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Finovate Alumni News– April 10, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on April 10, 2012
Categories: Credit Karma, Credit Sesame, Expensify, HelloWallet, Kony Solutions, Linkable Networks, Ping Identity, SecondMarket, Wikinvest, Zopa

Credit Karma is moving its headquarters to San Francisco’s financial district.

Linkable Networks is listed as 1 of 5 startups you should follow.

Tablet PC review lists Wikinvest Portfolio as one of the best iPad apps for tracking Wall Street stocks.

AOL Daily Finance names HelloWallet as 1 of 5 money-smart apps for business travelers.

UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School turns to Ping Identity to solve identity management complexity.

Daily Herald looks at Credit Sesame.

Kony Solutions appoints Harold Goldberg as CMO.

The Bellingham Herald recommends using Expensify to organize your expenses for tax time. Come see the live demo at FinovateSpring next month in San Francisco.

Scotsman covers UK P2P company, Zopa.

CNN Money lists SecondMarket as 1 of 8 crowdfunding sites to watch.

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 2, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on April 2, 2012
Categories: BillGuard, Braintree, CoverHound, Credit Sesame, Fiserv, Prosper, SaveUp, TradeKing, Zecco

Fiserv wins Celent’s XCelent Award for enterprise-wide compliance solutions.

USA Today Money columnist recommends TradeKing & Zecco as platforms for investing in stock.

The Mortgage Professor takes a look at Credit Sesame.

Productive Web Apps features CoverHound.

The Seattle Times discusses the benefits of BillGuard.

Army Times covers SaveUp.

Braintree’s payment gateway available for Magneto users.

Prosper adds 13 new loan categories for borrowers.

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– March 5, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 5, 2012
Categories: BancVue, Credit Sesame, CurrencyFair, Dwolla, IDTheft 911, Kabbage

The Washington Post lists Kabbage as an alternative source of funding to bank loans.

Identity Theft 911 receives a 2012 International Stevie Award & an Excellence in Financial Literacy Education award.

Dwolla launches update to fix accidental transfers.

Silicon Republic profiles CurrencyFair CIO David Christian.

Main Street profiles Credit Sesame CEO Adrian Nazari.

American Banker reports BancVue sells credit card arm to First Arkansas.

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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Credit Sesame Launches Mortgage Comparison Tool

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 23, 2012
Categories: Credit Sesame

Yesterday, California-based Credit Sesame launched a mortgage comparison tool to help consumers identify their best loan options.

How it works:

The user provides information about their current mortgage, property, and income.
The tool shows the user options for different loan types at various interest rates.
The user is provided the option to contact lenders for different refinancing options.

The tool takes into account:

Mortgage type
Rate
APR
Closing costs
Points
Fees
Amortization schedules

To learn more about Credit Sesame, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– February 23, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 23, 2012
Categories: Betterment, Boku, Credit Sesame, Lodo Software, Mitek, ReadyForZero

Lodo chosen by 120 banks and CUs.

Betterment lowers fees, introduces new features.

WorldPay offers BOKU as mobile payment method to its merchant network.

ReadyForZero launches savings platform.

Insurance Journal features Mitek’s Mobile Photo Quoting app for insurance.

Credit Sesame launches mortgage comparison tool.

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 2, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 2, 2012
Categories: Credit Sesame, Dwolla, Mint.com, Personal Capital, Xero

Silicon Prairie News reports Dwolla rolls out Instant feature.

After raising $15 million, Xero acquires Max Solutions for almost $5 million.

Mint.com releases app for Android tablets.

Personal Capital named to Online Banking Report Hall of Fame, for personalized asset management service.

Credit Sesame launches credit card marketplace.

