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LendUp Gets a Leg Up with $47 Million

LendUp Gets a Leg Up with $47 Million
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Funding, LendUp

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Payday lender-alternative LendUp landed $47 million in series C funding this week. Y Combinator’s growth fund, Y Combinator Continuity, led the round. Google Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, QED Investors, Data Collective, Susa Ventures, Radicle Impact, Bronze Investments, SV Angel and other angels also contributed.

The $47 million brings the company’s total funding to just over $110 million. LendUp will use the funds to build LCard, a credit card with a companion mobile app designed to help users build credit.

Founded in 2011, LendUp aims to help consumers rejected by banks find a safe alternative to payday lenders. The San Francisco-based company offers three main products:

  • LendUp Loans, a payday loan alternative that lets users borrow up to $250 for 30 days
  • LCard, a credit card made for those who have historically struggled with credit
  • Educational materials, free online courses to give cardholders the information they need to make decisions about their financial future

The company’s CEO Sasha Orloff told TechCrunch that the new round brings LendUp’s valuation “substantially higher than the last time.”

Cofounders CEO Sasha Orloff and CTO Jacob Rosenberg debuted the company’s API at FinovateSpring 2014. The API exposes LendUp’s core to allow partners to leverage its platform. The company won Best of Show at FinovateSpring 2013 for debuting its product that helps the underbanked build credit.

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NYMBUS Raises $12 Million in Round Led by Vensure Enterprises

NYMBUS Raises $12 Million in Round Led by Vensure Enterprises
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Funding, Fundings, NYMBUS

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Core-processing platform-developer NYMBUS has raised $12 million in financing in a round led by Vensure Enterprises. The investment will help the company speed product deployment as well as provide greater infrastructure support for its SmartCore platform.

According to NYMBUS, the funding could not have been better timed. Pointing to “already high demand” for its cloud-based SmartCore technology, NYMBUS Executive Chairman Scott Killoh said, “These banks and credit unions have a strained business model as they face increasing operational costs, severe regulatory pressures, while also being forced to utilize technology that is putting them at risk for survival.” Killoh said technology like NYMBUS was vital to help these FIs “survive, grow, and support their local communities.”

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Chief Experience Officer Mario Garcia demonstrates the NYMBUS platform at FinovateSpring 2016 in San Jose, California.

“We are thrilled that the funding will allow us to quickly scale our user base, as well as our service and support teams, to drive growth and innovation that this market so desperately needs,” said David Mitchell, NYMBUS president and CRO. The company’s SmartCore technology was launched last year to help smaller FIs transition away from older core systems that are often lacking in innovation and heavy in cost. NYMBUS, which aspires to be the “Tesla of banking,” instead provides a full-stack, API-driven platform, one that is HTML5, browser-based, built in Java and fully-hosted.

The new funding for NYMBUS comes after the company spent most of the summer making a variety of strategic acquisitions. NYMBUS acquired core data-processing, solutions-provider R.C. Olmsted for an undisclosed sum in June, the same month it bought credit union software technology company, KMR and core processing vendor, Sharp BancSystems. NYMBUS says that the trio of acquisitions has resulted in a company with $200 million in intellectual property powering real banking software in publicly traded banks and credit unions. The company launched its credit union service organization (CUSO) in March, and in February, partnered with fellow Finovate alum and PFM innovator, Geezeo.

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida, NYMBUS demonstrated its technology at FinovateSpring 2016. The company also participated in our developer’s conference, FinDEVr New York 2016, earlier this year, presenting its advanced core-processing platform for FIs.

