Taulia Raises $27 Million in Series D Funding

Taulia Raises $27 Million in Series D Funding

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Taulia, a company that aims to ease cash flow issues faced by small and medium sized businesses, announced today it raised $27 million in Series D funding.

This newest installment, which brings Taulia’s total funding to $67.2 million, comes from QuestMark Partners, which led the round, and existing investors Trinity Ventures, Matrix Partners, Lakestar and DAG Ventures.

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When Taulia launched in 2009, its primary service was Dynamic Discounting, a product that helps suppliers receive faster cash flow, and gives buyers more flexibility and discounts if they pay early. Now Taulia offers seven products, including einvoicing and supplier management tools that help small businesses interact with their suppliers.

Of the 225,000 suppliers on Taulia’s platform, 55 rank among the largest corporate companies. The San Francisco-based company plans to use the funding to sign more large corporate clients and expand into Asia.

Taulia is now valued at $200 million.

To learn more about Taulia, check out its FinovateSpring 2012 demo where it debuted its Early Payment Network.

Alumni News– July 18, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgInnotribe finalists include early stage companies CurrencyTransfer and LendingRobot.
  • Innotribe finalists include growth stage companies Advanced Merchant Payments, Fastacash, Mambu, and Wallaby.
  • Pymnts talks with PaySimple CEO and founder Eric Remer to discuss how PaySimple looks at B2B payments.
  • Check announces major expansion of photo bill pay beta.
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.

Dashlane Launches Password Management for Teams

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Password management platform Dashlane recently released an update that will give organizations more control over accounts that need to be shared across team members.

The New York-based company’s latest release will include three major upgrades:

1) Sharing Center, a dashboard that displays all of a user’s accounts synched with Dashlane. It enables them to share the passwords with others, automatically informing all users when a shared password changes.
From the Sharing Center, users can also manage access levels, giving others full rights or limited rights to the password.
2) Emergency Contacts gives users the ability to provide a trusted emergency contact with access to select accounts in case of emergency.
3) View Password History gives users a comprehensive view of all of the passwords they have previously held in Dashlane.
 

In addition to the new sharing functionality, it is also releasing an upgrade to its user interface.

Dashlane was founded in 2009. At FinovateEurope 2013 it demoed how its online and mobile interfaces make online transactions easier and faster.

Alumni News– July 17, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgPaySimple to enable SMBs to accept payments and automate billing under Zen Planner’s software solution.
  • Dashlane launches password management for teams.
  • Top Image Systems acquires eGistics for $18 million.
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.

Alumni News– July 16, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgpeerTransfer and Nelnet expand partnership, enhancing international payment options for educational institutions.
  • Xero MD Chris Ridd featured on Qantas radio. Check out Xero at FinDEVr, the first event for fintech developers.
  • Micronotes releases Mobile-SMS to automate the referral process through the mobile SMS channel to drive more sales.
  • Lendio launches program for brokers that helps more SMBs find financing by giving brokers and ISOs access to Lendio’s lending options.
  • New app from The Members Group alerts Google Glass wearers if a Dwolla-accepting merchant is nearby.
  • mBank deploys authentication technology from HID Global.
  • Jack Henry launches jhaEnterprise Workflow solution.
  • Coinbase integration brings bitcoin payments to Shopify merchants.
  • Zooz raises $12 million in round led by Blumberg Capital.
  • MasterCard’s MasterPass to enable in-app payments by August.
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.

LoopPay Receives Undisclosed Amount of Funding from Synchrony Financial

LoopPay Receives Undisclosed Amount of Funding from Synchrony Financial

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Late last month, mobile payments platform company LoopPay released its ChargeCase, a battery case for iPhone 5 and 5s.

Now, two weeks later, the Massachusetts-based company has announced it received an undisclosed amount of funding from Synchrony Financial. This adds to the $10 million in Series A funding LoopPay raised last November from Beta Fund.

Under this strategic investment, LoopPay will provide Synchrony Financial with special features and benefits to provide greater convenience and utility to its cardholders and retail partners.

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LoopPay uses Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) to enable a contactless payment experience in which customers use LoopPay’s ChargeCase and Fob Button Pay devices to pay at a merchant’s existing credit card swipe reader.

To see LoopPay demonstrate its MST technology live, check out its FinovateSpring 2014 demo.

