Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

pig_sunglasses_money_croppedSecond quarter 2016 closed with a frenzy of fintech fundings: 49 deals were announced the last week alone, 10 more than the previous weekly record. The total amount raised was $327 million across 34 fundings with announced amounts (15 deals had undisclosed amounts). Of the total, $61.5 million was debt.

Four Finovate alums raised a total of $77 million during the week:

Total fundings worldwide in June: $1.6 billion from 186 deals compared to May which totaled $1.7 billion across 113 deals. (Note: Due to our weekly tracking methodology, there was an additional week in the June total.) 

The weekly details can be found through the following links:

The total number of deals YTD stands at 737, double last year’s 371. Total dollars raised YTD is now $17.4 billion, more than double the $8.4 billion more raised during the same period a year ago.

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Fintech deals by size from 25 June to 1 July 2016:

Paycor
Online payroll system
Latest round: $45 million
Total raised: $164 million
HQ: Cincinnati, Ohio
Tags: SMB, payroll, employers, HR management, employee benefits, salary, payments
Source: FT Partners

Klarna
Ecommerce solution provider
Latest round: $35 million Debt
Total raised: $327 million ($291 million equity, $36 million debt)
HQ: Sweden
Tags: SMB, merchants, ecommerce, B2B2C, payments, Finovate alum
Source: CrunchbaseFinovate

Nvest
Crowd-sourced stock-recommendation platform
Latest round: $33 million Series D
Total raised: $60.15 million
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, wealth management, trading
Source: Crunchbase

LendingKart
Alt-lender to small businesses
Latest round: $32 million Series B
Total raised: $42 million
HQ: Ahmedabad, India
Tags: SMB, lending, commercial credit, underwriting, loans
Source: Crunchbase

West Creek Financial
Consumer purchase financing
Latest round: $28.5 million ($3.5 million Equity, $25 million Debt)
Total raised: $28.5 million
HQ: Glen Allen, Virginia
Tags: SMB, B2B2C, lending, credit, underwriting, POS, point-of-sale
Source: Crunchbase

Bizfi
Alt-lending to small businesses
Latest round: $20 million
Total raised: $20 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: SMB, lending, commercial credit, underwriting, Finovate alum
Source: CrunchbaseFinovate

Goji (formerly Consumers United)
Consumer insurance portal
Latest round: $19 million
Total raised: $89 million
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
Tags: Automobile insurance, home insurance, life insurance, membership, price quotes, price comparison, lead gen
Source: FT Partners

D3 Banking
Banking platform
Latest round: $16.4 million
Total raised: $33.4 million
HQ: Omaha, Nebraska
Tags: Institutions, B2B2C, digital banking, small business, Finovate alum
Source: CrunchbaseFinovate

SpotCap (Rocket Internet)
Alt-lender to small businesses
Latest round: $14.4 million Series C
Total raised: $66.2 million
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: SMB, lending, commercial credit, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

Storm
Payment and trade finance for microbusinesses
Latest round: $13.2 million Series A
Total raised: $16.1 million
HQ: Barcelona, Spain
Tags: SMB, merchants, point-of-sale, ecommerce, acquiring, payments, credit/debit cards, trade finance, inventory management, BI
Source: Crunchbase

Avoka
Digital sales and account opening
Latest round: $12 million
Total raised: $12 million
HQ: Sydney, Australia; Broomfield, Colorado
Tags: Institutions, sales, marketing, online account opening, Finovate and FinDEVr alum
Source: Finovate

i3 Verticals
Payment processing
Latest round: $10 million
Total raised: $10 million
HQ: Nashville, Tennessee
Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, credit/debit cards, acquiring
Source: FT Partners

ForUsAll
401(k) platform
Latest round: $9.5 million Series A
Total raised: $12.84 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, SMB, saving, investing, human resources, employee benefits, employers
Source: Crunchbase

Final
Credit card with consumer controls
Latest round: $8 million Series A
Total raised: $9.1 million
HQ: California
Accelerator: Y Combinator
Tags: Consumer, lending, credit, credit/debit cards, spending controls, security
Source: Crunchbase

DV01
Marketplace lending analytics
Latest round: $7.5 million Seed
Total raised: $7.5 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Institutions, advisers, analytics, BI, lending, loans, securitization
Source: FT Partners

SMACC
Online accounting
Latest round: $3.9 million
Total raised: $3.9 million
HQ: Potsdam, Germany
Tags: SMB, accounting, bookkeeping, billing
Source: Crunchbase

TransferGo
International funds transfers
Latest round: $3.4 million Series A
Total raised: $6.1 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, SMB, funds transfer, remittances, foreign exchange, FX
Source: Crunchbase

Apruve
Trade finance and payments platform
Latest round: $3.1 million Series A
Total raised: $3.5 million
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

ProducePay
Payment solutions for the fresh-produce industry
Latest round: $2.5 million Seed
Total raised: $3.9 million
HQ: Los Angeles, California
Tags: SMB, payments, credit, underwriting, trade finance, factoring, agriculture
Source: Crunchbase

Zirra
Crowd-sourced investment rating service
Latest round: $1.6 million Series A
Total raised: $2.3 million
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Tags: Consumer, investing, advisers, wealth management, information, analytics, crowdsourcing
Source: Crunchbase

Payzer
Mobile payment and financing platform for field sales
Latest round: $1.5 million Debt
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Charlotte, North Carolina
Tags: SMB, lending, credit, underwriting, payments, point-of-sale, mobile, trade finance
Source: Crunchbase

TrueBill
Recurring bill management 
Latest round: $1.4 million Seed
Total raised: $1.75 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Accelerator: Y Combinator
Tags: Consumer, billpay, personal financial management, PFM, budgeting, spending, credit/debit cards
Source: Crunchbase

FundedByMe
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $1.3 million
Total raised: $1.3 million
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Tags: SMB, capital raising, VC, venture capital, p2p, peer-to-peer, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Flip
P2P apartment-leasing marketplace
Latest round: $1.2 million Seed
Total raised: $1.3 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, housing, rentals, marketplace
Source: Crunchbase

LeaseAccelerator
Equipment lease management software
Latest round: $1.2 million Series
Total raised: $7.1 million
HQ: Great Falls, Virginia
Tags: SMB, entrerprise, leasing, accounting, management, compliance
Source: Crunchbase

Tribe Insurance
Social insurance
Latest round: $1 million Seed
Total raised: $1 million
HQ: Oslo, Norway
Tags: Consumer, insurance, peer-to-peer, P2p
Source: Crunchbase