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FinDEVr Alum UpGuard Raises $17 Million Series B

FinDEVr Alum UpGuard Raises $17 Million Series B
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Funding, Fundings, ScriptRock, UpGuard

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Cybersecurity specialist UpGuard has raised $17 million in new funding from a group of investors that included a “strategic investment” from Australian insurance giant, IAG. The company, which made its FinDEVr debut last fall in San Francisco as ScriptRock, will use the capital to help grow its CSTAR cybersecurity preparedness-assessment solution, as well as double staff to 120 by early next year. UpGuard co-CEO and cofounder Mike Baukes said that “by providing the tools needed to build resilient information systems, make strategic decisions with real data in real time, as well as obtain cyber insurance should the worst case scenario occur, we equip businesses to start fighting fire with fire.”

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Alan Sharp-Paul, cofounder and co-CEO of UpGuard, during his presentation, “Integrity in the Age of DevOps,” at FinDEVr San Francisco 2015.

The Series B was led by new investor Pelion Venture Partners and existing investor Square Peg Capital. All of UpGuard’s other current investors participated in the round as well, which takes the company’s total capital to $27 million. Speaking about the investment, Pelion Ventures Partner Chris Cooper said, “UpGuard’s ability to assess both external and internal risk factors is a huge step forward in understanding the complete security posture of a business.” He also praised CSTAR’s “technical rigor and simplicity” when it comes to helping companies to better manage data-breach risks.

CSTAR provides enterprises with a comprehensive and actionable cybersecurity preparedness score. FinDEVr2015-AlumniV2Similar to the way financial risk is aggregated into credit scores for consumers, CSTAR gives businesses such as ADP, Citrix, and Rackspace a single, wholistic risk metric that still enables them to drill down to the server or device level to spot and remedy potential vulnerabilities. UpGuard believes CSTAR can serve as the basis for a cyber-risk benchmark for businesses and consumers alike, and will explore new opportunities with insurance companies, such as with IAG, to help them better assess their customer’s cyber risks. The company also provides a free external assessment tool for websites.

Founded in Australia and headquartered in San Francisco, UpGuard presented “Integrity in the Age of DevOps” at FinDEVr San Francisco 2015.

Looking to make your own splash in the world of DevOps? Join us for FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016, on October 18 & 19, as we dedicate two days to the people who put the “tech” in fintech. Visit our registration page and save your spot today.

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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raised $530 Million Third Week of July

Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raised $530 Million Third Week of July
By Jim Bruene Posted on
Categories: Funding

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As July drew to a close, fundings continued at a brisk pace with 26 new fundings during the week ending July 22. However, it  was slightly less than the average of 28 fintech deals per week this year.

The total amount raised this week was $532 million. More than half ($325 million) were debt commitments to two alt-lenders, CommonBond ($300 million) and West Creek Financial ($25 million). Total equity raised this week was $207 million, including $23 million to Finovate alum Capriza (F15) in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz

The total number of deals YTD stands at 818, nearly double last year’s 429. Total dollars raised YTD is $18.6 billion, double the $9.3 billion raised during the same period a year ago.

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Fintech deals by size from 16 July to 22 July 2016:

CommonBond
Student loan marketplace lender
Latest round: $330 million ($30 million Series C + $300 million Debt)
Total raised: $754 million ($78.6 million Equity, $675 million Debt)
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, person-to-person, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Fantex
Building tracking stocks for professional athletes
Latest round: $60 million
Total raised: $111 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, investing, wealth management, alt-investments
Source: Crunchbase

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

Capriza
Mobile development tools
Latest round: $23 million Series C
Total raised: $73.5 million
HQ: Palo Alto, California
Tags: Institutions, mobile, developers, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Omise
Payment gateway
Latest round: $17.5 million Series B
Total raised: $20.4 million
HQ: Bangkok, Thailand
Tags: SMB, merchants, credit/debit cards, API, developers
Source: Crunchbase

Deposit Solutions
Retail deposits platform
Latest round: $16.5 million Series B
Total raised: $23.6 million
HQ: Hamburg, Germany
Tags: Institutions, consumers, deposits, banking, CDs, savings accounts, Peter Thiel (investor)
Source: Crunchbase

