MetaWeb Ventures Raises $30 Million For Builder Focused-Blockchain Fund
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
MetaWeb Ventures, a global venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in crypto start-ups, announced today the launch of its first fund ("Fund I" or "the Fund"), with total capital commitments of $30 million USD.
21.co Raises $25 Million, Becoming Switzerland’s Largest Crypto Unicorn
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
21.co, the world’s leader in providing access to crypto through simple and easy-to-use products, today announced a $25 million round led by Marshall Wace. This round values the business up to $2 billion, making 21.co Switzerland’s largest crypto unicorn. With this round of financing, 21.co will continue to drive rapid, targeted growth through first-of-their-kind products, key market expansions and strategic talent acquisitions.
05/09 – Weekly Investment & Fundraising News
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Indian FinTech EarlySalary Closes on $110M for Expansion
Alloy Announces $52 Million in Additional Series C
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Alloy, the New York-based company behind an operating system that helps banks and fintechs make better identity and risk decisions, has raised $52 million at a $1.55 billion valuation. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Avenir Growth led the funding with participation from Canapi Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Avid Ventures, and Felicis Ventures.
Indian FinTech EarlySalary Closes on $110M for Expansion
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Indian lending fintech EarlySalary has raised $110 million in a Series D funding round led by TPG’s The Rise Fund and Norwest Venture Partners. Founded in Pune in 2015, EarlySalary provides loans of up to Rs 5 lakhs (about $6300) to working professionals. The company has since expanded into the BNPL market, with a focus on education, health and consumer product financing.
Solid Raises $63 Million Series B Led By FTV Capital
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Compliant Payment System Secures Seed Round Led by SFC Capital, Bringing Total Funding to £1.2M
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Ryft, the revolutionary PSD2 compliant payments system, has raised a large seed round, led by SFC Capital, the UK’s most active seed-stage investor. Additional investors include the ex-founder of Shutterstock and the founder of LoveFilm. Ryft enables automated next-day payouts for marketplace businesses and their merchants, for a single flat fee per transaction.
Save Now Buy Later Fintech Tortoise Raises Funding from Swiggy and ZestMoney Founders
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Fintech startup Tortoise, a platform that rewards consumers to save up for their purchases, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Sriharsha Majety co-founder / CEO of Swiggy) and Lizzie Chapman, co-founder / CEO of Fintech ZestMoney in a mentors round.
Pezesha Raises Pre-series A of $11M to Grow its Embedded Finance Platform
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Pan-African embedded finance Fintech Pezesha has raised a pre-series A investment of $11 Million. The round was a mix of $6 million equity and $5 million debt. The funding round, which was led by Women’s World Banking Capital Partners II (WWBCP II), will see the company significantly scale operations in its core markets and grow into new markets within Sub Sahara Africa.
International Payments Addressing Platform iPiD Secures $3.3M in Seed Funding
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Fintech start-up iPiD has announced a $3.3M seed funding round by strategic investors Rapyd Ventures, Jungle Ventures, 1982 Ventures, Resolution Ventures, Saison Capital, the XA Network and Wing Vasiksiri. In addition, the company has announced the appointment of Alain Raes, a long-time payments industry expert and former SWIFT executive, to the iPiD management team as Chief Commercial Officer.
Oxbury Bank – Britain’s First and Only AgTech Bank – Secures New Funding as it Continues Rapid Lending Growth
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Oxbury Bank – the UK’s first and only AgTech bank – has secured £25m in Tier 2 capital funding, with the investment made by British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank.
Justhome Raises €3.3M to Help More People Become Homeowners
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Justhome, the next-generation home financing startup, has raised €3.3 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Target Global. APX, the Berlin-based early-stage fund backed by Europe’s leading digital publishers Axel Springer and Porsche also participated in the round, alongside a number of industry-leading angel investors.
VRGL Announces $15M Series A Fundraising Round Led by MissionOG and FINTOP Capital
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
VRGL, Inc (“VRGL”), a provider of institutional-grade analytics and automated data extraction to the wealth management industry, today announced it has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by MissionOG and FINTOP Capital. Founding investors Sallyport Investments and
Singapore-Headquartered FinTech banco Raises US$6.7 Million in Series A Round
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
Singapore-headquartered, Financial Technology (FinTech) company, banco (RABC Group) today announced the successful raise of US$6.7M in Series A funding led by Japan-based leading financial group SBI Group, alongside investors Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), R3, Savills, KZM & Company, and others.
Lightnet Raises US$50 Million to Bolster Blockchain-Powered Remittances
- 3 years 1 month ago
- Fundraising News
The Lightnet Group ("Lightnet") announced today it has secured a $50 million capital commitment from LDA Capital Ltd ("LDA") to grow its infrastructure, operations, and expand its technological partner's (Velo Labs Technology) blockchain technology. Lightnet will have the option to increase the $50 million to a total commitment of up to $100 million over the next three years.
