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Alumni News– August 6, 2014

By David Penn Posted on August 6, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Feedzai, FutureAdvisor, Insuritas, Kapitall, Kreditech, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Prosper, Radius, Ripple, SigFig, TradeKing, Wealthfront

Yahoo! Germany looks at financial innovation in Kreditech.

Prosper earns a spot on the 2014 AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies roster.

Feedzai launches anti-fraud, transaction scoring apps for Shopify and Big Commerce.

Forbes.com features Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Kapitall, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, SigFig, and Wealthfront in a discussion on Millennial generation investment habits.

Radius unveils its new website.

Richard Hagen, CEO of TradeKing Advisors, named to WealthManagement.com’s “Ten to Watch in 2015”.

Insuritas announces partnership with Financial Partners CU to open and manage its turnkey insurance solution.

Bank Innovation highlights alums SigFig and Ripple in a discussion on “8 under the radar fintech startups you should know.”

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News– April 22, 2014

By David Penn Posted on April 22, 2014
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Kantox, Kapitall, MoneyDesktop, Taulia

FinSMEs interviews Kantox CEO Philippe Gelis.

ACI Worldwide joins electronic payments standards organization, EPASOrg, as a principal member.

Taulia named to 2014 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area List.

Silicon Slopes features MoneyDesktop’s recruiting efforts.

Kapitall launches Klub Kapitall loyalty program with reduced live trading commissions.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alums Raise $600 Million in First Quarter of 2014

By David Penn Posted on April 2, 2014
Categories: Azimo, BankBazaar, Birdback, CAN Capital, Credit Karma, Doxo, Kantox, Kapitall, Kensho, Klarna, On Deck Capital, PayNearMe, Payoneer, peerTransfer, Realty Mogul, Red Zebra, SmartAsset, SocietyOne, Spreedly, ThreatMetrix, Tradeshift, ZenPayroll, Zopa

Want some context on the torrid pace of fintech financing in the first three months of 2014?

Consider this: a year ago, fourteen Finovate alums raised a total of more than $150 million in the first quarter of 2013.

A year later, we have just nine alums raising more than twice as much in the month of March alone.

March Madness, indeed.

Q1 of 2014 saw 23 Finovate alums walk away with just under $600 million in capital. The biggest haul of the quarter came courtesy of Klarna, which raised more than $125 million.

But there were plenty of similarly impressive fundraisings, including the $85 million raised by Credit Karma, and the $77 million and $75 million secured by OnDeck and Tradeshift, respectively.

Total raised = More than $592 million

January — $91 million raised by seven companies

BankBazaar: $13 million — blog post
CAN Capital: $33 million — blog post
doxo: $3.5 million — blog post
Kensho: $10 million — blog post
peerTransfer: $6 million — blog post
Spreedly: $500,000 — blog post
Zopa: £15 million ($24.7 million) — blog post

February — $139 million raised by seven companies

Birdback: $2.4 million — blog post
Kantox: $8.9 million — blog post
Kapitall: $13 million — blog post
PayNearMe: $20 million — blog post
Red Zebra Analytics: undisclosed — blog post
Tradeshift: $75 million — blog post
ZenPayroll: $20 million — blog post

March — $362 million raised by nine companies

Azimo: $10 million — blog post
Credit Karma: $85 million — blog post
Klarna: $125.3 million — blog post
OnDeck: $77 million — blog post
Payoneer: $25 million — blog post
Realty Mogul: $9 million — blog post
Smart Asset: $5.2 million — blog post
SocietyOne: $5 million — blog post
ThreatMetrix: $20 million — blog post

Note: Funding prior to becoming a Finovate alum not included. Questions? Comments? Email us at David@finovate.com or Julie@finovate.com

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Finovate Alumni News — March 25, 2014

By David Penn Posted on March 25, 2014
Categories: Backbase, Bazaarvoice, Betterment, Credit Karma, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, Kapitall, Lending Club, On Deck Capital, Place2Give, SmartAsset, Top Image Systems, Wealthfront

Eleven Finovate alums win awards at PYMNTS Innovation Project 2014.

Bazaarvoice announces partnership with Spredfast.

TechCrunch: Wealthfront, OnDeck, Lending Club, Credit Karma, Betterment, and Kapitall “come of age.”

CMS Wire reviews Backbase’s customer experience platform.

Top Image Systems’ eFLOW to process the digital census of a country in EMEA in a deal worth more than $1 million.

Place2Give releases GIVE-API to provide access to its database of charities as well as its payment processing tech.

SmartAsset raises $5.2 million in series A funding. Come see their live demo at FinovateSpring next month in San Jose.