Deal4Loans
Financial services comparison portal
Latest round: $15 million
Total raised: $15 million
HQ: Uttar Pradesh, India
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, mortgage, credit card, discovery, insurance, price quotes, lead gen
Source: Crunchbase

MarketInvoice
Receivables financing marketplace
Latest round: $9.5 million Series
Total raised: $29.75 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, commercial credit, factoring, underwriting, person-to-person, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Guideline Technologies
401(k) investment account provider
Latest round: $7 million
Total raised: $9 million
HQ: Burlingame, California
Tags: SMB, B2B2C, employers, HR, benefits, investing, retirement savings, investing, wealth management
Source: Crunchbase

Loc8
Invoicing and quoting system for mobile workers
Latest round: $5 million Series A
Total raised: $5 million
HQ: Richmond, Australia
Tags: SMB, accounting, billing, CRM, payments, bookkeeping
Source: Crunchbase

Zlien
Lien rights platform
Latest round: $5 million Series A
Total raised: $6.75 million
HQ: New Orleans, Louisiana
Tags: SMB, institutions, construction, underwriting, mortgage, home equity loans, credit
Source: Crunchbase

Qauntifeed
Digital wealth-management platform
Latest round: $4.5 million Series A
Total raised: $4.5 million
HQ: Hong Kong
Tags: Institutions, advisers, investing, financial planning
Source: Crunchbase

Abacus Labs
Employee expense-reporting management
Latest round: $3.5 million
Total raised: $3.5 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: SMB, expense reports, payments, HR, employees, bookkeeping, accounting
Source: Crunchbase

Trim
Subscription and recurring-payments monitor
Latest round: $2.2 million Seed
Total raised: $2.2 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, mobile, personal financial management, PFM, chatbot, spending management
Source: Crunchbase

Touche
Mobile payments and personal financial management
Latest round: $2 million Seed
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Consumer, payments, personal financial management, PFM, biometrics, authentication, mobile
Source: Crunchbase, TechInAsia

ZipBooks
Accounting software for small businessess
Latest round: $2 million Seed
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: Lehi, Utah
Tags: SMB, accounting, bookkeeping, invoicing, billing
Source: Crunchbase

Revalu8
Real estate trading platform
Latest round: $1.5 million Seed
Total raised: $1.5 million
HQ: Sydney, Australia
Tags: Consumer, home buying, mortgage, discovery, lead gen
Source: Crunchbase

Gravie
Consumer health insurance portal
Latest round: $1 million
Total raised: $26.6 million
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tags: Consumer, SMB, insurance management, employees, HR, benefits
Source: Crunchbase

NiYO Solutions
Payroll platform
Latest round: $1 million Seed
Total raised: $1 million
HQ: Bangalore, India
Tags: SMB, payments, employers, HR, benefits
Source: Crunchbase

Tax2Win
Tax filing portal
Latest round: $1 million Seed
Total raised: $1 million
HQ: Jaipur, India
Tags: Consumer, tax prep, payments
Source: Crunchbase

Neurensic
AI for detecting stock market manipulation
Latest round: $225,000 Convertible Note
Total raised: $225,000
HQ: Chicago, Illinois
Tags: Institutions, investing, security, fraud, traders, stocks, artificial intelligence (AI)
Source: Crunchbase

Birdly
Expense report system
Latest round: Not disclosed
Total raised: $120,000 prior to above
HQ: Paris, France
Accelerator: Y Combinator (YC)
Tags: SMB, expense reports, spending, employees
Source: Crunchbase

iServeFinancial
Financial services comparison portal
Latest round: Not disclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Pune, India
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, credit card, discovery, insurance, price quotes, lead gen
Source: Crunchbase

Koho
Mobile banking
Latest round: Not disclosed
Total raised: $1 million
HQ: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tags: Consumer, payments, debit card, billpay, funds transfer, mobile, personal financial management, PFM
Source: Crunchbase

