly battle tested and is a great environment for building safe, production-grade contracts...…
New York based Ethereum infrastructure startup raised $450m in Series D funding led by ParaFi Capital.
"MetaMask has grown dramatically in the last year—recently hitting 30 million monthly active users—and so has Infura, but they are very...…
Despite the promise of AI, business benefits remain scarce. But the path to operationalize AI starts with ample data and proving a...
Global Shares will be integrated into JPMorgan’s asset- and wealth-management arm. The Cork, Ireland-based software firm has almost $200b...
Singapore based compliance platform for financial institutions raised $40m in Series B funding led by TYH Ventures.
"Meanwhile, bad actors continue to be savvy and creative in their endeavors to slip through the net. It is our goal to provide a...…
Miami based blockchain distribution protocol for the travel industry raised $10m in Seed funding led by Borderless Capital.
"Friction and inefficiency continue to be pervasive in travel distribution, and the challenges related to the pandemic have increased the...…
New York based startup providing services to DeFi protocols and organizations raised $23.8m in Series B funding led by Ribbit Capital.
"It also runs a 'stress test' to ensure that institutions aren’t taking excessive risks with crypto exposure. Gauntlet has found its...…
San Francisco based fintech serving the mortgage industry raised $31m in Series C funding led by LendingTree and KeyBank.
"With this latest funding round, EarnUp said, it will build on its efforts to reinvent mortgage industry payment and data flows that...…
Pakistan based e-commerce and fintech startup raised $70m in Series B funding led by Dragoneer Investment Group and Tiger Global.
"Now, our credit product is developed completely in-house and is digitally enabled that connects to our last mile network. Everything...…
California based cyber insurance startup for SMEs raised $100m in Series B funding led by Anthemis Group.
"The past two years have seen a rapid increase in cyber incidents, led by ransomware attacks and in general evolving threat landscape due...…
UK based KYC solutions provider raised $33m in new funding led by Perennial Partners.
"Designed to help banks simultaneously create a better customer experience and mitigate compliance risk at scale, we believe Encompass is...…
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has recently been wrestling with the proposed Markets in...
The initiative, dubbed Aid for Ukraine, is a collaboration between FTX, staking service Everstake and Ukraine. FTX converts the crypto...
The People’s Bank of China found Tencent’s WeChat Pay had allowed the transfer of funds for illicit purposes such as gambling, the...
Australia based equity management platform raised $2.2m in Seed funding led by LAUNCH, TheSyndicate.com, and Rampersand.
"We want to be the catalyst for more startups to get funded, so that they can change the world, while making sure that their teams share...…
San Francisco based core platform for insurtech companies raised $50m in Series C funding led by Insight Partners.
"Socotra is a truly next-generation platform, which allows customers to embrace cloud-native software via APIs and a microservices...…
Austin based credit building startup raised $7m in Seed funding led by Acrew Capital and Trust Ventures.
"That’s in large part because traditionally, credit scores are made up of a person’s payment history on loans and credit cards. This...…
California based Solana NFT marketplace raised $27m in Series A funding led by Paradigm.
"The firm claims to be the largest NFT marketplace on the Solana blockchain having surpassed transaction volume of more than 7.5 million...…
Africa based ride-hail vehicle financing solution company raised $105m in Series A funding led by Speedinvest, Left Lane Capital and...
CryptoPunks and Meebits NFTs are owned by members of the community, but the intellectual property rights of the characters had long (and...
It had the blue-chip partners, the tech, and the right players. None of which could save it - The FT takes a look at how "Diem" died.
After weeks of deliberation, Yellen had made up her mind: she was out. “Yellen told him it was his decision to make, but that she would...…
African fintech startups received over half of the total VC funding in 2021, while Nigeria topped African VC investment destination,...
Although investments into Africa’s burgeoning tech ecosystem have been on the rise recently, 76% of the total funding during the 8-year...
The implications of this incident are bad for the affected startups, and has also put a dent on Mercury’s reputation on the continent....
The laboratory, located in Johannesburg, will serve as a Proof of Concept setup for customers to test their applications and environment...
Total orders on Jumia reached 30m last year, while the number of customers who placed at least one order increased to 8m, from 6.8m in...
San Francisco based provider of fintech services for immigrants raised $14m in Series A funding led by Link Ventures.
“We’ve spent five years at Stilt getting state lending licenses, building our credit stack, and refining our risk models,” Mittal. “Now...…
Brooklyn based food stamps tech company raised $50m in Series B funding led by Nyca Partners.
