Ziglu Successfully Closes Largest Equity Raise of 2020
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Ziglu, the personal money app, has successfully closed its crowdfunding campaign, having raised over £6 million from over 1250 investors. Ziglu aimed to raise £1 million but hit this target within 3 hours of the campaign opening, with this very high investor demand Ziglu went on to raise 500% more than their initial target. The average investment amount was £4,800.
Primer Raises £14m in Series A Funding Round Led by Accel
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Primer, the low-code payments infrastructure and online checkout API, today announces a £14 million Series A funding round led by Accel. Existing investors Balderton, SpeedInvest and Seedcamp also participated, and were joined in the round by RTP Global.
FinecoBank Partners with Sustainable Investing Leader Robeco to Expand Fund Offering
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
FinecoBank today announces the expansion of its investment offerings with a series of funds from Robeco. Fineco customers will now have access to Robeco’s extensive range of active investing products, including a number of products focused on the expanding sustainable investing space.
Identitii Raises $4 Million Funding
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Identitii Limited (Identitii, Company) (ASX:ID8) is pleased to advise that it has received binding commitments to raise a total of $4.015 million via an oversubscribed placement to sophisticated and institutional investors.
Detected Closed £600,000 Seed Round Within 72 Hours, Trustpilot CTO Joins Advisory Board
- 4 years 10 months ago
- RegTech, Investment, People Moves
Detected, the world’s first agnostic business verification platform, has completed its £600,000 seed round led by Hong Kong based EmergeVest within just 72 hours. Stephen Garland, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Trustpilot, has also joined Detected’s advisory board and is one of many high-profile investors that include:
Digital Horizon Invests in Obligo, the Property Rental Security Deposit Financing Company
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Digital Horizon VC has invested in Round A in the Israeli-American fintech Obligo, which provides deposit-free residential leasing technology in the real estate segment.
TransferGo Secures £4M from Silicon Valley Bank to Power Instant Payments
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment, Payments
TransferGo, one of the world’s fastest growing money transfer companies, today announces it has received £4m in financing from Silicon Valley Bank UK Branch (SVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative companies. This will enable the business to further develop and expand its real-time payments platform for consumers, SMEs and enterprise clients.
Forter Raises $125M in Series E
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Forter, the leader in e-commerce fraud prevention, announced it has raised $125 million in Series E funding. Led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Felix Capital and Itai Tsiddon, with participation from Sequoia Capital, NewView Capital, Scale Venture Partners, March Capital Partners and Commerce Ventures, the round propels Forter’s valuation to over $1.3 billion.
Swedish Pre-Launch Startup Juni Raises €2M From Cherry Ventures
- 4 years 10 months ago
- E-Commerce, Investment
Juni, banking tailor made for the marketing and e-commerce ecosystem, has just secured €2M in seed round filled almost in its entirety by Cherry, an early stage venture fund that champions founders in Europe. As a partner, Cherry will bring years of expertise in evolving e-commerce and fintech startups like Zalando and spotify.
Italian Fintech Satispay Raises €93M in Series C
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment, Payments
Satispay, the leading Italian fintech startup revolutionizing mobile payments, is pleased to announce a €93 million Series C round.
Modulr Receives Investment From PayPal Ventures
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Modulr, a leading Payments as a Service API platform, has secured a £9 million investment from PayPal Ventures to develop additional products, grow its team and expand its customer base.
FinChatBot Secures £1.2 Million
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
FinChatBot, a creator of conversational AI solutions for the financial services industry, has attracted £1.2 million from Saviu Ventures, a French investment holding company which focuses on African startups; Mauritius-based Compass Vent
Glint Pay Secures Additional £2.5m in Funding to Scale Up Growth After P2P Launch
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Glint Pay, the London-based fintech, has announced that it has secured an additional £2.5m in funding to support growth plans and increase its customer base to 138,000 active users in the next 12 months. This funding is announced after the recent launch of a peer-to-peer facility, known as Glint It!, which allows customers to instantly send or receive money, including real, spendable gold and other currencies.
Solactive Acquires Minority Stake in Green Financial Technology Platform Spark Change
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Solactive is pleased to announce the acquisition of a minority stake in Spark Change. Inflows in ESG linked investments are at their all-time peak, and more investors are well-disposed towards integrating ESG factors into the investment process. At the same time, product providers’ and institutions’ ESG requirements are many-faceted, and one-size-fits-all solutions are simply non-existent.
Aqua Welcomes Mario Singh as a Shareholder
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Investment
Big data analytics fintech Aqua, has announced that the well-known Singapore based entrepreneur and investor, Mario Singh, has become a shareholder in the company. His decision to back Aqua’s revolutionary technology comes as the seed funding round for friends & family is closed and the public crowdfunding starts.