LQD Business Finance
Alt-lender to small businesses
Latest round: Not disclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Chicago, Illinois
Tags: SMB, commercial credit, loans, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

ZestFinance
Consumer alt-lender
Latest round: Undisclosed Private Equity
Total raised prior to above: $262 million ($112 million Equity, $150 million Debt)
HQ: Los Angeles, California
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, underbanked, credit scoring
Source: Crunchbase

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Interactions Garners $56 Million in its Largest Funding Round Yet

Interactions Garners $56 Million in its Largest Funding Round Yet
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Funding, Interactions

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Virtual customer-assistance company Interactions—the technology behind automated customer-service solutions for companies such as Hyatt, LifeLock, and Asurion—pulled in $56 million today. This is the company’s largest round since launching in 2004. It brings the company’s total funding to $167 million.

The funding comes from Comcast Ventures, NewSpring Capital, and Revolution Growth. Previous investors include Sigma Partners and Softbank Capital. Interactions CEO Mike Iacobucci said he plans to use the funding to meet the “widespread, growing demand” for its speech and natural language offerings and to boost sales and marketing efforts.

The Massachusetts-based company leverages AI and voice-recognition technology to help big brands offer a more friendly, automated customer experience. At FinovateSpring 2014, Interactions launched conversational solutions for banks that enable customers to access account information, change account details, and ask complex questions about their account in real time.

Interactions processes just shy of one billion customer transactions on an annual basis for large brands in seven industries. From 2014 to 2015, the company doubled its annual revenue; it expects to grow sales by 50% in 2016.

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CUneXus Closes $5 Million Series A

CUneXus Closes $5 Million Series A
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: CUneXus, Funding

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CUneXus, creator of sales and marketing automation solutions for lenders, quietly closed a $5 million funding round late last week. Two investors contributed to the round; both prefer to remain anonymous.

The California-based company’s total raised is now $7 million. Regarding plans for the funding, CUneXus President and CEO Dave Buerger said, “The use of funds is twofold: (1) aggressive growth and the addition of key personnel, and (2) continuous product development and improvement.”

26921762650_306e7e405d_kDave Buerger, CUneXus president and cofounder, and Darin Chong, cofounder, presented at FinovateSpring 2016.

Since launching in 2011, CUneXus has built a host of solutions for online and mobile lending and cross-selling. At FinovateSpring 2016 the company announced its recent partnership with Edmunds.com and showed off AutoXpress, a vehicle purchasing experience that takes place completely online or on mobile. Prior to that, the company demoed features of its Comprehensive Prescreened Lending (CPL) engine, cplXpress, at FinovateSpring 2014 and 2015. The product suite allows banks to extend perpetual loan-approval status across multiple products to their clients.

Buerger noted that this is just the beginning and says that CUneXus has many exciting projects lined up for release in 2017 and beyond: “As enthusiastic as we are about our current product line, our development roadmap is packed with potential and additional opportunities. We’ve really just scratched the surface.”

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Fintech Fundings: 32 Companies Raise $210 Million Second Week of July

Fintech Fundings: 32 Companies Raise $210 Million Second Week of July
By Jim Bruene Posted on
Categories: Funding

money_pig_beachThrough mid-July, the blistering pace of deals continued with 32 new fundings during the week ending 15 July 2016. There has been an average of 28 fintech deals per week this year.

The total value of deals this week was $206 million, with half ($100 million) going to Canadian blockchain technology provider Blockchain Intelligence. 

Two Finovate alums raised a total of $12 million during the week:

The total number of deals YTD stands at 792, nearly double last year’s 407. Total dollars raised YTD is $18.1 billion, more than double the $8.8 billion raised during the same period a year ago.