“The daily experience of poverty in America isn’t represented by charts and economic figures — it is calling the 1–800 number to check...…
Delaware based personal loan company raised $225m in Series E funding led by Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan.
“Marlette is a fintech market leader with a proven track record of growing the business, delivering strong customer service and...…
The UK's Financial Authority says that any cryptocurrency ATMs operating in the UK are doing so illegally and that they must be shut down.
In a statement, the FCA says that crypto ATMs must be registered and comply with UK money laundering regulations. But, none of the...…
Tink allows customers to transfer cash, access financial data and use financial services through an application programming interface...
Stripe’s new crypto tools and application programming interfaces (APIs) enable businesses to accept fiat deposits for crypto and payout...
Most big U.S. banks had modest operations in Russia, a geographically large nation with a relatively small economy. Citigroup had the...
Accounting services firm Contabilizei announced this week that it had raised $60m in a Series C round led by SoftBank, with Goldman Sachs...
Austin based app for student loan borrowers raised $6m in Seed funding led by Freestyle Capital.
As a first-gen high school and college graduate who experienced the trials of conquering student debt, I wanted to create a simple...…
Denmark based payments company raised $6m led by undisclosed current investors.
“We must continue to provide integrated payment and reimbursement infrastructure to global partners such as SAP Concur and FIS. At the...…
Colombia based payments company raised $10m in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
“Accepting and optimizing online payments shouldn’t be a pain for companies. We want to build the ultimate solution to help them make...…
Denmark based buy now, pay later business raised $11.1m in Series A funding round led by Finch Capital.
“Our founding team was part of the early wave of the BNPL movement in the early 2010s; it quickly became a crowded market, so we stood...…
Miami based provider of a crypto-backed mortgages raised $17m in Series A funding led by M13.
"This round of financing is a validation of Milo's vision to empower global and crypto consumers and the opportunity to bridge the...…
Israeli cross-border financing company raised $13m in Seed funding led by Meron Capital and Cardumen Capital.
"Pretty much anyone who touches a US-based real estate operation, and who works for a foreign national, is a Lendai partner."
Denmark based neobank raised €70m in Series D funding led by Heartland.
“It meant that if we could succeed as a challenger bank in the Nordics, we could succeed anywhere.”
New York City based recurring-revenue financing company raised $80m in Series B funding led by 01 Advisors.
“Even though we see companies that are still growing, their cost of equity is getting higher. We are seeing more companies that want to...…
UK based P2P lending platform raised £210m in growth funding led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
“Lendable’s seamless, quick and easy to use products, powered by advanced AI, are shaping the future of consumer finance. We’re delighted...…
The mix of product and corporate decisions appears to be working for Public, at least in terms of leading indicators. According to co-CEO...
Antler East Africa was launched in August 2019. Five cohorts with 153 founders have passed through the accelerator...
Nigeria based digital banking company raised $2m in Pre-seed funding led by Greenhouse Capital.
“We want to bank the guys in Lagos as well as bank the guys in a village at Ikot Ekpene. And at the same time, not just Nigeria, we are...…
São Paulo based digital wallet platform raised $3m in Seed funding led by Kindred Ventures.
Noh provides an app that functions as a shared digital wallet, will is scheduled to launch in mid-March. Users will be able to make...…
Georgia based cryptocurrency tax company raised a $3.2m seed round led by Ascend VC.
“There will be billions in taxes owed to global governments on cryptocurrency gains for 2021. But crypto tax preparation software as a...…
San Francisco based DeFi derivatives company raised $4m in seed funding led by Dragonfly Capital Partners.
“When the market moves 10%, as a user that is staking into these products, you’re actually sometimes losing your principal. I wanted to...…
London based money transfer company raised $5m in seed funding led by Amplo and Ribbit Capital.
"In other words, there is room for more than just one foreign exchange product. It’s not a one-size-fits-all industry. Customers will end...…
London based embedded finance startup raised a £5m Seed funding led by undisclosed investors.
“This funding will enable us to further expand our operations in the UK and Malaysia, and establish ourselves as the de facto leader and...…
New York based "curate to earn" database built on the blockchain raised $7m in Seed funding led by Polychain Capital.
“Truth and utility can be determined in many ways. KurateDAO seeks to create economic incentives for people to come together to curate...…
Utah based construction financing startup raised $7m in seed funding from Blackhorn Ventures.
"Paying subcontractors quickly is not standard in the construction industry. We are contractors. We know how important it is to pay...…
Switzerland based web3 infrastructure startup raised $11m in a Series A funding led by Union Square Ventures and 1kx.
"The token launch is what will enable our infrastructure and other service providers to interoperate the messaging network with low...…
Toronto based co-ownership proptech company raised C$11m in seed funding led by Luge Capital.
