Fundraising News

UK Talent-Tech Firm Targets Enterprise Growth with New Investment Round

1 year 5 months ago
Fundraising News

Clu, a skills-based inclusive hiring platform, today announces an investment round of £1.2million to further progress its goal of becoming a major player within the Talent-Tech market, which is forecast to reach $30 billion by 20331.

UK Pension Startup Smart Raises $95M in Series E Funding

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

Smart, the London-headquartered fintech transforming the global retirement savings market, today announces it has closed its $95m Series E funding in a round led by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (“Aquiline”), a private investment firm based in New York and London.

African Fintech M-KOPA Raises $250M

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

M-KOPA, a leading fintech platform, today announced it successfully closed over $250m in new debt and equity funding to expand its financial services offering to underbanked consumers across Sub-Saharan Africa. This marks one of the largest combined debt and equity raises in the African tech sector, enabling M-KOPA to continue its rapid growth.

TerraPay Welcomes Visa as a Strategic Investor and Global Partner as Digital Cross-border Trade Accelerates

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

TerraPay, a leading global payments infrastructure company, today announces a strategic equity investment from Visa, a world leader in digital payments. In addition, the companies are collaborating to connect Visa solutions to the TerraPay network to help streamline digital cross-border commerce for consumers and SMBs.

Abhi Becomes MENAP’s First Fintech to Issue Islamic Bonds

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News, Islamic Finance

ABHI, a growing embedded finance platform in the MENAP region, announces it has made history by issuing Islamic bonds worth PKR 2 billion (US$7.1 million). The bond issue is a significant milestone for both ABHI, and the region, as no other Fintech in the region has successfully achieved this before.

Credit Card FinTech Petal Secures $35M

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

Petal, a US credit card startup that is ditching traditional credit scores in an effort to sign up young people and the underbanked, has raised $35 million in funding and spun off is B2B-focused subsidiary Prism Data.

8fig Raises $140M Series B Funding to Boost ECommerce Businesses

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

8fig has taken another leap forward in our mission to help a growing number of eCommerce sellers achieve sustainable growth despite a turbulent global economy, thanks to an immensely successful Series B funding round. We at 8fig are excited to announce that we secured $140 million in funding at the close of our Series B funding round in April 2023. 8fig’s total funding to date is now $196.5 million.

British Business Investments Commits a Further £30M to Apera Asset Management

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

British Business Investments today announces it has increased its commitment to private credit provider Apera Asset Management by £30m. The increase, which follows an earlier commitment of £50m, brings the total commitment from British Business Investments to £80m. The investment will be deployed through a Separate Managed Account (SMA), enabling British Business Investments to pursue a bespoke investment strategy and invest in UK companies only... more

Blackfinch Property Completes £2.3M Development Loan for Housing with a Sustainability Strategy in Worcestershire

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

Blackfinch Property, a rapidly growing agile lender to the UK property market, has provided £2.3m in funding to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) of Dunedin Homes for the development of seven new homes in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, each fitted with environmentally friendly features.

Marble Secures $4.2 Million Seed Plus, Helping Them Launch Latest Features

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

Marble, the free platform that makes it easy and rewarding to take control of all your insurance in one place, has officially announced their seed plus of $4.2 million in investment, alongside the launch of new features including Rate Watch, Automated Shopping, and A

Leading Pakistan BNPL Fintech - QistBazaar - Secures Pkr 500 Million Equity And Embedded Finance Partnership With Bank Alfalah

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

QistBazaar, a leading Pakistan-based Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech, announces a significant equity and Shariah-Compliant embedded finance partnership with Bank Alfalah - one of Pakistan’s largest commercial banks. The partnership is worth PKR 500 million (US$1.7m) , and includes Bank Alfalah taking a 7.2% equity stake in QistBazaar, as well as becoming the Company’s embedded lending partner.

Payments Startup Liquido Raises $26 Million Funding for Launch

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

Liquido, a next-generation payments company for Latin America has emerged from stealth and launched publicly with $26M from Index Ventures.

Sustainable Banking Platform Green-Got Eyes International Expansion to Bring Climate-friendly Banking to Europe

1 year 6 months ago
Digital banking, Fundraising News

Founded in 2020, Green-Got is a French banking platform whose mission is to empower every user to fund and invest in the ecological transition–even those unfamiliar with finance. Green-Got has now raised €5 million to scale its offer and impact, including €1.9 million from its community and another €3 million in venture capital led by leading climate tech VC Pale blue dot.

Kingsway Finance Secures New £10M Funding Facility to Help Fund UK SMEs

1 year 6 months ago
Fundraising News

Kingsway Finance, part of Praetura Group’s lending division, has announced a new £10m block discounting funding facility from British Business Investments.