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Fintech deals by size from 9 July to 15 July 2016:

Blockchain Intelligence Group
Blockchain search and analytics
Latest round: $100 million
Total raised: $100 million
HQ: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tags: SMB, institution, blockchain, crypto-currency, BI, analytics
Source: Crunchbase

Gust
Platform for investing in early-stage startups
Latest round: $14.4 million Debt
Total raised previously: Unknown
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: SMB, advisers, investors, capital raising
Source: Crunchbase

OK Car Insurance
Online automobile insurance
Latest round: $12 million Series A
Total raised: $14.4 million
HQ: Shangahi, China
Tags: Consumer, insurance, vehicles, autos
Source: Crunchbase

OpenDoor Trading
Treasuries trading platform
Latest round: $10 million
Total raised: $10 million
HQ: Jersey City, New Jersey
Tags: Institutions, advisers, investing, fixed-income
Source: FT Partners

Exporo
Real estate crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $9.1 million Series A
Total raised: $9.1 million
HQ: Hamburg, Germany
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, person-to-person, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Revolut
Currency exchange platform
Latest round: $8.7 million Series A
Total raised: $13.2 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, SMB, remittances, foreign exchange, payments, funds transfers, fx, mobile, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

PayJoy
Alt-lender
Latest round: $8.5 million Series A
Total raised: $10.5 million
HQ: Saratoga, California
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, purchase finance, merchants, payments
Source: Crunchbase

WeSwap
P2P currency exchange
Latest round: $8.4 million Series B
Total raised: $18.5 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, person-to-person, P2P, prepaid debit card, fx, foreign exchange
Source: Crunchbase

Amber Financial Services
Consumer alt-lender
Latest round: $5 million Seed
Total raised: $5 million
HQ: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, alternative lender
Source: Crunchbase

Ingo Money (formerly Chexar Networks)
Check decisioning and funding
Latest round: $4 million
Total raised: $19.1 million
HQ: Roswell, Georgia
Tags: Institutions, SMB, B2B2C, checks, authorization, credit, underwriting, deposits
Source: Crunchbase

Alkami Technology
Digital banking technology
Latest round: $3.7 million
Total raised: $46.7 million
HQ: Plano, Texas
Tags: Institutions, digital banking, Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase

Quilt
Digital renter’s insurance
Latest round: $3.25 million Seed
Total raised: $3.25 million
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
Tags: Consumer, insurance, renters, property & casualty, P&C
Source: Crunchbase

Compliance Science
Compliance platform for financial institutions
Latest round: $2.9 million
Total raised: $11.2 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Institutions, compliance, regulations
Source: FT Partners

Digitzs
Digital payments platform
Latest round: $2.8 million Equity Crowdfunding
Total raised: $5,4 million
HQ: Santa Monica, California
Tags: Consumer, payments, debit/credit cards, merchants, API, developers
Source: Crunchbase

BankerBay
Investment banking platform
Latest round: $2 million Convertible Note
Total raised: $5 million
HQ: Bangalore, India
Tags: Institutions, SMB, capital raising, venture capital, VC
Source: Crunchbase

Touche
Mobile payments platform
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: Singapore
Tags: SMB, payments, client platform, point of sales, POS
Source: FT Partners

MoneyBox
Savings and investing app
Latest round: $1.75 million Seed
Total raised: $4.75 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, savings, deposits, spending, investing, personal financial management, PFM, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

Settled
Home buying platform
Latest round: $1.33 million Seed
Total raised: $1.75 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, real estate, discovery, mortgage, comparison
Source: Crunchbase

Switch 
Lost/stolen credit and debit card solution
Latest round: $1.2 million
Total raised: $1.2 million
HQ: Seattle, Washington
Tags: Consumer, payments, credit/debit cards, security, convenience
Source: Crunchbase

TagPay
Sound-based payment and banking technology
Latest round: $1.1 million Seed
Total raised: $1.1 million
HQ: Paris, France
Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, acquiring, mobile banking, core system
Source: Crunchbase

