After securing $40 million in Series A funding, London-based social and investing startup Shares is launching its app. The Series A was led by Peter Theil's Valar Ventures and brings Shares' total funding to $50 million in just nine months. Having built up a 60,000-strong waitlist, Shares is now available for Brits to download via the Apple Store and Google Play, promising to bring all the features users would expect from a social m

CommerzVentures, the specialist fintech investor, announce their third €300m fund.

UK-based crypto startup Mode has named former Alipay UK CEO Rita Liu as chief executive officer. For over a decade Liu has held leadership roles at fintech giant Alipay in Asia, the US, Canada and was CEO in the UK before joining Mode in March 2020 as Chief Commercial Officer. In her new role, Liu will be responsible for driving Mode forward as the firm bids to deliver a one-stop app for users to shop, earn and grow their bitcoin.

Foonie Magus, the company behind Apeiron, the world's first god-game with NFTs, has announced that it will receive $750,000 of investment from Yield Game Guilds Southeast Asia (YGG SEA) and Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC), in a strong show of support for the metaverse's hottest new project. The two organizations will use the money to acquire their very own YGG SEA Constellation in Apeiron's SEA Mythologically-inspired galaxy, which will come with its own NFTs, cosmetics, and tokens for guild scholars to enjoy.

Leading mortgage technology provider, Twenty7Tec, has announced the monthly results from its data analytics module INSIGHT, which tracks the behavior of the 15,000 advisers who search for mortgages for their clients via the CloudTwenty7 platform.

Mortgage searches in February 2022:

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Neobanking platform Stashfin has introduced exclusive offers for its credit line card customers this International Women’s Day. In the run-up to 8th March, Stashfin will be offering 8X accelerated rewards on purchases made at select partners – Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, Swiggy, Zomato, Nykaa, Tatacliq, Tanishq, Croma, Ajio, Chumbak, Lenskart, ShopperStop, Myglamm, BlinkIt, BigBasket.

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