LemonEdge Raises $2.5 Million in Mission to Digitise Complex Accounting for the Private Equity and Financial Services Industries
- 10.06.2021 10:25 am
- Fundraising News, Investment, Asset Management
London-based fintech LemonEdge (formerly LemonTree Software), has secured funding of $2.5 million USD in a heavily oversubscribed fundraising round led by Sidekick Partners, a venture firm with deep ties to the North American private equity industry. Sidekick Partners is joined in this round by investors Tikhon Bernstam, founder of Parse and Scribd, and Lauren Iaslovits, founder of Investran and a pioneer of private capital market technologies.
Vault Platform Secures $8.2 million in Series A Funding
- 07.06.2021 05:30 pm
- Fundraising News
Vault Platform, the pioneering workplace ethics & compliance platform, has closed an $8.2 million Series A funding round to service demand from its fast-growing client base, drive Artificial Intelligence technology for misconduct reporting and expand its team.
Trulioo Raises USD $394M Series D Funding led by TCV at $1.75B Valuation
- 07.06.2021 03:21 pm
- Fundraising News
Trulioo, the leader in global identity verification, announced today it has secured $394M in funding at a $1.75B valuation. The Series D round was led by TCV, one of the largest growth equity firms, with participation from existing investors Citi Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Mouro Capital and American Express Ventures. TCV General Partner, Jake Reynolds, and Principal Amol Helekar will join Trulioo’s Board of Directors.
eStoreMedia – Software Supplier to Fortune 500 Brands Completes $30M Fundraise
- 02.06.2021 11:30 am
- Fundraising News
eStoreMedia, the digital shelf software for Fortune 500 brands has raised $30 million in its first fundraise through investment by Kennet Partners and Digital+ Partners. The firm, which already counts many of the Fortune 500 brands as its clients, will use the investment to accelerate eStoreMedia’s digital shelf automation suite for brands, as well as for expansion into new markets.
Curve Raises Nearly £10m in Largest Ever Equity Raise on Crowdcube
- 28.05.2021 06:30 pm
- Fundraising News
Curve, the fast-growing financial super app, has closed the largest ever equity raise on Crowdcube, breaking multiple records during the campaign. The raise closed at 1500 BST yesterday, hitting nearly £10m in funding from 11,795 investors. In another record, Curve was the fastest ever company on Crowdcube to raise £6m, which it did in just 2 hours 49 minutes after it went live on 25th May. The fundraise has also been Crowdcube’s most popular in... more
Transcend Launches First Enterprise-Wide CCP Connectivity and Optimization Solution
- 19.05.2021 03:58 pm
- Fundraising News, Management
Transcend, a leading provider of inventory, funding and liquidity management and optimization solutions, expands its best-in-class solution suite with the launch of CCP Central. CCP Central is the first platform to connect and automate margin and collateral management activities across a global network of Central Clearing Counterparties (CCPs).
Maviance PLC, closes its Seed Round to Fund its Expansion Within the Central African Economic Region (CEMAC)
- 11.05.2021 02:55 pm
- Fundraising News
Maviance PLC (www.smobilpay.cm), a Cameroon-based fintech, announced today that it has closed its Seed investment round of USD 3 million from the pan-African digital payments hub MFS Africa, which comes on board as a strategic investor. Maviance will use the new funding to increase its footprint in its Cameroon and to expand into other countries in the central African economic region (CEMAC).
HIPSTO Launches its Series A Funding Round
- 10.05.2021 02:40 pm
- Fundraising News, Cloud
HIPSTO today announced the launch of its Series A Funding Round, providing the rare opportunity to invest in an organization with proprietary, leading-edge AI/advanced NLP technology as it starts its commercial journey. HIPSTO is seeking funding to scale up its AI development department and bolster the commercial (sales & marketing) function prior to aggressively targeting the Data Labeling, Alternative Data and Brand Safety Markets. The... more
Integral Reports Average Daily Volumes of $43.3 Billion in April 2021
- 06.05.2021 04:10 pm
- Fundraising News
Integral (www.integral.com), a leading technology company in the foreign exchange market, reported today average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totaled $43.3 billion in April 2021. This represents a decrease of -19.2% compared to March 2021 and an increase of +23.4% compared to the same period in 2020. Reported ADV represents volumes traded across the group’s entire liquidity network, including TrueFXTM and Integral OCXTM, in... more
Wealthsimple Passes 2 million Canadian Users as it Delves into Banking Territory
- 05.05.2021 08:50 am
- Fundraising News
The Canadian fintech surpassed the 2 million user mark in its home country, up from around 1.5 million when it last reported the figure in October. Wealthsimple unveiled the user updates alongside a CAD$750 million ($559.2 million) funding round on Monday, which values it at CAD$5 billion ($3.73 billion)—more than triple the CAD$1.5 billion ($1.12 billion) valuation it reached after its previous round in October.
Chargebee Raises $125M Series G Funding to Accelerate the Global Shift to Subscriptions
- 20.04.2021 04:17 pm
- Fundraising News
Chargebee, the leading subscription billing and revenue management platform, today announced a fresh round of $125M in series G funding, co-led by new investor Sapphire Ventures and existing investors Tiger Global and Insight Venture Partners, along with participation from existing investors. With this round of funding, Chargebee is now valued at $1.4 billion, a 3x growth in valuation since their previous round of funding less than six months... more
Nebulon Delivers SmartInfrastructure in Supermicro Ultra Servers
- 20.04.2021 02:30 pm
- Fundraising News, Cloud
Nebulon, Inc® announced today the availability of smartInfrastructureTM, a server-embedded, infrastructure software delivered as-a-service, which offers the benefits of the public cloud on-premises, from core to edge for any application: containerised, virtualised or bare-metal.
Deepbridge Achieves record EIS Fundraising Levels
- 15.04.2021 03:31 pm
- Fundraising News
Venture capital investment manager Deepbridge Capital today announces that it has seen a record year of Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fundraising, with £29.4 million deployed across 37 growth companies. This represents an increase from 2019/20 and 2018/19 in which £21 million and £28 million were deployed respectively. Deepbridge manages the Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS and the Deepbridge Life Sciences EIS.
Closing of illimity SGR’s First Fund, the “illimity Credit & Corporate Turnaround Fund,” Sells UTP Credit Positions of Over 200M Eur
- 01.04.2021 02:44 pm
- Fundraising News, Management
illimity SGR, the illimity Group’s asset management company created to set up and manage alternative investment funds, has completed the first closing of “illimity Credit & Corporate Turnaround” (the “Fund” or “iCCT”)—a contribution fund dedicated to investments in unlikely to pay (“UTP”) loans to SMEs with revival and relaunch prospects.
Cynergy Bank Lends Over £130m in Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme Loans
- 31.03.2021 04:00 pm
- Fundraising News, Banking
Cynergy Bank reached a significant milestone in February, lending over £130m to SMEs through the British Business Bank’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), with further facilities being submitted for approval, Cynergy Bank is expecting to further increase its lending to SMEs under the scheme. Delivered through British Business Bank accredited lenders, CBILS is designed to support the continued provision of finance to UK... more