InvestiQuant (formerly Master the Gap)
Investment and trading technology
Latest round: $1.0 million
Total raised: $3.3 million
HQ: Morrisville, North Carolina
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, stocks
Source: Crunchbase

Plutus
Bitcoin-based mPOS technology
Latest round: $1 million
Total raised: $1 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, merchants, credit/debit cards, acquiring, bitcoin, crypto-currency, blockchain, point of sale
Source: FT Partners

CirraGroup
Crowdsourced medical debt settlement
Latest round: $500,000
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: Layfayette, Lousiana
Tags: Consumer, SMB, credit, debt repayment
Source: FT Partners

CreditExchange
Consumer loan marketplace
Latest round: $500,000 Seed
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: Bangalore, India
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, person-to-person, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

SoCash
Mobile cash finder
Latest round: $400,000 Seed
Total raised: $400,000
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Consumer, merchants, ATM, cash-back, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

Safello
Bitcoin exchange
Latest round: $300,000
Total raised: $1.3 million
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Tags: Consumer, cyrpto-currency, bitcoin, blockchain, payments, remittances
Source: Crunchbase

CrediWire
Commercial credit ratings
Latest round: $28,000
Total raised: $68,000
HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
Accelerator: TechFounders
Tags: Institutions, underwriting, commercial lending, loans, information, BI, API
Source: Crunchbase

Quantoz
Blockchain technology
Latest round: $28,000
Total raised: $28,000
HQ: The Netherlands
Accelerator: TechFounders
Tags: Institutions, SMB, payments, cyrpto-currency, bitcoin
Source: Crunchbase

SayPay Technologies
Authentication technology
Latest round: $28,000
Total raised: $28,000
HQ: Pleasanton, California
Accelerator: TechFounders
Tags: Institutions, security, authentication, voice biometrics, payments, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

Blocko (Coinstack)
Blockchain technology
Latest round: Unknown
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Seoul, South Korea
Tags: SMB, institutions, blockchain, database, crypto-currency
Source: FT Partners

GyanDhan
Education loans marketplace
Latest round: Undisclosed Seed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: New Delhi, India
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, person-to-person, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

SETL
Blockchain-based institutional funds transfer and settlement
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Institutions, payments, funds transfer, blockchain, bitcoin, crypto-currency
Source: FT Partners

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $530 Million Week Ending July 8

By Jim Bruene Posted on
Categories: Funding

money_keyIn a holiday-shortened week in the United States, 23 deals were announced that brought in a total of $527 million. Most ($449 million) went to Chinese payment and investment platform, Qufenqi.

Four Finovate alums raised a total of $18 million during the week:

The total number of deals YTD stands at 760, nearly double last year’s 386. Total dollars raised YTD is $17.9 billion, more than double the $8.5 billion raised during the same period a year ago.

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Fintech deals by size from 2 July to 8 July 2016:

Qufenqi
Installment payment and investment platform
Latest round: $449 million Series F
Total raised: $874 million
HQ: Beijing, China
Tags: Consumer, investing, loans, credit, ecommerce, investing, payments
Source: Crunchbase

Neogrowth
Alt-lender to small businesses
Latest round: $35 million
Total raised: $36.6 million
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: SMB, commerical loans, credit, underwriting
Source: FT Partners

Coinbase
Bitcoin exhange and wallet
Latest round: $10.5 million
Total raised: $117.2 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, traders, payments, funds transfer, remittances, bitcoin, crypto-currency, Bank of Tokyo (investor), Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase, Finovate

P2Binvestor
Receivables financing marketplace
Latest round: $5.1 million
Total raised: $6.5 million
HQ: Denver, Colorado
Tags: SMB, trade finance, factoring, accounts receivable, working capital, commercial credit, underwriting, investing, crowdsourced, Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase

Finanzchef24
Online broker
Latest round: $4.5 million
Total raised: $12.6 million
HQ: Munich, Germany
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, wealth management, trading, person-to-person, P2P
Source: Crunchbase