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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2011 Funding for Finovate Alumni– Over $423 Million Raised

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on December 22, 2011
Categories: Bill.com, BillGuard, Bobber Interactive, Braintree, Cardlytics, CashStar, Continuity Control, Credit Sesame, Dynamics, edo Interactive, eToro, eWise, Finsphere, FTRANS, Guardian Analytics, Kabbage, Kony Solutions, Lending Club, Lendio, mFoundry, MiiCard, MOOTWIN, On Deck Capital, peerTransfer, Plastyc, Prosper, SecondMarket, SecureKey, Silver Tail Systems, Simple, Xero

To wrap up 2011, we’ve compiled a list of all of the funding Finovate alumni received over the course of the year.

The results were impressive:

A total of 34 companies received funding, some more than once
The companies collectively raised over $423 million dollars
The months with the highest number of companies receiving funding were June August, both with 8 companies
The highest amount of funding came in the month of June, when the alumni brought in over $124.4 million

Here is a month-by-month breakdown of funding received:

January — $40.8 million raised by 3 companies

Kabbage: $6.7 million — Blog post

Kony Solutions: $19.1 million — Blog post

On Deck Capital: $15 million — Press release

February — $10.3+ million raised by 3 companies

eToro: $8.3 million — Press release

Plastyc: $2 million — Blog post

SecureKey: Undisclosed — Blog post

March — $20.4 million raised by 4 companies

Bobber Interactive: $1.4 million — Press release

Credit Sesame: $6.2 million — Press release

Finsphere: $1.8 million — Blog post

Guardian Analytics: $11 million — Blog post

June — $124.4 million raised by 8 companies

Balance Financial: $1.5 million — Blog post

Braintree: $34 million — Blog post

Dynamics: $35 million — Press release

eWise: $14 million — Blog post

Prosper: $17.2 million — Press release

Silver Tail Systems: $20 million — Blog post

Ftrans: $650,000 — Blog post

Lendio: $2 million — Blog post

July — $1.1 million raised by 1 company

Continuity Control: $1.1 million — Blog post

August — $103.4 million raised by 8 companies

edo Interactive: $20 million — Press release

Kabbage: $17 million — Blog post

Lending Club: $25 million — Blog post

miiCard: $900k — Press release

On Deck Capital: $19 million — Blog post

peerTransfer: $7.5 million — Press release

Simple (Formerly BankSimple): $10 million — Blog post

Xero: $4 million — Press release

September — $33 million raised by 1 company

Cardlytics: $33 million — Blog post

October– $22 million raised by 2 companies

BillGuard: $10 million — Blog post

CashStar: $12 million — Press release

November — $16.3+ million raised by 3 companies

Braintree: Undisclosed — Blog post

Ftrans: $1.3 million — Blog post

SecondMarket: $15 million — Press release

December — $52.2 million raised by 5 companies

Bill.com: $15.5 million — Press release

Kabbage: $12 million — Press release

mFoundry: $18 million — Press release

MOOTWIN: $5.5 million — Blog post

Plastyc: $1.2 million — Blog post

Note: Funding that companies received before they demonstrated at Finovate was not counted. If you see any funding that is not on this list, please send the name of the company along with a link to the funding information to julie@netbanker.com and I will add it.

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Finovate Alumni News– December 20, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on December 20, 2011
Categories: Credit Karma, Credit Sesame, Dwolla, edo Interactive, IDTheft 911, Mortgagebot, Simple, Xero

Steven Kietz, former Mobile Money Ventures CEO, joins EDO Interactive as GM & EVP of Strategic Partnerships.

CNNMoney discusses how Simple can provide a no hassle bank account.

Melrose Mutual Insurance Company, Grinnell Mutual, & ID Theft 911 partner to remind shoppers to safeguard identities.

Forbes names Dwolla’s Ben Milne to ’30 Under 30′ list for finance.

BizReport interviews Xero to discover how the cloud is helping small businesses.

Fox Business News recommends visiting Credit Sesame and Credit Karma to check your credit score.

INOVA FCU depicts its success from using Mortgagebot’s PowerSite.