Amodo
Customer platform for insurers
Latest round: $500,000 Seed
Total raised: $536,000
HQ: Zagreb, Croatia
Tags: Institutions, B2B2C, insurance, customer service, CRM
Source: Crunchbase

Cindicator
Crowd-forecasting future events for financial markets
Latest round: $250,000 Convertible Note
Total raised: $270,000
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Institutions, advisers, traders, investing, wealth management, trading
Source: Crunchbase

Tabster
Mobile POS system for hospitality industry
Latest round: $250,000 Convertible Note
Total raised: $250,000
HQ: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, acquiring, credit/debit cards, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

Factom
Blockchain technology
Latest round: $200,000
Total raised: $3.3 million
HQ: Austin, Texas
Tags: SMB, blockchain, distributed ledger, database, security
Source: FT Partners

ValChoice
Car insurance portal
Latest round: $120,000 (Microsoft BizSpark Plus Award)
Total raised: $620,000
HQ: Bedford, New Hampshire
Tags: Autombile insurance, price quotes, price comparison, lead generation
Source: FT Partners

BanQu
Blockchain-based identity for the unbanked
Latest round: $100,000 Convertible Note
Total raised: $100,000
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tags: Consumer, blockchain, financial inclusion, unbanked, underbanked, banking, security, identity
Source: Crunchbase

Taplend
P2P mobile lending platform
Latest round: $83,000 Seed
Total raised: $203,000
HQ: Kiev, Ukraine
Accelerator: SellaLab (Italy)/Level 39 (London)
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Daalder
Mobile payments platform
Latest round: $55,000 Convertible Note
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: Consumer, payments, mobile, credit/debit cards
Source: Crunchbase

ExtractAlpha
Investment tools for institutional investors
Latest round: Undisclosed Seed
Total raised: $41,000 (prior to most recent funding)
HQ: Hong Kong, China
Tags: Institutions, advisers, investing, wealth management, trading, information, analytics
Source: Crunchbase

Hello Tax
Income tax preparation app
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: New Delhi, India
Tags: Consumer, tax prep
Source: Crunchbase

Insurity
Insurance management platform
Latest round: Undisclosed Private Equity
Total raised: $49.75 million (prior to above)
HQ: Hartford, Connecticut
Tags: Institutions, insurance, management, analytics, BI
Source: Crunchbase

Karlo Compare
Financial services portal
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Karachi, Pakistan
Tags: Consumer, lending, banking, loans, credit cards, quotes, price comparison, discovery, lead gen
Source: Crunchbase

LIQID Investments
Wealth management and digital family-office platform
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: Advisers, wealth managers, investing, trading, retirement
Source: Crunchbase

Loansolutions.ph
Consumer loan portal
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Cebu City, Philippines
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

LoanStreet
Loan portal
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tags: Consumer, lending, price comparison, lead gen, discovery
Source: Crunchbase

Moneybay
Foreign exchange rate portal
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Malaysia
Tags: Consumer, payments, FX, remittances, lead gen, price comparison
Source: Crunchbase

Musoni System
Banking software for microfinance organizations
Latest round: Undisclosed Seed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: Institutions, SMB, lending, credit, underwriting, microfinance
Source: Crunchbase

MyCashOnline
Online banking services for migrants
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Selangor, Malaysia
Tags: Consumer, payments, remittances, deposits, billpay, ecommerce
Source: Crunchbase

November First
International payments and transfers
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
Tags: Consumer, SMB, foreign exchange, FX, remittances, payments, peer-to-peer, P2P, foreign trade
Source: Crunchbase

Razorpay
Online payment gateway
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $11.6 million
HQ: Bangalore, India
Tags: SMB, payment processing, credit/debit cards, acquiring, merchants, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

Rundit
Revenue-based lending
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Finland
Tags: SMB, lending, credit, underwriting, commercial loans, crowdfunding, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Scripbox
Online mutual fund investment platform
Latest round: Undisclosed Series B
Total raised: $2.5 million (prior to Series B)
HQ: Bangalore, India
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, wealth management, funds
Source: Crunchbase

Surance
Retirement savings platform
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: Consumer, savings accounts, investing, retirement planning, wealth management
Source: FT Partners

Quantopian Receives Undisclosed Amount from Steve Cohen’s Point72

Quantopian Receives Undisclosed Amount from Steve Cohen’s Point72

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440px-StevecohenBrowser-based algorithmic trading platform Quantopian today received a boost from Point72, Steve Cohen’s asset management company. The company’s venture arm invested an undisclosed amount in the Boston-based company, adding to Quantopian’s $23.8 million in funding and marking one of the first investments for Point72 Ventures.

This news comes after last month’s announcement that Quantopian’s hedge fund is open to outside investors. Cohen, traditionally a fundamentals-based trader (not a quant), is leveraging this newly launched capability by investing up to $250 million in a portfolio of Quantopian-managed algorithms.

This is good news for Quantopian’s users who build and license their algorithms through the company’s website. Its 85,000 users in 180 countries have created 400,000+ algorithms, 10 of which the company has selected to use for trading purposes.

As Quantopian reports in a blog post, “With these new funds to manage we will be able to make larger allocations to more algorithms selected from our community. Licensed algorithm authors earn a royalty of 10% of the net profits generated by their algorithm.” Therefore, the larger the allocation, the larger the royalty payment.

Founded in 2011, Quantopian CEO John Fawcett and CTO Jean Bredeche debuted Quantopian Live Trading at FinovateSpring 2013. Last month the company added new chief investment and compliance officers before opening its hedge fund to outside investors.

Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $280 Million in 4th Week of June

Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $280 Million in 4th Week of June

german fintechIt was a huge week in German fintech funding, coinciding with, but too soon to be caused by, Brexit. Eight of the 26 global deals were German with five out of Berlin, one from Frankfurt (Finovate alum ayondo), and one in Koln. The total raised by the eight was at least $60 million (although two raised undisclosed amounts). Digital startup bank Number26 pulled in the bulk of that figure by landing a massive $40 million round.

All told, 26 fintech companies worldwide raised $281 million during the third week of June, including five Finovate alums:

The total number of deals YTD stands at 688, nearly double last year’s 353. Total dollars raised YTD is now $17.1 billion, $9 billion more than the $8 billion raised during the same period a year ago.