Lending Works
P2P lending platform
Latest round: $3.9 million Series A
Total raised: $9.65 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, person-to-person, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

SmartAngels.fr
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $3.9 million
Total raised: $5.3 million
HQ: Paris, France
Tags: SMB, investing, fundraising, capital, venture capital (VC), angel investing
Source: Crunchbase

Netki
Blockchain titles
Latest round: $3.5 million Seed
Total raised: $3.5 million
HQ: Woodland Hills, California
Tags: Consumer, SMB, blockchain, digital identity
Source: Crunchbase

Airwallex
International invoice payments
Latest round: $3 million Seed
Total raised: $3 million
HQ: Melbourne, Australia
Tags: SMB, foreign exchange, billing, invoices, payments
Source: Crunchbase

EarnUp
Consumer debt management tool
Latest round: $3 million Seed
Total raised: $3 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Accelerator: Financial Solutions Lab (CFSI)
Tags: Consumer, debt/loan payments, credit, personal financial management, PFM

Source: Crunchbase

StockTwits
Stock information and communication platform
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $13.9 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, trading, communications, information, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

OB1 (division of OpenBazaar)
Stealth bitcoin payments 
Latest round: $1.5 million
Total raised: $1.5 million
Tags: SMB, ecommerce, merchants, crypto-currency, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase

Drop
Multimerchant credit/debit card loyalty program
Latest round: $775,000
Total raised: $775,000
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tags: Consumer, rewards, cards, loyalty, payments, spending
Source: Crunchbase

Gatecoin
Crypto-currency exchange
Latest round: $500,000
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: Hong Kong
Tags: Consumer, traders, payments, funds transfer, remittances, bitcoin, crypto-currency, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase

The Oak
Financial wellness coach
Latest round: $300,000
Total raised: $300,000
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, personal financial management, PFM, service, information, advice
Source: Crunchbase

Spiff
Social savings platform
Latest round: $150,000
Total raised: $150,000
HQ: Oslo, Norway
Tags: Consumer, savings accounts, investing, youth market, personal financial management, PFM, spending, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Vestvise
Investment information site
Latest round: $6,000 Angel
Total raised: $6,000
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, wealth management, trading, information, analytics, reporting
Source: Crunchbase

Bolanegruppen
Mortgage price negotiation service
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Tags: Consumer, price comparison, mortgage
Source: Crunchbase

Crowdsurfer
Analytics on crowd finance
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised previously: $340,000
HQ: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, traders, payments, funds transfer, remittances, bitcoin, crypto-currency, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase

OneAssist
Credit card & mobile payments fraud protection
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $9.25 million
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: Consumers, mobile payments, credit/debit cards, security, fraud protection
Source: Crunchbase

Salarium
Payroll automation platform
Latest round: Undisclosed Seed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Manilla, Phillipines
Tags: SMB, payroll, payments, HR, employee benefits
Source: Crunchbase

SBI Japannext
Online brokerage and trading system
Latest round: Not disclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Tokyo, Japan
Tags: Institutions, traders, investing, trading, exchange
Source: FT Partners

Wealthtrust
Investment manager
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: Consumer, advisers, traders, investing, wealth management, trading, mobile
Source: Crunchbase

 

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

By Jim Bruene Posted on
Categories: Funding

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: Crunchbase, Finovate

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: Crunchbase, Finovate

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: Crunchbase, Finovate

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

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Quantopian Receives Undisclosed Amount from Steve Cohen’s Point72

Quantopian Receives Undisclosed Amount from Steve Cohen’s Point72
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Funding, Quantopian

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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.

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

Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $280 Million in 4th Week of June
By Jim Bruene Posted on
Categories: Funding

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

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

Fintech Fundings: 35 Companies Raise $470 Million the Third Week of June
By Jim Bruene Posted on
Categories: Funding

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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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