“The lack of accessibility to homeownership is a growing global crisis that needs innovation to solve. The support given, and the amount...…
Singapore based web3 infrastructure startup raised $12m in Seed funding led by Sequoia.
"Smart Agreement is a self-executable contract with escrow funds. You can preset conditions, predeposit funds in an escrow account, and...…
New York based provider of hotel payment software raised $15m in new Series A funding led by Tiger Global.
“We make it so that they can install Apple Pay, Google Pay or BNPL with a single integration. It can take north of 500 man hours to...…
San Francisco based connected commerce startup raised $23m in Series A funding led by Forerunner Ventures.
“[We’re] helping them just to be able to sell to a consumer that didn’t know them already. They’re finding consumers elsewhere on the...…
California based discretionary benefits management platform raised $40m in Series B funding led by Ribbit Capital.
“We proactively contract and work with program providers, benefits providers, service providers, and we embed these solutions into the...…
New York based employment income verification company raised $55m in Series B funding led by SignalFire.
“The meteoric rise of contractors, gig workers, and the creator economy necessitates new financial data infrastructure. Argyle is...…
Minneapolis based employee payment company raised $75m in Series C funding led by Addition.
“We become part of their primary financial relationship and handle all their banking so they move over direct deposit and all sources of...…
India based online financial services provider raised $75m in Series D funding from Tiger Global.
"The fresh funding will be used as growth capital to scale the core credit business, grow the team, and expand its product portfolio with...…
Jakarta based social commerce startup raised a $1m in Seed led by Precursor Ventures.
“When I was a bakery owner, I wanted to make sure I knew how much a person was buying so I could retarget them with coupons or loyalty...…
London based accounts receivable management for SMEs raised £4m in seed funding led by Eurazeo and Stride.VC.
“Previously, businesses had to hire credit control specialists or give extra tasks to existing members of their team to manually monitor...…
New York based stablecoin payment infrastructure provider raised $5m in Seed funding led by Hashed.
“Ultimately, in our first six months, we launched Kado Pay, the ability to spend your stablecoins on Amazon, not natively on it, but...…
New York based community-oriented B2B payments platform raised a $6m Seed funding led by Shine Capital and Stellation Capita.
"With the launch of its private beta, Hopscotch has opened its doors to waitlist customers. Beginning in Q2, businesses that have been...…
President Joe Biden signed an executive order this week on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to...
Barcelona based e-commerce loyalty startup raised €8m in Series A funding led by Nauta Capital.
“We are delighted with this second round of investment, having bootstrapped the business until 2019. Our new partner, Nauta Capital,...…
New York-based accounts payable company raised $10.8m in seed funding led by Contour Venture Partners.
“By breaking invoices down by what was purchased and how much it cost — rather than just the total amount spent — we can understand...…
London based fraud detection and identity verification company raised £15m in Series A funding led by Breega.
“Now, what’s required is a lot more. They need to run an in-depth level of due diligence, seeing bank statements [from banks, to...…
Boston based healthcare payments, banking, and e-commerce platform raised $15m in Series A funding led by Obvious Ventures and .406...
California based post-purchase cross-promotional network raised $20m in Series A funding led by Felicis Ventures.
"Unlike centralized marketplaces where merchants have limited visibility into their customers, we are building a future where independent...…
Ghana based payments app raised $33m in Seed funding led by Insight Venture Partners.
“I was blown away by the ubiquity and convenience of mobile money in 2014 when I visited Kenya for the first time. However, there are...…
Dallas based Bitcoin miner raised $43m in Series B funding led by undisclosed investors.
“Our ability to raise a significant amount of funding during market turmoil and geopolitical challenges makes us distinct from our...…
UK based foreign exchange and payment services company raised £140m in growth funding led by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities.
“We are delighted to invest in Currencies Direct, a leader in FX payments with an impressive track record of strong, continuous growth...…
Florida based payments platform raised $245m in growth funding led by Greater Sum Ventures.
“As a minority woman and executive in fintech, I’m no stranger to discrimination and doubt. My brother and I built this company from our...…
Bermuda based multi-asset trading platform raised $7m in funding led by Morgan Creek Digital.
"This new round of investment will help 24 Exchange extend our institutional trading offerings within and beyond FX and cryptocurrency...…
Japan based cryptocurrency rewards program for shopping raised $14m in Series A funding led by Miyako Capital.
“Most people in the world do not have the means to gain assets; they keep just losing money from their daily expenses. I wanted to create...…
India based banking and credit card company raised $30m in growth funding led by Mastercard.