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Fintech deals by size from 18 June to 24 June 2016:

Circle
Global money-movement and -storage platform
Latest round: $60 million Series D
Total raised: $136 million
HQ: Dublin, Ireland
Tags: Consumer, payments, funds transfers, remittances, bitcoin, crypto-currency
Source: Crunchbase

Plaid
Account aggregation APIs
Latest round: $44 million Series B
Total raised: $59.3 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, institutions, SMBs, developers, API, payments, account aggregation, FinDEVr alum
Source: FinDEVr

Number26
Digital bank startup
Latest round: $40 million Series B
Total raised: $52.7 million
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: Consumer, payments, debit card, deposits, mobile banking
Source: Crunchbase

Waddle
Invoice lender to small businesses
Latest round: $30 million Debt
Total raised: $30+ million
HQ: Surry Hills, Australia
Tags: SMB, lending, underwriting, alt-lending, factoring, trade finance, receivables
Source: Crunchbase

Pearl Capital
Alt-lender to small businesses
Latest round: $20 million
Total raised: $20 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: ISOs, SMB, lending, merchants, commercial loans, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase, PE Hub

Quoine
Bitcoin exchange
Latest round: $20 million Series A
Total raised: $20 million
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Consumer, bitcoin, crypto-currency, virtual currency, investing
Source: FT Partners

Plastiq
Check replacement for bills
Latest round: $11 million
Total raised: $29.35 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, payments, credit cards, billpay, credit, merchants, billers
Source: Crunchbase

Colu
Creating local currencies using blockchain technology
Latest round: $9.6 million Series A
Total raised: $12.1 million
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Tags: Consumer, payments, bitcoin, blockchain, P2P, person-to-person
Source: Crunchbase

McMakler
Real estate platform
Latest round: $9.36 million Series A
Total raised: $9.36 million
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: Consumer, home buying, property search, mortgage, discovery
Source: FT Partners

OptioPay
Gift-card payment network
Latest round: $7.92 million Seed
Total raised: $7.92 million
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: Consumer, P2P payments, person-to-person, rewards, gift cards, prepaid cards, funds transfer
Source: Crunchbase

Digital Asset Holdings
Distributed ledger systems for financial institutions
Latest round: $7.16 million from ASX ($200 million valuation)
Total raised: $67.2 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Institutions, blockchain, crypto-currency, database
Source: FT Partners

BankFacil
Alt-lending marketplace for consumers
Latest round: $4.5 million Series A
Total raised: $8.9 million
HQ: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tags: Consumer, lending, underwriting, alt-lending, loans, secured lending, lead generation
Source: Crunchbase

Apruve
B2B ecommerece credit management
Latest round: $3.1 million Series A
Total raised: $3.1 million
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tags: SMB, lending, underwriting, trade finance, B2B ecommerce
Source: FT Partners

AppZen
Expense compliance system
Latest round: $2.9 million Seed
Total raised: $2.9 million
HQ: Sunnyvale, California
Tags: SMB, expense management, employees, accounting, bookkeeping, fraud detection, risk management
Source: Crunchbase

Payfone
Online identity and payment services
Latest round: $2.66 million
Total raised: $48.7 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, SMB, merchants, security, authentication, Finovate alum
Source: FT Partners

Loot
Banking & money management for students
Latest round: $2.17 million
Total raised: $2.17 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, banking, youth, millennials, payments, personal financial management, PFM, financial education
Source: Crunchbase

Savedo
Retail investment product marketplace
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $7.6 million
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: Consumer, lending, underwriting, alt-lending, loans, personal financial management, P2P, person-to-person
Source: Crunchbase

Invesdor
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $1.3 million Equity Crowdfunding
Total raised: $3.45 million
HQ: Helsinki, Finland
Tags: Consumer, SMB, investing, P2P, peer-to-peer, equity
Source: Crunchbase

RevolutionCredit
Consumer credit education
Latest round: $922,000 Debt
Total raised: $6.62 million ($5.7 million Equity)
HQ: Irvine, California
Tags: Consumer, personal finance, financial education, credit, lead generation
Source: Crunchbase

iSENTIUM
Sentiment analysis for capital markets
Latest round: $810,000
Total raised: $810,000
HQ: Miami, Florida
Tags: Institutions, traders, investing, analytics, information, social media
Source: FT Partners

ayondo
Social stock-trading platform
Latest round: Unknown amount of new capital in Reverse IPO ($117 million value)
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Frankfurt, Germany
Tags: Consumer, advisers, wealth management, trading, investing
Source: Finovate

Socure
Digital identity verification
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $4.7+ million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Institutions, B2B2C, social media, security, compliance, Santander (investor), Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

MoneyMeets
Investment and insurance marketplace
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $1.73+ million
HQ: Koln, Germany
Tags: Consumer, investing, insurance, lead generation, discovery
Source: Crunchbase

Processing.com
Payments solutions provider
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Watford, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, ISOs, merchants, acquiring, payments, debit/credit cards
Source: FT Partners

Simplesurance
Insurance products for ecommerce partners
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $8+ million
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: Consumer, B2B2C, insurance, upsell, ecommerce
Source: Crunchbase

Fintech Fundings: 35 Companies Raise $470 Million the Third Week of June

Fintech Fundings: 35 Companies Raise $470 Million the Third Week of June

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For the third week in a row, the number of deals flirted with the single-week record of 39. This week, 35 fintech companies worldwide raised $469 million the second week of June. Included were three Finovate alums:

The total number of deals YTD stands at 662, double last year’s 338. Total dollars raised YTD is now $16.8 billion, $9 billion more than the $7.8 billion raised during the same period a year ago.

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Fintech deals by size from 11 June to 17 June 2016:

Fenqile
Consumer microlender
Latest round: $235 million Series D
Total raised: $335 million
HQ: Shenzen, China
Tags: Consumer, lending, underwriting, alt-lending, purchase finance, ecommerce, installment loans
Source: FT Partners

Payoff
Credit card payoff loans
Latest round: $46.76 million Series C
Total raised: $71.56 million
HQ: Costa Mesa, California
Tags: Consumer, lending, underwriting, alt-lending, loans, personal financial management
Source: Crunchbase

Shanghai Suntime Information Technology
Financial data provider
Latest round: $35 million ($140 million valuation)
Total raised: $35 million
HQ: Shanghai, China
Tags: Institutions, investing, trading, information, analytics, Ant Financial (investor)
Source: FT Partners

Better Mortgage
Mortgage lender
Latest round: $30 million Series A
Total raised: $30 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, lending, home buying, real estate purchase
Source: Crunchbase

LEAGUE
Digital health insurance platform
Latest round: $25 million Series A
Total raised: $25 million
HQ: Wilmington, Delaware
Tags: SMB, consumer, healthcare, benefits, insurance, health savings accounts, billing, payments
Source: FT Partners

