Included VС Launches Its Third Fellowship, Continuing Its Mission to Increase Diversity in Venture Capital
- 2 years 8 months ago
- Fundraising News, Investment
● Included VC is a 9 month Fellowship that enables individuals from backgrounds that are underrepresented in VC to access a comprehensive curriculum, a network of mentors, and opportunities to find investment roles within the industry. ● Fellows from previous Included VC cohorts, who were actively looking for roles in VC, are now in VC investment roles at firms including Octopus Ventures, Atomico, M12, KAYA VC and Founders Factory.
Flutterwave Closes USD $250M in Series D Funding, Valuation Rises to Over USD $3bn
- 2 years 8 months ago
- Fundraising News
Flutterwave, a leading technology company, announced today that it has raised USD $250 million in Series D funding, valuing the company at over $3 billion as the brand continues to transform the way Africans transact on the continent and worldwide.
TrueLayer and PayPal invest in South African startup Stitch
- 2 years 8 months ago
- APIs, Fundraising News
Open finance continues to be a significant theme in the world of fintech as businesses tap APIs to access customers’ financial accounts and provide a gamut of integrated and embedded financial services.
11/02 – Weekly Investment & Fundraising News
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
UAE-based blockchain payment startup PYPL raises $11 million
Vitesse PSP, Secures $26 Million in Series B Funding
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News, Payments
UK headquartered fintech, Vitesse, secures $26 million in Series B funding to drive further digitisation of the insurance market Funding round led by Prime Ventures, with participation from Octopus Ventures and Hannover Digital Investments The new funding will enable Vitesse to tap into the growing digitisation of the insurance market in Europe and the US
UAE-based Blockchain Payments Startup Pypl Raises $11 Million
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
One of the region’s fastest-growing FinTechs, Pyypl (pronounced “People”), announces it has closed a US$ 11 million series A financing round with participation from a diverse group of international family offices and HNWI’s.
Fintern Secures £40 Million to Scale Its Credit Technology and Power Fair Finance Across the UK and Beyond
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News, Lending
After proving its model in 2021, Fintern has now raised a Series A round led by Hambro Perks to expand access to affordable consumer credit
Hubpay, the Cross-Border Wallet in MENAP, Becomes First Fintech to Hold EMI License in UAE and Pakistan, as It Raises $20 Million Series A, Led by Signal Peak Ventures
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
MENAP-focused fintech Hubpay raises $20 million in Series A round.
Tonik Raises US$131M Series B Led by Mizuho Bank
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News, Banking
Other investors include Prosus Ventures as well as prior investors Insignia, Sequoia India, Point72 Ventures, and iGlobe
Alchemy Secures $200M at $10.2B Valuation
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
After a funding round spearheaded by Lightspeed and Silver Lake, Web3 developer platform Alchemy announced its valuation has nearly tripled to $10.2 billion. The $200 million round included Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, Pantera Capital, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
Investing App Infina Closes Us$6 Million in Seed Funding From Sequoia India’s Surge, Y Combinator, Saison Capital and More
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
The funding round included Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, Y Combinator, Saison Capital, Starling Ventures, Alpha JWC, App Works, alongside investors who have invested in Robinhood, Coinbase, and similar models in other markets Infina, dubbed the ‘Robinhood of Vietnam’ aims to democratise investing in Vietnam, making it easy for anyone to start investing from just USD$22 with minimal risk
Meet Midas, Turkey’s First Retail Investing Startup, Which Has Raised $11m Spark Capital, Earlybird Digital East and Nigel Morris
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News, FinTech StartUps
Midas, a retail investing startup that gives access to US and Turkish equities in Turkey, announced today that it has raised $11 million in equity funding. The fundraise comes just 8 months after their inception, and is led by Spark Capital and Earlybird Digital East Fund, with Nigel Morris, and Revo Capital also participating. This is one of the largest fintech seed investments to date in Turkey.
4/02 – Weekly Investment & Fundraising News
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News
1. NBK Capital Partners Mezzanine Fund provides $10 million financing to Moove, an African Mobility Fintech
B2B Payments Platform Billhop Raises €10.5 Million Led by EQT Ventures to Help Businesses Optimise Working Capital and Gain Process Efficiencies
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News, Payments
Billhop enables businesses to pay supplier invoices using existing cards, regardless of the suppliers’ payment stack – tapping into $120 trillion B2B payments market, which lacks low-friction options compared to B2C Creates opportunities for increased capital efficiencies, creating win-wins for all buyers, sellers, and their payment providers New funding will be used for hiring, customer acquisition, and geographical expansion
CoinTracker Raises $100M to Make Cryptocurrency Portfolio Tracking and Tax Compliance Seamless for Millions of Users Globally
- 2 years 9 months ago
- Fundraising News, Cryptocurrencies
Back in 2017, we started tinkering with cryptocurrency. We set up accounts on several exchanges and began using a bunch of wallets. While exchanges and wallets have made it reasonably easy to buy, hold, and transact with crypto securely, it was difficult to understand what our portfolios looked like, and nearly impossible to comply with tax rules. We attempted to use spreadsheets and tried all the software out there; but to our frustration, they... more