“Mastercard and Zeta are together targeting issuance of cards that will lead to $60 billion in purchase volume over the next five years.”
California based privacy focused blockchain company raised a $32m in Series B funding led by Greylock Partners and Electric Capital.
“We’re working on a way of integrating the roll-up carefully with consensus so that we still achieve higher throughput and thus lower...…
The fee increases—delayed during the past two years because of the pandemic—are scheduled to kick in next month. Interchange fees account...
Dubai based BNPL company raised $54m in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital India and STV.
“The reason I think we see this is the fact that we’re not only displacing credit card transactions in our market, but we’re displacing a...…
San Francisco based auto financing company raised $85m in new funding led by Santander Holdings USA.
"AutoFi is leading the digital evolution of car buying by combining innovation in automotive finance and retailing.”
India based business credit marketplace raised $137m in Series B funding led by Insight Partners, B Capital Group, and Dragoneer.
“If you’re an enterprise and prefer direct finance, you can come to our loan stack, bond stack and ABS stack. If you have an indirect...…
Australia based NFT company raised $200m in Series C funding led by Temasek.
"We're excited to raise this capital so we can help deploy it aggressively through M&A opportunities."
Consumers love payment apps like Zelle because they’re free, fast and convenient - last year, people sent $490b through Zelle, compared...
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank by assets, Alfa Bank and Tinkoff Bank said Sunday they were working on the possibility of issuing cards...
The company said FTX Europe will offer the parent’s products and services to European Union clients via a partnership with a “licensed...
A decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) called ‘Friends with Benefits’ has grown into a social club of 6000 members for crypto’s...
Chamath Palihapitiya, the venture capitalist touted large personal investments when plugging his SPAC deals and called for others to put...
The Swedish ‘buy now, pay later’ start-up posted a significant jump in credit defaults as it pushed into new markets. At the same time,...
Minu's mission is to improve the financial health of millions of workers. They see that the financial life of employees is closely...
Decentralized staking platform raised $70m in new funding led by a16z.
"Lido is the market leader for Ethereum liquid staking, representing over 80% of market share in that space, recent estimates show....…
New York based API for adding NFTs raised $10m in Series A funding led by Pantera Capital.
“Rarify removes the biggest hurdles companies face when introducing NFTs to their existing products.”
London based income volatility management startup for gig workers and freelancers raised $5m in Series A funding led by Digital Horizon.
"Decades of traditional underwriting and a heavy reliance on FICO credit scores have been holding back a lot of innovation in the space....…
Portfolio company Sigma Ratings is making key risk-related Russia datasets available at no charge to financial institutions, fintechs and...
Venezuelan users of two major ConsenSys software products, MetaMask and Infura, found themselves all but cut off from the Ethereum...
Since Moscow invaded on Feb. 24, over 102,000 cryptoasset donations, totaling $54.7m, have gone to the Ukrainian government and Come Back...
In a sharp break with its long-standing neutrality, Switzerland announced that it would join the European Union in imposing sanctions on...
Crypto exchanges are coming under pressure to block transactions with Russia, as western politicians fear that cryptocurrencies provide a...
Over the weekend, Ukraine's vice prime minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, publicly appealed to "all major...
San Francisco based automation and collaboration platform for audit and advisory firms raised $17m in Series A funding led by 8VC.
"Fieldguide's practitioner-centric approach enables our Withum team to focus on what matters most–providing clients with tailored advice...…
Paris based DeFi social trading platform raised $7.5m in Series A funding led by Alan Howard.
"The vision of Nested is to hybridise traditional finance, decentralised finance, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies to forge a financial product...…
Salt Lake City based provider of payroll APIs raised $40m in Series B funding led by Mercato Partners and Greylock.
"Atomic operates under the premise that digitizing payroll connectivity turns an inefficient cumbersome process like applying for a...…
Australia based neobank for SMBs raised $73m in Series B funding led by Headline.
"In the last two years, Australian merchants have had to adapt and adopt flexible operating models, with the ability to accept payments...…
US based crypto derivatives platform raised $18m in Seed funding led by Three Arrows Capital, Deribit, QCP Capital and Jump Crypto.
“Thetanuts provides a nimble solution to allow teams to participate quickly and scale for their communities.”
Africa based central bank digital infrastructure provider raised $4m in Seed funding led by Noemis Venture and Octerra Capital.
“When we look at the future, we see every central bank requiring a digital regulatory sandbox, which allows them to continue to be...…
New York based estate planning and charitable giving startup raised $30m in Series B funding led by Bain Capital Double Impact.