Netherlands Queen Maxima visits Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) to see its psychometric credit scoring methodology in action.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News– February 25, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 25, 2014
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Allied Payment Network, Aptys Solutions, Authentify, BBVA, Kapitall, Lendio, MasterCard, PayPal, ShopKeep POS, Simple, ThreatMetrix, Tyfone, Wallaby Financial

Netbanker considers why the BBVA Simple Bank deal is extraordinary.

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators selects Authentify for NSTIC Trusted Online Identities Pilot.

ThreatMetrix wins Most Innovative Anti-Malware Solution and Best Product Network Access Control Solution at 2014 Cyber Defense Mag Awards.

Tyfone unveils Fluide mobile banking platform.

PayPal to be the first payment provider on the latest Samsung Gear 2 smartwatches.

Lendio marks a year of record growth.

Kapitall announces $13 million in funding in round led by Linden Venture.

Wallaby launches Google Glass payment app.

ShopKeep POS wins global Gold Stevie Award for Sales & Customer Service for 2nd year in a row.

MasterCard partners with Syniverse to pilot location-based, anti-fraud service.

MoadBus to offer Allied Payment Network’s PicturePay.

ACI Worldwide to power online banking for Trustco Bank.

Bankers’ Bank to deploy Aptys Solutions‘ PayLOGICS originating and processing wire service.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Kapitall Announces $13 Million in Funding in Round Led by Linden Venture

By David Penn Posted on February 24, 2014
Categories: Kapitall

In a new round led by Linden Venture Fund LLC and joined by Bendigo Partners, Kapitall has added $13 million to its corporate coffers. Kapitall’s total funding now stands at more than $20 million.

“We are impressed by Kapitall’s track record to date,” said Linden Venture Fund managing partner Oksana Malysheva. “(We) know the leadership team has a winning combination of expertise in investing, gaming and interactive design to spark a true revolution among emerging investors.”

Kapitall relies on its graphical user interface and ramification to make it easier and more engaging for investors to research and analyze investments in stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The company plans to use the additional funding to help develop new products and boost the growth of its community of users.

Company CEO Jarrett Lilien said, “We acquire, engage, and profitably interact with emerging investors – individuals that the traditional firms don’t handle well. We want these investors and we have an experience tailor made for them.”

A few interesting metrics for Kapitall:

More than 170,000 community members
More than 15,000 real and virtual trades executed monthly
More than 115,000 portfolios built, tracking real and virtual assets of more than $10 billion

Click here to watch a YouTube introduction to Kapitall.

Kapitall was founded in March 2008 by Gaspard de Dreuzy and Serge Kreiker, and is headquartered in SoHo, New York. Kapitall was recognized as a Webby Honoree in Financial Services in 2013.

See Kapitall’s FinovateFall 2010 demo here.

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Finovate Alumni News– January 17, 2013

By David Penn Posted on January 17, 2014
Categories: Acculynk, FutureAdvisor, Kapitall, Kofax, MiiCard, StrategyCorps, Tradeshift

Acculynk announces patent for PIN based, online authentication.

St. Louis Business Journal takes a look at miiCard’s chances at winning the FStech Award for “most disruptive financial services technology.”

Kapitall launches bonus program; $200 and 2,000 koins for new accounts.

The Financial Brand features Strategy Corps‘ BaZing.

Management Today interviews with Christian Laang, Tradeshift CEO.

CNBC highlights FutureAdvisor and how it can help you save on fees.

Kofax today announces availability of the Kofax Mobile Capture Platform.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Webby Awards Honor Finovate Alums Among Web’s Best

By David Penn Posted on May 2, 2013
Categories: Dashlane, Kapitall, LearnVest, Manilla, Mint.com, UBank

So what do fintech innovators, and Finovate alumni, like Mint, Manilla, and Dashlane have in common with the likes of the Chrome Web Lab, Tom Hanks’ Electric City, and Cracked.com?

How about earning honors from the esteemed judges of the 2013 Webby Awards?

Manilla made the most of its showing at the 17th Annual Webby Awards, picking up honors in three categories (Utilities & Services, Web Services & Applications, and Financial Services/Banking). But the biggest winner among the Finovate-affiliated nominees was Mint. Mint won the Webby People’s Voice award in the Financial Services/Banking category, along with earning an honor in the Best User Experience category.

Also representing well at the Webby Awards was Dashlane, coming in for Web Services & Applications honors, and a trio of Finovate alumnus that impressed judges in the Financial Services/Banking category: LearnVest, UBank’s PeopleLikeU, and Kapitall.

The Webby Awards have been given out every year since 1996 by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). The Academy includes among its members such luminaries as David Bowie, Vint Cerf, and Arianna Huffington.

The Webbys provide two major awards per category: the Webby Award and the Webby People’s Voice Award. The latter award is determined by an online vote.