FinLeap
Fintech company builder
Latest round: $23.6 million Series A
Total raised: $23.6 million
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: SMB, banking, insurance, payments
Source: Crunchbase

ClearTax (ClearSharp Technology)
Income tax prep
Latest round: $12 million Series A
Total raised: $15.4 million
HQ: New Delhi, India
Tags: Consumer, tax preparation
Source: Crunchbase

PromisePay
Payments for marketplaces
Latest round: $10 million Series A
Total raised: $12.25 million
HQ: Collingwood, Australia
Tags: SMB, payments, mobile, credit/debit cards, POS, point-of-sale, acquiring, merchants
Source: Crunchbase

Tapp Commerce
Alt-payments
Latest round: $9 million Series A
Total raised: $9 million
HQ: Turku, Finland
Tags: Consumer, payments, mobile, ecommerce, barter, virtual currency, bitcoin, P2P, person to person
Source: Crunchbase

Overbond
Bond issuing platform
Latest round: $7.5 million Seed
Total raised: $7.5 million
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tags: Enterprise, SMB, investing, fixed income
Source: Crunchbase

Software Group
Banking and payments software
Latest round: $5.6 million
Total raised: $5.6 million
HQ: Sofia, Bulgaria
Tags: Institutions, banking, payments, lending
Source: FT Partners

Greytip Software
Cloud-based HR and payroll
Latest round: $5.21 million
Total raised: $5.21 million
HQ: Bangalore, India
Tags: SMB, payments, payroll, HR benefits, employees, insurance
Source: FT Partners

Huddle Money
P2P financial platform
Latest round: $4.4 million Seed
Total raised: $4.4 million
HQ: Sydney, Australia
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, insurance, payments, funds transfer
Source: Crunchbase

Bipsync
Research management software for investors
Latest round: $4.2 million
Total raised: $5.7 million
HQ: Palo Alto, California
Tags: Advisers, institutions, investment information
Source: FT Partners

Invoice Cycle
Invoice-backed lender
Latest round: $4 million Seed
Total raised: $4 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, lending, underwriting, trade finance, factoring, alt-lender
Source: Crunchbase

Cachet Financial Solutions
Remote deposit capture
Latest round: $2.55 million Convertible Note
Total raised: $26.86 million
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tags: Institutions, B2B2C, mobile, deposit, checking accounts, Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase

CardsMobile
NFC-based mobile payments
Latest round: $2.5 million
Total raised: $2.5 million
HQ: St. Petersburg, Russia
Tags: Consumer, SMB, merchants, mobile, payments, acquiring
Source: Crunchbase

StockTwits
Investment information platform
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $14.4 million
HQ: Phoenix, Arizona
Tags: Consumer, investing, information, trading
Source: Finovate

MarketLend
P2P trade finance loans
Latest round: $1 million
Total raised: $1 million
HQ: Sydney, Australia
Tags: SMB, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing, factoring, invoice loans
Source: Crunchbase

Valiant Finance
Business loan marketplace
Latest round: $590,000 Seed
Total raised: $590,000
HQ: Sydney, Australia
Tags: SMB, lending, commercial loans, price comparison, lead generation
Source: Crunchbase

Symbid
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $550,000 Debt
Total raised: $550,000 Debt
HQ: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: Consumer, SMB, peer-to-peer, P2P, investing, stock ownership
Source: Crunchbase

Frontera
Alt-investing in emerging markets
Latest round: $500,000 Series A
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Consumer, advisers, investing, venture capital
Source: Crunchbase

Sezzle
Payment via bank transfer (ACH)
Latest round: $500,000
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tags: SMB, ACH, payments, bank transfers, merchants, point of sale (POS), checking accounts, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Bee Card
Basic consumer bank accounts
Latest round: $250,000
Total raised: $4.85 million
Accelerator: FinLab
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, prepaid debit card, deposits, underbanked, millennial, mobile, billpay
Source: FT Partners

Earnup
Consumer debt-repayment optimization
Latest round: $250,000
Total raised: $250,000
Accelerator: FinLab
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: FT Partners

eCreditHero
Consumer credit repair
Latest round: $250,000
Total raised: $250,000
Accelerator: FinLab
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, lending, credit, debt repayment, restructure
Source: FT Partners

Everlance
Expense and mileage tracker
Latest round: $250,000
Total raised: $250,000
Accelerator: FinLab
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, SMB, personal financial management (PFM), expense reports, employees
Source: FT Partners

Meet Albert
Financial advice for consumers
Latest round: $250,000
Total raised: $250,000
Accelerator: FinLab
HQ: Los Angeles, California
Tags: Consumer, personal financial health, education
Source: FT Partners

Remedy
Consumer medical bill analysis
Latest round: $250,000
Total raised: $250,000
Accelerator: FinLab
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, billpay, personal financial management (PFM), healthcare, insurance
Source: FT Partners

WiseBanyan
Consumer financial adviser
Latest round: $250,000
Total raised: $250,000
Accelerator: FinLab
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, investing, financial planning, wealth management
Source: FT Partners

Bidollar
P2P foreign exchange 
Latest round: $44,000 Seed
Total raised: $44,000
HQ: California
Accelerator: WOW Aceleradora
Tags: Consumer, SMB, peer-to-peer, P2P, foreign exchange (fx), remittances, exchange rates, price comparison
Source: Crunchbase

Oval Money
Financial planning and savings app
Latest round: $28,000 Grant
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Accelerator: NTT DOCOMO
Tags: Consumer, education, underbanked, savings accounts, deposits, mobile banking, millennials
Source: Crunchbase

KiaKia
Consumer lending
Latest round: $12,000 Angel
Total raised: $12,000
HQ: Nigeria
Tags: Consumer, lending, alt-lending, credit, payday, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

Lend
P2P lending platform
Latest round: Undisclosed Seed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Switzerland
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Navicure
Medical claims management and payments
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Duluth, Georgia
Tags: SMB, healthcare, insurance, payments, billing, accounting, analytics, BI
Source: FT Partners

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Fintech Fundings: 38 Companies Raise $220 Million the Second Week of June

pig_money_beachFor the second week in a row, the number of deals reported, 38, was just one below the weekly record. In all, fintech companies worldwide raised $222 million the second week of June. Nine deals were for undisclosed sums and $500,000 was reported as debt, although two were convertible notes. There was an odd cluster of fundings around the $2 million mark with 10 of the 29 deals (with known amounts) landing between $1.8 and $2.5 million.

