Automata Raises €2M - Superseding Current Accounts by Enabling Customers to Pay With Invested Capital
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment, Banking
Automata, the UK-France-based fintech on a mission to transform retail digital banking and wealth management, has announced €1.5M in private investments as part of its ongoing Series A funding round and €2M in total investments since the company was founded.
Clim8 Extends Crowdfunding Round as Campaign Hits £1.5 Million
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment
Clim8 Invest (Clim8), the first digital investment platform to help consumers invest exclusively in companies focused on tackling the climate crisis, is smashing its latest Crowdcube campaign. Initially set at £400,000, the total secured now stands at over £1.5 million - almost 4x its original target.
StockRepublic and Enfuce to Provide Revolutionary Open Banking Investment Application
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Open Banking, Investment
Swedish open investment platform StockRepublic and one of Europe’s leading fintechs Enfuce partnered up this year to provide a trailblazing fund and stock solution for established financial institutions.
Transcend Raises $10 Million in Series A
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment
Transcend, a leader in business optimization for financial firms, has closed its Series A financing, limiting the raise to $10 million after over-subscription by potential investors. The financing round was led by Nyca Partners, a leading fintech venture capital firm, with support from a major global custodian bank.
Icon Solutions Secures Strategic Investment From J.P. Morgan
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment, Payments
Icon Solutions, the specialist provider of world-class payment solutions and consultancy services, today announced a strategic investment from J.P. Morgan.
Superscript Secures Further £8.5 Million to Scale its Small Business Insurance Offering
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Insurtech, Investment
Superscript, the business insurance challenger, has announced a new £8.5 million fundraise, led by existing investor, BHL Holdings, alongside investment from the Government's Future Fund, Seedcamp, Concentric and the London Co-Investment Fund.
Grafton Capital takes majority ownership position in ‘fintech of fintechs’, Third Financial
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment
Private equity firm Grafton Capital has invested £7 million into Third Financial, the fast growing, innovative investment platform and software provider.
Funding Options and Cooper Parry Form Strategic Alliance to Support SME Growth
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment, Accounting
Funding Options, the leading marketplace for business finance, and fast-growing ‘rebels of accountancy’ Cooper Parry have joined forces to provide financial solutions for ambitious scale-ups and SMEs. Sharing a vision to make access to growth funding fast and as frictionless as possible, the strategic relationship will see Cooper Parry utilise Funding Options’ platform to source debt-based products for clients in need of working capital.
British Fintech PrimaryBid Secures $50m in Series B
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment
PrimaryBid, the British fintech platform that connects retail investors with public companies raising capital, has closed a $50m Series B investment round from a leading group of investors. The fundraising follows a period of rapid growth in 2020 during which PrimaryBid helped U.K. retail investors access billions of pounds of corporate fundraisings during the COVID-19 pandemic, including FTSE 100 Compass Group, Ocado, Taylor Wimpey and Segro.
XTransfer Closes Series C1 Funding Round, Steps up Investment in AML, Risk Management Infrastructure and Information Security System
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment, Security, AML and KYC, Risk Management
China's leading one-stop cross-border financial services and risk management company XTransfer announced that it has completed a Series C1 round of financing. The latest round was led by Telstra Ventures, together with MindWorks Ventures and existing investors.
Franklin Templeton and Illuminate Financial Invest in Curv’s Keyless Digital Asset Security Infrastructure
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment, Cryptocurrencies, Infrastructure
Curv, the leader in digital asset security, today announced that global investment firm Franklin Templeton and fintech VC Illuminate Financial Management joined existing investors as part of its Series A funding. In July 2020, Curv’s Series A round included a cohort of investors spanning CommerzVentures, Coinbase, Digital Currency Group, Team8 and Digital Garage.
SIA and Hex Trust to Deliver Digital Financial Services in Europe
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain, Investment, Cryptocurrencies
SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in the payment services and infrastructures sector, controlled by CDP Equity, has signed a partnership agreement with Hex Trust, the leading fintech company in digital asset custody infrastructure for the banking sector, to provide digital asset services to European financial institutions enabling their customers to access new investments opportunities based on blockchain technology.
Detected Raises £250,000 to Eliminate Fraud Across B2B E-commerce
- 4 years 2 months ago
- E-Commerce, Investment, Fraud Detection
Detected, the world’s first agnostic business verification platform, has closed its pre-seed funding round at £250,000. This first tranche has been raised from a number of prominent angel investors within the founding team’s network. Participants include:
VR and Investment – An Exciting Sub-category of Fintech
- 4 years 2 months ago
- Investment
There are many different arms of fintech being developed specifically for businesses and investment companies, but virtual reality is something that has existed for a while in different formats, and is being adopted into the investment space through innovate software. Interested to find out more? Here’s some key information about virtual reality currently, and how it ties in successfully with the property investment world. Origins of VR
Spendesk Adds $18M to its Series B Round from Eight Roads Ventures
- 4 years 3 months ago
- Investment
Spendesk, the leading spend management platform for SMBs, today announced it has raised $18 million in addition to its Series B round last year ($38 million). The new investment comes from global VC fund Eight Roads Ventures and brings the total raised to $68.5 million. This funding will support the strong growth Spendesk has realised despite the current pandemic, which has accelerated digitisation of finance departments and increased the demand... more