Learn more about our Webby Award-winning alumni at our demo pages.

Manilla – FinovateFall 2012

Mint – Finovate 2007

Dashlane– FinovateFall 2012

LearnVest – FinovateFall 2012

Kapitall – FinovateFall 2010

UBank – FinovateAsia 2012

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Finovate Alumni News– March 22, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 22, 2013
Categories: Fiserv, Kapitall, Pageonce, Personal Capital, Temenos, TradeKing, Trustly, TSYS, Virtual Piggy, VoiceTrust, Zecco

Fathead launches Virtual Piggy youth friendly payment system.

Fiserv processed more than 10 mil loan applications in 2012.

CNN Money lists Personal Capital as 1 of 5 best apps to invest smarter.

Temenos announces acquisition of compliance technology firm, TriNovus.

IRA Reviews
takes a look at the fee and commission structure of TradeKing after the merger with Zecco.

VoiceTrust brings voice biometrics technology to USoft.

TSYS executive wins award at CPI Global Awards for Excellence in Commercial Cards and Payments.

Crackberry.com highlights Pageonce for BlackBerry 10.

Money Under 30 reviews Kapitall.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News– January 16, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on January 16, 2013
Categories: Andera, eDeposit, Fiserv, Heckyl Technologies, Kabbage, Kapitall, Metaforic, Plastyc, Simple, Temenos

Netbanker highlights Simple and Jwaala’s natural language search.

Metaforic extends its app protection system to be compatible with the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system.

The Financial Times features Kabbage.

Plastyc powers online banking and payments services for H&R Block, launches new white-label service.

Andera increases sales bookings by 59%, sees 5x increase in oFlows customers.

Cambodia’s leading commercial bank adopts Temenos Group technology upgrade.

Fiserv completes acquisition of Open Solutions.

AppShopper features eDeposit’s first mobile app.

Edelweiss Securities launches real time news terminal powered by Heckyl Technologies.

Google Analytics touts Kapitall’s content experiments.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News– November 27, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 27, 2012
Categories: AcceptEmail, ActivePath, Andera, Betterment, BlinkMobile Interactive, DCisions, DeviceFidelity, Experian, Giftly, Holvi, InComm, Jingit, Kapitall, Klarna, Luup, Mortgagebot, On Deck Capital, Personal Capital, SapientNitro, ThreatMetrix, TIO Networks, ValidSoft

Interactive Investor purchases DCisions, closes InvestorBee service.

Jingit raises $7 million.

Finextra reports Rabobank Australia and NZ selects ThreatMetrix to secure online channels.

InComm & SkyMall Ventures partner to launch electronic gift card program.

Opus Research report recognises ValidSoft as leader in voice biometrics.

AloStar Bank of Commerce chooses Andera’s oFlows for online account opening.

TIO adds mobile bill pay app to its suite of services for El Paso Electric.

Radian Mortgage Insurance now available through Mortgagebot’s loan origination system.

E-invoicing Platform features AcceptEmail.

Xconomy examines how Giftly will disrupt traditional gift card market.

Luup signs partnership with Arab Link, provider of money transfer and exchange services in Abu Dhabi.

Personal Capital launches Android app.

Crunched lists On Deck in top 25 startups to work for.

TechCrunch reports Holvi Plans To Disrupt Traditional Bank Accounts With Simple But Powerful Services.

Citi Innovation Lab and SapientNitro honored at National Infocomm Awards in Singapore for next-generation banking experience.

ActivePath merges with PowerInbox.

Experian expands debt-collection product suite with TrueTrace.

DeviceFidelity launches moneto prepaid MasterCard.

BlinkMobile announces five more councils to adopt BlinkForms.

Klarna earns 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year award from European Tech Tour Association.

Money Smart Life reviews Betterment and Kapitall.

American Banker reports Betterment deepens finance advice features.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News– October 22, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 22, 2012
Categories: Credit Sesame, Dynamics, Equifax, Expensify, HelloWallet, Kapitall, Manilla, PayNearMe, SecureKey, Stockr

Expensify freshens up UI.

Equifax announces Spectrum Verification Services Platform, which helps verification through underwriting, QA & closing.

Credit Sesame blog features Manilla as a way to digitize finances.

Dynamics to nationally launch ePlate credit card device tomorrow via live webcast with 30+ payment apps.

Investment News reports Stockr offers social-media site for those passionate about stocks.

Dell publishes case study on SecureKey.

HelloWallet updates web app with bulk edit transactions, auto categorization, & re-organizing action steps.

VentureBeat explains how Kapitall gamifies stock trading.

Tenants Can Now Pay Rent Using Cash with PayNearMe’s Cash-Payment Solution.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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