Five Finovate alums combined to raise nearly $100 million, 42% of the week’s total:

The total number of deals YTD stands at 627, nearly double last year’s 321. Total dollars raised YTD is now $16.4 billion, more than twice the $7.5 billion raised during the same period a year ago.

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Fintech deals by size from 4 June to 10 June 2016:

Tradeshift
Trading platform
Latest round: $75 million Series D
Total raised: $174 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: SMB, enterprise, trade finance, invoicing, billing, expense management, accounting, payables, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

zipMoney Payments
Alt-lender and payments
Latest round: $20.6 million Post-IPO Equity
Total raised: $121.6 million Post-IPO, including $100 million Debt
HQ: Perth, Australia
Tags: Consumer, lending, credit, underwriting, payments, point-of-sale financing, POS
Source: Crunchbase

Jiff
Enerprise health benefits platform
Latest round: $17.7 million Series C
Total raised: $65.7 million
HQ: Palo Alto, California
Tags: Healthcare, insurance, employee benefits, HR
Source: FT Partners

nCino
Bank operating system
Latest round: $15.67 million
Total raised: $64.67 million
HQ: Wilmington, North Carolina
Tags: Institutions, CRM, loan origination, workflow, content management, analytics, BI
Source: Crunchbase

NexusCrowd
Real estate crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $15.5 million
Total raised: $15.5 million
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tags: Consumer, SMB, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Ascend Consumer Finance
Alt-lender
Latest round: $11 million Series A
Total raised: $12.5 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, lending, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

CrowdFlower
Data analytics platform
Latest round: $10 million Series D
Total raised: $38 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Insitutions, advisers, big data, machine learning, analytics, BI, Finovate alums
Source: Finovate

trueEX
Executation platform for interest rate swaps (IRS)
Latest round: $9.21 million
Total raised: $33.7 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: Institutions, trading, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Notarize
Electronic notary service
Latest round: $8 million Series A
Total raised: $10.4 million
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
Tags: SMB, lending, legal, compliance
Source: Crunchbase

Bento for Business
Digital business banking platform
Latest round: $7 million Series A
Total raised: $9.5 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: SMB, small business, online banking, payments, debit cards, prepaid, expense control, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

InvoiceFinance
Invoice financing
Latest round: $3.9 million Seed
Total raised: $3.9 million
HQ: ‘s-hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Tags: SMB, lending, alt-lender, commerical loans, trade finance, billing, invoicing, cash flow, working capital
Source: Crunchbase

FlexReceipts
Digital receipts
Latest round: $2.5 million
Total raised: $5 million
HQ: California
Tags: SMB, B2B2C, payments, personal financial management (PFM), spending, marketing
Source: Crunchbase

PaymentWorks
B2B payments platform
Latest round: $2.5 million Convertible Note
Total raised: $4.03 million
HQ: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tags: SMB, payments, invoicing, billing, bill payment
Source: Crunchbase

Satago
Invoice financing
Latest round: $2.3 million
Total raised: $3.4 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, lending, alt-lender, commerical loans, trade finance, billing, invoicing, cash flow
Source: Crunchbase

Muume
Mobile point-of-sale platform
Latest round: $2.3 million Series A
Total raised: $2.3 million
HQ: Cham, Switzerland
Tags: SMB, payments, mobile, mPOS, merchants, acquiring, credit/debit cards
Source: Crunchbase

Bunker Protect
Insurance marketplace for contract labor
Latest round: $2 million Seed
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: SMB, insurance, contract-related, 1099 workers
Investors: Hiscox, Route 66, American Family, Comcast
Source: Crunchbase

CreditVidya
Alt-credit score
Latest round: $2 million Series A
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: Institutions, lenders, credit reports, underwriting, credit
Source: Crunchbase

ePaylater
Consumer point-of-sale financing
Latest round: $2 million Seed
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: Consumer, lending, alt-lending, underwriting, credit
Source: Crunchbase

FollowIt
Real estate listings
Latest round: $2 million Seed
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: Woolloomooloo, Australia
Tags: Consumer, mortgage, home buying, discovery, lead generation
Source: Crunchbase

KrazyBee (Finovation Tech Solutions)
Alt-lender
Latest round: $2 million Seed
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: Bangalore, India
Tags: Consumer, lending, credit, underwriting, point-of-sale financing
Source: Crunchbase

Buzz Points (owned by Fisoc)
Debit and credit card rewards
Latest round: $1.86 million
Total raised: $1.86 million
HQ: Austin, Texas
Tags: B2B2C, institutions, payments, marketing, loyalty, marketing, Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase

AppFront
Mobile point-of-sale apps
Latest round: $1.5 million Seed
Total raised: $1.5 million
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Tags: B2B2C, SMB, payments, mobile, mPOS, merchants
Source: Crunchbase

GrowthDeck
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $1.45 million
Total raised: $1.45 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, SMB, equity, stock, peer-to-peer, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

NettCash (owned by Mozido)
Mobile wallet & payments
Latest round: $1.3 million
Total raised: $1.3 million
HQ: Harare, Zimbabwe
Tags: Consumer, payments, mobile, merchants, acquiring, mPOS
Source: Crunchbase

Insly
Insurance management software
Latest round: $1.13 million Seed
Total raised: $1.16 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, insurance agents, brokers, process management
Source: Crunchbase

Risk Focus
Risk management for capital markets
Latest round: $500,0000 Debt
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Institutions, compliance, risk mananagement, trading, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Besepa
Direct debit platform
Latest round: $340,000 Seed
Total raised: $630,000
HQ: Madrid, Spain
Tags: Consumer, SMB, funds transfer, payments, debit, billpay
Source: Crunchbase

Payfully
Receivables financing for AirBnB hosts
Latest round: $300,000 Convertible Note
Total raised: $300,000
HQ: Brooklyn, New York
Tags: Consumer, SMB, lending, alt-lending, invoice financing
Source: Crunchbase

PocketSuite
Payment and management tools for small businesses
Latest round: $120,000 Seed
Total raised: $395,000
HQ: San Francisco, California
Accelerator: Y Combinator
Tags: SMB, payments, billing, invoicing, accounting bookkeeping
Source: Crunchbase

Alpha Payments Cloud
Payments platform
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $12+ million
HQ: Singapore
Accelerator: Wells Fargo
Tags: Institutions, SMB, payments, hub, merchants, credit/debit cards, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

BLender
P2P lending platform
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $5 million
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Capsilon
Document and data management for mortgage companies
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $21.4+ million
HQ: California
Tags: Institution, mortgage banking, brokers, process management
Source: FT Partners