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– December 16, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on December 15, 2011
Categories: Credit Sesame, HelloWallet, IP Commerce, Kabbage, Mint.com, Pageonce

Kabbage secures second U.S. patent for online merchant finance platform.

IP Commerce to assist BillingTree with expediting merchant boarding services.

MyBankTracker compares PFMs including Mint, HelloWallet, and Pageonce.

Business Insider gives an tour of Credit Sesame’s new mobile app.

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– December 7, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on December 7, 2011
Categories: Credit Karma, Credit Sesame, Expensify, FeeFighters, Hidden Levers, IDTheft 911, Kabbage, MyCyberTwin, ProfitStars

Credit Union National Association reports ProfitStars’ service helps FIs support energy markets.

Lifehacker recommends visiting Credit Karma or Credit Sesame to view your credit score for free.

Computerworld takes you behind-the-scenes with MyCyberTwin’s AI technology.

Kabbage joins the X.commerce Global Ecosystem.

RIABiz profiles HiddenLevers.

ID Theft 911 chosen to offer data breach services to Safeonline LLP.

MyBankTracker explores how FeeFighters cuts payment processing fees for merchants.

Expensify lists growth figures.

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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Credit Sesame Launches Free iPhone App

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 28, 2011
Categories: Credit Sesame

Earlier today, Credit Sesame released its free iPhone app that allows users to check their credit score on-the-go.

It also provides management tools that let users:

Manage debt pay-down with trending graphs
Receive personalized savings advice and alerts
See how much they owe on lines of credit
View their credit-utilization ratio

To maximize security, Credit Sesame requires the use of a PIN before login and provides the ability to remotely deactivate the service in case of a stolen phone.

To learn more about Credit Sesame, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.

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Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in September

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 2, 2011
Categories: Adobe, Andera, Betterment, Bill.com, Billeo, BillFloat, Bills.com, Boku, BrightScope, Bundle, Cardlytics, CashEdge, CashStar, ChargeSmart, Check Point, CheckFree, Cortera, Credit Karma, Credit Sesame, Credit.com, DebtGoal, Discover, Doxo, Equifax, eRollover, eToro, Expensify, Experian, FeeFighters, findabetterbank.com, Fiserv, Google, HR Block, Infosys, Intuit, Jack Henry, Kabbage, Kapitall, Kasasa, Leadfusion, LearnVest, Lending Club, Lendio, MasterCard, Metavante, Mint.com, MoneyAisle, Motley Fool CAPS, MyBankTracker, Offermatic, Online Resources, Outright.com, Pageonce, PayPal, Prosper, Receivables Exchange, S1, Sears Credit Score, Seeking Alpha, Simple, Simple Tuition, smartcredit.com, SmartyPig, Standard Chartered Bank, Stocktwits, Striata, Sybase 365, TradeKing, TransUnion Interactive, Truaxis, TrustedID, TSYS, VISA, Wall Street Survivor, Weemba, Wesabe, Wikinvest, wipro, Yodlee, Zecco

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete.

Out of 268 alumni, 80 had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in September 2011 and are included in the tables below. Of those, 33 (41%) had more visitors in September than August. Year-over-year, 42 (52%) had traffic increases.

Private Companies

Seeking Alpha and Cortera had the highest traffic in September with 2.1 and 2.0 million unique visitors, respectively. Cortera also had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visits with over 1.5 more visits in 2011 than in 2010.
Kabbage had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 280x.
Weemba saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 7.5 times the number of unique visitors in September compared to August.
SmartCredit.com had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 126,000.

Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was August 2011

2) Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com

3) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink

4) Kasasa is powered by BancVue

Public companies

CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 7 times the number of visitors this year than last year.
Intuit had a notable increase in number of unique, year-over-year visitors, increasing by 300,000 visits.
Check Point had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 41% more visitors in September than in August.

Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was July 2011.

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Notes:

1. We reviewed 268 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed.

3. NM = not measurable

4. t= tie

5. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.

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