Alumni News– July 9, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgBank Systems & Technology: Consumers CU Expands National Footprint with Andera’s Online Account Opening Solution.
  • Lendio launches free version of prospect mgmt software, Pipeline, for the business loan process.
  • Encap Security joins the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance to change the nature of online authentication by reducing reliance on passwords.
  • LendAcademy takes a look at $146 million in new loan originations in June for Prosper.
  • And speaking of Prosper, Altifi.con’s This Week in Crowdfunding features Prosper CEO Ron Suber.
  • Rebranded version of Ripple Client, Ripple Trade emerges from two-month soft launch.
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.

Vaamo Launches Goal-Based Savings Platform on Invite-Only Basis

Vaamo Launches Goal-Based Savings Platform on Invite-Only Basis

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We caught up with vaamo today, which just launched its platform on an invite-only basis. Today, 150 users are given access to invest real money into the funds on vaamo’s platform in order to achieve their goals.

Vaamo is rolling out the invitations in batches over the next three months or so to accommodate the 2,000 users who have requested full access to its goal-savings platform.

We profiled vaamo earlier this year in our FinovateEurope Behind the Scenes post series (check it out here); as a refresher, here’s how its web app works:

1) Users set up any number of goals on the vaamo platform. These are generally larger life-goals such as higher education, purchasing a house, or saving for a wedding. In the screenshot below, the user has set up and is tracking three separate goals.

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2) Using an investment approach it developed in collaboration with the Goethe-University in Frankfurt, vaamo invests the user’s savings into a set of funds. The startup has partnered with Dimensional Fund Advisors to provide a group of well-diversified funds through which users can invest to reach their goals. Dimensional Fund Advisors has offices all over the world, and is headquartered in Austin.
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3) If one of the funds changes course, vaamo prompts the user to change their goals using the slider tools on its platform. For example, if a fund lost a significant amount of value, vaamo would prompt the user either to extend the time period of their goal or change the amount desired to reach their goal.
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Users in Germany can now sign up for a demo account, and will be invited to use vaamo with real money in the near future. In other geographical locations, users can sign up for a demo account, but cannot invest funds in the platform.

To learn more about vaamo, check out its launch at FinovateEurope 2014.

Alumni News– June 24, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgAmerican Banker looks at Wipit’s partnership with prepaid mobile wallet, Boost Mobile.
  • Iceland’s Acquiring Bank, Borgun, launches mPOS solution powered by Handpoint.
  • e27 examines TradeHero’s mobile app.
  • San Francisco Business Times: Taulia taps Fortune 500 to finance small businesses.
  • Geezeo announces partnership with Payveris.
  • Seasons FCU (18k members; $140 million assets) to deploy Verde International’s Corona, Aurora solutions for loan decisioning.
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.

Alumni News– June 20, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgBillGuard expands internationally, now available in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
  • Simple speeds up money transfers: 1 business day for xfers from Simple and 3 business days for xfers into Simple.
  • Credit Sesame attracts 1 million + users to enroll in its free ID theft protection service.
  • American Banker talks about Check in its feature on the role of mobile bill pay in helping banks retain customers.
  • Fiserv announces that its CUnify account processing platform will be deployed by United Credit Union.
  • The National Bank (TNB) in Palestine signs deal with Temenos to replace current platform with T24.
  • Check announces billpay partnership with Direct Energy.
  • Gremln raises $100,000 as participant in SixThirty Accelerator Program.
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.

Alumni News– June 18, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgThreatMetrix integrates with Ping Identity’s PingFederate ID bridge to provide contextual employee authentication.
  • Kony brings in $50 Million in Financing Led by SoftBank Capital.
  • Eight Finovate alums earn spots on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list: Motif Investing, TransferWise, Personal Capital, Wealthfront, Lending Club, Coinbase, Bill.com, and Betterment.
  • Umpqua Bank announces plans to transition to a scalable core solution from FIS.
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.

Kony Brings in $50 Million in Financing Led by SoftBank Capital

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With expansion into the mobile channel no longer an option but a necessity, it’s no wonder that enterprise mobility company, Kony Solutions, received additional backing today.

The Florida-based company pulled in $50 million from SoftBank Capital, who led the round, followed by Delta-V and Hamilton Lane, along with existing investors:

    • Insight Venture Partners
    • Telstra Ventures
    • Georgian Partners

This newest installment brings Kony’s total funding to $98.4 million.

Kony helps a variety of verticals deliver mobile apps by helping with everything from design, to deployment, to management of the app. It specializes in creating unified multi-channel solutions that run across multiple platforms. It plans to use the funding to expand its global reach and expand services for existing clients.

Kony demonstrated at FinovateSpring 2011 where it debuted mobile banking technology. You can check out the demo video here.