Chamasoft
Bookkeeping tool for investment groups
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Nairobi, Kenya
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Kwanji
FX comparison site
Latest round: Not disclosed
Total raised: $1.93 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, foreign exchange, shopping, lead generation, price comparison, remittances
Source: Crunchbase

mergims
Mobile prepaid account
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $160,000
HQ: Kigali, Rwanda
Tags: Consumer, payments, underbanked, prepaid, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

Tokhelp
Fundraising software for charitable institutions
Latest round: Undisclosed Series C
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Goiania, Brazil
Tags: Nonprofits, payments, merchants, acquiring, mobile
Source: FT Partners

VugaPay
Mobile payments
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $25,000+
HQ: Kigali, Rwanda
Tags: Consumer, payments, mobile, prepaid
Source: Crunchbase

Zuora
Billing solutions
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $242.5 million
HQ: Foster City, California
Tags: SMB, billing, invoicing, payments, accounts-receivables management, bookkeeping
Source: Crunchbase

 

Fintech Fundings: 38 Companies Raised $300 Million First Week of June

money_keyWith 38 deals reported—one shy of the weekly record—fintech companies raised $303 million worldwide the first week of June. Nine of the deals were for undisclosed amounts and $2 million was reported as debt.

Two Finovate alums landed new money this week:

The total number of deals YTD stands at 589, 90% more than last year’s 306. Total dollars raised YTD is now $16.1 billion, more than double the $7.3 billion raised during the same period a year ago.

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Fintech deals by size from 28 May to 3 June, 2016:

Partners Life
Online insurance
Latest round: $134.5 million
Total raised: $134.5 million
HQ: Auckland, New Zealand
Tags: Consumer, insurance, life, disability, business risk
Source: Crunchbase

Vibes (owned by Syniverse)
Mobile wallet analytics
Latest round: $45 million Series B
Total raised: $60 million
HQ: Chicago, Illinois
Tags: Institutions, enterprise, payments, mobile, wallet, analytics, marketing
Source: Crunchbase

Digit
Mobile savings account
Latest round: $22.5 million Series B
Total raised: $36.3 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, savings accounts, deposits, mobile, youth market, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Qingshongchou Network Technology
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $20 million Series B
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Bejing, China
Tags: Consumer, peer-to-peer, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Vyze
Financing solutions for retailers and manufacturers
Latest round: $13 million Series B
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Austin, Texas
Tags: SMB, merchants, point of sale, POS, alt-lending, credit, underwriting, trade finance
Source: Crunchbase

Zibby
Lease-to-own financing platform
Latest round: $12.5 million
Total raised: $12.5 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: SMB, consumer (B2B2C), lending, merchants, credit, point-of-purchase financing, leasing
Source: FT Partners

Payveris
Digital payments platform for financial institutions
Latest round: $7.5 million
Total raised: $14.15 million
HQ: Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Tags: Institutions, SMB, merchants, payments, mobile, API, developers
Source: Crunchbase

Avenues India
Payment processing
Latest round: $6.7 million
Total raised: $6.7 million
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: SMB, payments, merchants, POS, point of sale, acquring, debit/credit cards
Source: FT Partners

goHenry
Prepaid debit card for youth
Latest round: $5.8 million Equity Crowdfunding (Crowdcube)
Total raised: $5.8 million
HQ: Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, payments, youth market, parental controls, debit card, prepaid, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

SeedInvest
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $5.1 million
Total raised: $10.4 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: Consumer, SMB, peer-to-peer, P2P, investing, equity
Source: Crunchbase

Smart Pension
U.K. pension auto-enrollment service
Latest round: $4.8 million Series A
Total raised: $4.8 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, advisers, payroll, employers, employee benefits, account opening, accounting
Source: Crunchbase

Smartkarma
Marketplace for Asian investment research
Latest round: $4.7 million
Total raised: $7.5 million
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Consumer, advisers, trading, wealth management, investing
Source: FT Partners

Homie
P2P real estate marketplace
Latest round: $4.5 million Seed
Total raised: $8.26 million
HQ: Salt Lake City, Utah
Tags: Consumer, SMB, peer-to-peer, home buying, mortgage, real estate properites
Source: Crunchbase

CallVu
Digital engagement platform 
Latest round: $3 million
Total raised: $3 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: Institutions, marketing, customer service, retention, NICE Systems (investor), Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

FundingGates
Accounts receivables platform for small businesses
Latest round: $2.26 million Debt
Total raised: $8.17 million ($5.92 million Equity)
HQ: New York City
Tags: SMB, accounting, bookkeeping, accounts receivables, AR management, billing, invoicing, collections
Source: Crunchbase

Kikka Capital
Alt-lender for small businesses
Latest round: $2 million Seed
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: Perth, Australia
Tags: SMB, commerical, lending, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Moka
mPOS platform
Latest round: $1.9 million Series A
Total raised: $1.9 million
HQ: Jakarta, Indonesia
Tags: SMB, merchant, payments, POS, point of sale, credit/debit cards, acquiring
Source: Crunchbase

Sernova Financial
Clearing services
Latest round: $1.46 million Seed
Total raised: $1.46 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Advisers, institutions, investing, trading, risk management
Source: Crunchbase

FundedbyMe
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $1.3 million
Total raised: $2.8 million
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Tags: Consumer, SMB, peer-to-peer, P2P, equity, investing
Source: Crunchbase

FinAccel
Alt-lending
Latest round: $1.1 million Seed
Total raised: $1.1 million
HQ: Jakarta, Indonesia
Tags: Consumer, merchants, POS, point-of-sale financing, lending, credit, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

WiseAlpha
Corporate loan-investing platform
Latest round: $860,000
Total raised: $1.2 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: FT Partners

Macrovue
Theme-based investing
Latest round: $680,000 Convertible Note
Total raised: $680,000
HQ: Sydney, Australia
Tags: Consumer, advisers, investing, trading, ETFs, wealth management
Source: Crunchbase

AngelSpan
Investor-relations platform for startups
Latest round: $600,000
Total raised: $600,000
HQ: Austin, Texas
Tags: SMB, small business, investing
Source: FT Partners

Moneytis
Funds transfers
Latest round: $334,000 Seed
Total raised: $390,000
HQ: Paris, France
Tags: Consumer, remittances, fx, international funds transfer, bitcoin, crypto-currency
Source: Crunchbase

BudgetBakers
Personal financial management
Latest round: $290,000 Seed
Total raised: $430,000
HQ: Prague, Czech Republic
Tags: Consumer, PFM, budgeting, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