"We founded FreeWill with a goal of raising more than $1 trillion for nonprofits. We saw that nonprofit technology and particularly...…
New Jersey based digital life insurance sales platform raised $5.3m in Seed funding led by ManchesterStory.
“By offering Agents a simplified digital selling experience, we’re making it easy for them to sell life insurance and transact with their...…
South Africa based crypto exchange raised $50m in Series B funding led by Pantera Capital.
"There is no longer any room for doubt regarding the impact crypto assets are having on our global financial system. We already help...…
Serbia based blockchain infrastructure startup raised $40m in Series B funding led by Spark Capital.
"Now we’re taking care of developers at every stage of development — from developing the smart contracts, testing them pre-production,...…
Kenya based asset financing platform raised $75m in growth equity funding co-led by Generation Investment Management and Broadscale Group.
“With M-KOPA’s model, everybody is welcome. There’s no upfront scoring; if you can pay the upfront deposit, that’s all we require. And...…
Indonesia based agritech startup raised $6m in Seed funding led by Go-Ventures.
"AgriAku’s marketplace launched in May 2021 and the company says it has seen average month-on-month growth of 200% in gross merchandise...…
California based insurtech management liability platform raised $30m in Series B funding led by Vy Capital, Valor Equity Partners, and...
California based platform for creating "AI-powered" virtual world characters raised $10m in Seed funding led by Bitkraft Ventures.
"The company’s powerful AI capabilities enable brands and developers to create virtual human agents with unique behaviors and awareness...…
San Francisco based checkout startup raised $8m in Seed funding led by Caffeinated Capital and SciFi VC.
"Ownit is like the 'Plaid of e-commerce;' what it is doing is a “heavy tech lift,” involving connecting people, merchants and payment...…
Israeli based cyber threat coverage optimization startup raised $17.5m in Series A funding led by Viola Ventures.
“We have already gained significant traction with our customers across key industries, including manufacturing, financial services,...…
London based social investing app Shares raised $40m in Series A funding led by Valar Ventures.
"In addition to stock trading, Shares users can discuss investments with friends and family members. Users can create discussion groups...…
San Francisco based sales intelligence platform raised $110m in Series C funding led by Sequoia Capital.
“Apollo simplifies the convoluted and manual processes of sales prospecting—ultimately, making smart, data-driven GTM simple and...…
In 2021, the tech ecosystem in Africa reached 2x the quantity of rounds and more than 3x the amount invested compared to the previous...
Russia has over $700 million worth of government bond payments due this month. While in theory it has ample reserves to cover debt, in...
According to reports in the FT, CS has quietly been offloading risks from its exposure to U.S.-sanctioned Russian oligarchs, after this...
Airdrops involve crypto projects sending free tokens en masse to their communities in a bid to encourage adoption. The airdrop this week,...
New York based digital health company raised $55m in Series C funding led by ICONIQ Growth.
“Investing in the future of benefits is extremely important, especially as the healthcare landscape and expectations of consumers are...…
The flood of US capital into European startups is poised to accelerate this year after participation from investors across the pond...
Chicago based direct-to-consumer home insurance company raised $82m in Series D funding led by QED Growth.
“We’re modernizing an industry rife with inefficiency, and we’re doing it with our unmatched ability to move fast and respond to changes...…
Congratulations to portfolio companies Axoni, NYDIG, and OpenSea for being named to CB Insight's Blockchain 50, which is an annual...
Cadana helps employees by providing modern payroll platforms that allow employees access to their earned salary on-demand, anytime,...
In response to a question about Griffin's past stance on crypto and the recent participation of VC firm Paradigm in Citadel Securities's...
Since Ukraine posted wallets soliciting money a couple days ago, it’s received about $8.2m in a Bitcoin wallet and $7.1m in an Ether...
United Kingdom based family finance startup raised $2.8m in Seed funding led by Octopus Ventures and Anthemis.
“The main hurdle for many parents to effectively save for their children’s future is a lack of awareness about what they can do and a...…
Singapore based spend management startup raised $29m in Series A funding led by JAM fund.
“With APAC and MENA churning out several unicorn level enterprises every year, it is indeed making a big wave on the global frontier....…
Bulgaria based spend management platform raised $100m in Series B funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
"Payhawk is more than just spend management software. It’s a one-stop-shop for finance teams to consolidate the previously disparate...…
The government sanctions require Visa to suspend access to its network for entities listed as Specially Designated Nationals. The United...
The deal, the largest in TD's history, is expected to close during the bank's fiscal first quarter, which ends on Jan. 31, 2023. It will...
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