Israel based payments fraud startup Creednz raised $7m in new funding led by Blumberg Capital.

NY based point-of-sale financing platform Kafene raised $12.6m in a Series B extension led by Third Prime.

NYC based AlphaSense, an AI-based market intel firm, raised $150m in growth funding led by Bond Capital.

London based payments platform Apron, designed to help small businesses pay and process their invoices, raised $15m in Series A funding,...

France based spend management startup Pivot raised €5m in pre-seed funding led by Visionaries, Emblem, Cocoa, Anamcara, and Financière...

Blackstone is gearing up to make its first major push into lending to startups and technology companies joining a corner of the debt...

Washington D.C. is the most expensive city to launch a company in the US, with a yearly cost of $145k, while Tucson, Arizona was the...

The Economist explores the trend of companies staying private longer and how founders and first recruits (who own majority stakes)...

In 2014 over 2,960 angels participated in a financing round, thats 3 x the 822 angels who did so in 2010! Founders are taking advantage...

Financial Services featured as one of the key industries to be overturned by startups going forward. Lending, payroll, health insurance...

Alibaba announced today that it has launched the $129 million non-profit organization, the Alibaba Hong Kong Young Entrepreneurs...

No magic formula exposed here, but a good article from Anna Irrera with quotes from a number of the people involved in FinTech investing...