Currency Alliance
Comcoin digital currency
Latest round: $223,000 Seed
Total raised: $223,000
HQ: Barcelona, Spain
Tags: Consumer, SMB, payments, virtual currency, crypto-currency, bitcoin, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase

AMoney
Blockchain protocol
Latest round: $100,000 Seed ($5 million valuation)
Total raised: $100,000
HQ: Cameroon
Tags: Consumer, payments, remittancees, funds transfer, cryptocurrency
Source: Crunchbase

Bonop.com
Micro-payments for online content
Latest round: $56,000 Seed
Total raised: $110,000
HQ: Marbella, Spain
Tags: Consumer, SMB, payments, micro-payments
Source: Crunchbase

iBan
Crowdlending platform
Latest round: $56,000 Seed
Total raised: $56,000
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Bridgei2i
Process automation for financial institutions
Latest round: Undisclosed (11% stake to Cuscal)
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Bangalore, India
Tags: Institutions, analytics, business-process optimizatio, BI, Finovate alum
Source: FT Partners

Harbortouch
Payment processor
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $279+ million
HQ: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Tags: SMB, payments, merchants, POS, point of sale, acquring, debit/credit cards
Source: FT Partners

Investree
P2P lending marketplace
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Jarkarta, Indonesia
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Moroku
Mobile banking software
Latest round: Undisclosed (11% stake to Cuscal)
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Sydney, Australia
Tags: Institutions, B2B2C, mobile banking, UX/UI
Source: FT Partners

Pay4later
Retail finance gateway
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, merchant, consumer, lending, underwriting, point of sale purchases
Source: Crunchbase

PennyPass
Digital payments
Latest round: Undisclosed Angel
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, SMB, payments, micro-payments, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

PinPay
Mobile payments
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $1.1 million
HQ: Beirut, Lebanon
Tags: Consumer, payments, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

Stratifund
Information for crowdfunding investors
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, information, investing, discover, lead gen
Source: Crunchbase

Valendo
Online asset lending
Latest round: Undisclosed Series A
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: Consumer, lending, pawnshop, intallment loans, underwriting, investing, short-term credit
Source: Crunchbase

$510 Million Raised by 22 Alums in Q2 2016

$510 Million Raised by 22 Alums in Q2 2016

walking_sack_of_cashFinovate alums raised more than $510 million in the second quarter of 2016, down 39% compared to Q2 2015 and down 22% from last quarter. And while this number is down from the breakaway second quarter of 2015, the trend in Q2 alum funding remains on the upswing based on previous years. Q2 2016 was 11% above Q2 2014 and more than twice as much as raised in Q2 2013.

Previous Quarterly Comparisons

  • Q2 2016: More than $510 million raised by 23 alums
  • Q2 2015: More than $840 million raised by 39 alums
  • Q2 2014: More than $458 million raised by eight alums
  • Q2 2013: More than $200 million raised by 15 alums

The biggest equity deal of the second quarter was the $75 million raised by Tradeshift in June. Also noteworthy was the $50 million raised by Personal Capital, and SigFig’s $40 million financing. The top 10 investments in the second quarter totaled $327 million or 64% of the quarter’s total alum funding.

Top 10 Overall Investments (equity only)

  1. Tradeshift: $75 million
  2. Personal Capital: $50 million
  3. SigFig: $40 million
  4. Persado: $30 million
  5. TransferWise: $26 million
  6. SocietyOne: $25 million
  7. Zooz: $24 million
  8. Dashlane: $22.5 million
  9. BizFi: $20 million
  10. Azimo: $15 million

Here is our detailed alum funding report for Q2 2016.

April 2016: More than $169 million raised by six alums

  • Aire: undisclosed – post
  • BlueVine: undisclosed – post
  • Ixaris: $6 million – post
  • Persado: $30 million – post
  • Scalable Capital: $7.9 million – post
  • SocietyOne: $25 million (plus $100 million debt) – post

May 2016: More than $217 million raised by nine alums

  • Azimo: $15 million – post
  • Dashlane: $22.5 million – post
  • EZBOB: $35.5 million debt – news
  • Featurespace: $9 million – post
  • Personal Capital: $50 million – post
  • SigFig: $40 million – post
  • Tagit: $8.75 million – post
  • Tink:  $10 million – post
  • TransferWise: $26 million – post

June 2016: More than $126 million raised by seven alums

  • Bento: $7 million – post
  • BizFi: $20 million – post
  • Buzz Points: $1.8 million – post
  • CallVU: $3 million – post
  • CrowdFlower: $10 million – post
  • Passport: $8 million – post
  • TradeShift: $75 million – post

If you are a Finovate alum that raised money in the second quarter of 2016, and do not see your company listed, please drop us a note at research@finovate.com. We would love to share the good news! Funding received prior to becoming an alum not included.

 

Revolut Lands $8.7 Million, Launches Crowdfunding Campaign

Revolut Lands $8.7 Million, Launches Crowdfunding Campaign

Screen Shot 2016-07-11 at 7.17.45 AM

While some European fintech companies are worried Brexit will stifle the tech industry, London-based Revolut’s latest news indicates there’s still room for growth. The company, which offers a multicurrency-payments platform, closed on $8.7 million (£6.8 million) from big-name investors and has a goal to pull in more through a public crowdfunding campaign.

Investors include Ribbit Capital along with existing contributors Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Venrex and Seedcamp. Today’s Series A round brings the company’s total funding to $13.2 million since it was founded in 2013. According to Business Insider, the company is now valued at $54 million (£42 million).

Revolut is offering the public an opportunity to invest by launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise another $1.3 million (£1 million) hosted on Crowdcube, where investors can participate with as little as £10. Starting today, Revolut is inviting the most active of its 200,000 users to preregister. Others will be able to register when the campaign opens in a week. According to the company’s pitch site on Crowdcube:

Revolut will be inviting people to invest based on the number of contacts in their Revolut contact book. People with the most contacts will be granted priority access by Revolut from Wednesday 20th, 24 hours before the pitch is available to the public.

At press time the company has already far exceeded its $1.3 million goal; 4,832 people have committed to invest more than $11.7 million (£8.5 million).

The Revolut app, combined with a prepaid MasterCard, lets users load money from the bank account in their domestic currency and spend it in 90 different currencies across the globe, including bitcoin, at the interbank rate. The company is seeing more than 1,500 new customers register each day. Since the platform went live about a year ago, users have transferred more than $500 million on its cards. Here’s a look at the growth:Screen Shot 2016-07-11 at 8.21.26 AM

Revolut debuted at FinovateEurope 2015 in London. Revolut’s CEO and founder Nikolay Storonsky began working on the idea after his bank charged him $2,000 in fees after spending $12,000 while traveling abroad. “That is why we built Revolut,” Storonsky said during the demo. “It allows you to exchange, send, and spend your money, completely avoiding all your banking fees without actually using a bank.”

