Employee Benefit and Reward Pioneer Ben Secures $2.5M
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Investment, Payments
Employee benefit and reward pioneer Ben has raised $2.5m in a round led by Cherry Ventures and Seedcamp. The round was also supported by notable FinTech and HRTech angel investors including Paul Forster of Indeed.com, Taavet Hinrikus of Transferwise, Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas of GoCardless (now Index Ventures), Philip Reynolds of Workday, and Matt Robinson of Nested.
Token Secures $15M Series B to Power Open Payments Across Europe
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Investment, Payments
Leading open banking payments platform, Token, today announces $15m in Series B financing, welcoming investment from SBI Investment Co. Ltd. and Sony Innovation Fund by IGV as well as from existing investors Octopus Ventures, EQT Ventures and the venture arm of BNP Paribas, Opera Tech Ventures.
TapSimple Raises £2M to Power Cashless Charity Fundraising
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Investment, Payments
Feel-good fundraising platform TapSimple has raised £900,000 in an investment round as it continues to develop its technology to support charitable fundraising activity in an increasingly cashless world, taking its total fundraising to date to the £2m mark. Investors in the round include Ecclesiastical, Lord Michael Spencer, Lord Mervyn Davies, Dominic Burke, and Anthony Bolton who join previous round investors including former NCVO chairman Sir... more
Quirk Secures £300K to Help Young Professionals Manage Their Money According to Their Personality
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Investment
Quirk, a consumer fintech startup that uses unique personality testing to deliver tailored financial advice to young professionals, has raised £300,000 in pre-seed funding from SFC Capital and angel investors. Quirk will use the funding to grow its team, expand its product offering, and fuel its broader mission to build financial freedom for everyone.
Tradeteq Raises Over USD9 Million In Series A
- 3 years 6 months ago
- Investment
Tradeteq, the technology provider for bank asset distribution, has announced the successful completion of its Series A funding round, securing USD9.4 million from a consortium of US technology investors. It brings the total raised since the company launched to more than USD16 million.
British Business Investments Commits €40M to Claret Fund III at First Close
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment
British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has completed a commitment of €40m to the first close of Harbert/Claret European Growth Capital Fund III. Other investors include the European Investment Fund. The fund will provide growth debt to early stage, fast growing, technology focused smaller businesses in the UK and Europe.
Perenna Raises $10 Million in Latest Funding Round to Bring Fixed for Life Mortgages to UK Market
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Perenna, the London based fintech, has completed its latest funding round raising $10 million as part of its plans to obtain a banking licence and bring its technology-centric lending proposition of fixed for life mortgages to the UK housing market in summer 2021.
Rain Secures $6 Million In Series A
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Bahrain-based cryptocurrency trading platform Rain has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), it announced in a statement to MENAbytes yesterday. The round was co-led by Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency platform in the United States, Saudi-based Vision Ventures, US-based crypto-focused fund CMT Digital Ventures, Saudi’s JIMCO, and Dubai International Fintech Centre’s Fintech Fund.
Pires Investments plc Completes Investment in Decentralised Finance Technology Platform "YOP"
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Pires Investments plc (AIM: PIRI), the investment company focused on next generation technology, announces that the investment in DeTech Studio Limited ("DeTech") which is developing a decentralised finance technology platform ("YOP") that was announced on 2 December 2020, has now been completed.
Quantile Technologies Secures $51 Million Growth Investment from Spectrum Equity
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Quantile Technologies (Quantile), a leading provider of portfolio optimisation services for the global financial services market, today announced that it has received a $51 million (£38 million) minority investment from Spectrum Equity, a leading growth equity firm focused on Internet-enabled software and information services companies.
Sweep Announces £900,000 Investment Total
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Sweep, the expense and travel management platform for SMEs, has today announced that it hit its 2020 funding target and achieved a total of £900,000 in investments and grants this year.
Checkout.com Triples Valuation to $15bn with $450m Series C Fundraise
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment, Payments
Checkout.com, the leading Connected Payments™ solutions provider, today announced that it closed a $450 million Series C fundraising round. This gives the business a post-money valuation of $15 billion, making it the fourth largest fintech globally and EMEA’s most valuable venture-backed business [1], as the business continues to expand across the globe.
Curve Closes $95M Series C Round
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Curve, the London-based fintech that combines multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, today announces it has secured $95 million from a leading group of international investors as part of a successful Series C round.
Business Systems (UK) Ltd Announces Investment by August Equity
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Business Systems (UK) Ltd (BSL), a specialist in Enterprise Communications solutions is delighted to announce that private equity (PE) firm, August Equity has acquired a controlling interest in the company to enable an acceleration of their ambitious growth plans.
PayDashboard Secures over £165,000 in Funding from Innovate UK
- 3 years 7 months ago
- Investment
PayDashboard, the interactive payslip platform, today announced it has been selected by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to receive a £167,072 funding grant to help drive and support its continued growth in the financial wellness space.