16389701948_d2c7ec0dce_kCEO Nikolay Storonsky, founder, and CTO Vlad Yatsenko debuted Revolut at FinovateEurope 2015 in London.

In May of this year, Revolut received an e-money license from the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority to bolster currency exchange functionality in the app. Post-Brexit, the company anticipates it will receive passporting rights from the E.U. to use the license in other countries. If the license falls through, CEO Storonsky tells Business Insider, “We’ll just set up … an office in Berlin and get licensed there.”

Coinbase Lands $10.5 Million in Strategic Investment from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ

Coinbase Lands $10.5 Million in Strategic Investment from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ

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Coinbase, a Bitcoin platform for merchant processing and consumer wallets, received backing from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (MUCAP) and Sozo Ventures today.

The three firms have made a strategic investment of $10.5 million in Coinbase, bringing the company’s total funding to just north of $116 million. Previous investors in Coinbase include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the New York Stock Exchange, BBVA Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz.

BTMU, the largest bank in Japan, plans to work with the San Francisco-based company to fuel its international expansion. Coinbase does not currently support digital currency-exchange services in Japan, but said in a blog post that it is looking forward to working with BTMU “to support this focus in key markets in Asia and globally.”

Late last month Coinbase announced it now accepts PayPal for selling bitcoin. Coinbase users in the U.S. can now sell bitcoin and have the funds deposited in their PayPal wallet. The company plans to add support for other countries in the future. Coinbase also added support for purchasing bitcoin with credit cards. Both services are still in beta.

At FinovateSpring 2014, Coinbase debuted Instant Exchange, a merchant-payment solution that allows businesses to accept bitcoin without any exchange-rate risk, shielding them from market volatility. Coinbase has 4 million customers across a supported network of 32 countries and has seen $4 billion in bitcoin exchanged over its platform since launching in 2012.

StockTwits Has a Big Week: New Funding, New CEO

StockTwits Has a Big Week: New Funding, New CEO

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StockTwits, a social network for stock market investing, returned from the U.S. Fourth of July holiday with a double bang. The San Diego-based company today announced it not only closed on new funding, but also appointed a new CEO.

The $2 million funding round was led by Social Leverage and brings the company’s total to $13 million. StockTwits will use the funds to boost engagement by adding premium features and content such as video to help engage users. IanRosenThe company counts 1.5 million active users each month, 60% of whom are under the age of 44.

Driving this change is Ian Rosen (pictured right), who has been appointed CEO of StockTwits effective July 6. Rosen has served as an adviser to the company since 2013 and is taking the seat of Howard Lindzon who founded StockTwits in 2008. Lindzon has filled the role of executive chairman. Rosen most recently served as CEO of Even Financial, a supply-side platform for online lending. Prior to that he was general manager of MarketWatch, a financial media business.

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At FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Lindzon showed off the company’s API that provides financial institutions real-time data on stock market sentiment. The company plans to further leverage and grow how it uses this data. Speaking to TechCrunch, Lindzon said, “Data business is doubling this year and we are focused on widening the top of the brand funnel with some new ideas.”

In addition to its FinDEVr presentation, StockTwits has also presented at FinovateEurope 2011 where it debuted its blog network and StockTwits Connect. The company is the inventor of the CashTag, a method of linking a company stock to a feed using a dollar sign, for example $AAPL.

BizFi Lands $20 Million from Metropolitan Equity

BizFi Lands $20 Million from Metropolitan Equity

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Who said alt-lenders are going out of style. Small business financing provider BizFi garnered some funding of its own today. Metropolitan Equity Partners, which has been a backer of the New York-based company since 2013, funded BizFi with $20 million this week.

Combined with the company’s December 2015 round of $65 million, this brings its total capital to $85 million. BizFi will use the round to bolster its small business financing products, offer funding faster, and boost marketing to small-to-medium sized businesses.

Launched in 2005, BizFi offers a host of funding options, including equipment financing, invoice financing, SBA loans, and more. At FinovateFall 2015, BizFi showed its aggregation engine that supplies 35 online and offline partners, including OnDeck, Kabbage, and Bluevine, with a white-labeled, co-branded funding solution.

In April, Stephen Sheinbaum, the company’s founder, was featured on CNBC’s Squawk Box. During the segment Sheinbaum says, “I think you’re going to see the major banks and the community banks leverage our technology and our ability to make decisions in fractions of seconds, as opposed to the weeks and months it takes now.” BizFi’s marketplace and funding technologies have furnished $1.7 billion in financing to more than 30,000 small businesses.

savedroid AG Completes € 1 Million Seed Round; Announces Beta Launch

savedroid AG Completes € 1 Million Seed Round; Announces Beta Launch

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After coining the coolest new word in fintech during its Finovate debut this spring  (i.e., combining “swipe” and “move” to get the new verb “to smoove”) the team behind savedroid announced that its savings app is now available in beta. Those interested in checking out Germany’s first intelligent savings app can register today at savedroid.de and give the technology a try.

savedroid turns everyday activities and transactions into opportunities to save. The free mobile app’s algorithms support lifestyle savings rules called “smooves” that enable users to save a few bucks every time they work out at the gym, or to set aside 50 cents every time they log on to Facebook. The technology also analyzes consumption patterns and offers the user ways to save more or spend more wisely, including opportunities to find better values in everything from high-speed internet service to life insurance to utility bills. savedroid calls its service “personal consumption optimization at zero cost.”

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Pictured: CEO and founder Dr. Yassin Hankir demonstrated savedroid at FinovateSpring 2016 in San Jose.

savedroid also announced that it completed a € 1 million seed round. Participating in the funding were the Investment and Development Bank Rheinland-Pfalaz (ISB) as well as business angel investors including the founders of Infosys and Traxpay, Debjit Chaudhuri and Dr. Michael Rundshagen, respectively. The funds will help support product development, adding new talent to the savedroid team, and investment into the launch of the app. savedroid founder and CEO Dr. Yassin Hankir told Rhein Main Startups that he was “very pleased” to attract such strong investors despite his company’s relative newness.

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, savedroid demonstrated its technology at FinovateSpring 2016. Company founder Hankir is also the man who co-founded the goal-savings app Vaamo in 2013. Vaamo demoed at FinovateEurope 2014.