The second quarter is off to a big start as charter Finovate alum Prosper raised $165 million at a valuation near $2 billion. In comparison, recently public competitor Lending Club is currently trading at a $6.8 billion valuation. Finovate alums Zen Payroll ($60 million), PayNearMe ($14.7 million) and Patch of Land ($23.6 million) also brought in 8-figure rounds. In addition, two Finovate alums were acquired: Authentify by Early Warning and SaveUp by a single investor. All told, Finovate alums attracted more than $260 million in VC funding, our alumni’s best week ever (excluding IPOs).

In total, 16 fintech companies raised $467 million. That’s the fourth biggest week (excluding IPOs) since we began tracking in August.

Here are the fundings from 5 April through 10 April 2015 in order of size:

Prosper
Consumer marketplace lender
HQ: San Francisco, California
Latest round: $165 million Series D; $1.9 billion valuation
Total raised: $355 million
Tags: Lending, credit, peer-to-peer consumer loans, investing, Finovate charter alum
Source: Finovate

Qufenqi
Chinese marketplace with purchases made on installment plan
HQ: Bejing, China
Latest round: $100 million Series D
Total raised: $125 million
Tags: Installment lending, credit, underwriting, ecommerce, payments
Source: Crunchbase

ZenPayroll
Online payroll management
HQ: San Francisco, California
Latest round: $60 million Series B; $550 million valuation
Total raised: $86.1 million
Tags: SMB, human resources management, payroll, payments, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

MobiQwik

Indian mobile wallet
HQ: New Delhi, India
Latest round: $25 million Series B
Total raised: $30 million
Tags: Payments, mobile, wallet
Source: TechCrunch

Patch of Land
Crowdfunding real estate
HQ: Los Angeles, California
Latest round: $23.6 million Series A
Total raised: $24.9 million
Tags: P2P lending, peer-to-peer credit, real estate, investing, mortgage, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

PayNearMe
Risk management for P2P lending
HQ: Sunnyvale, California
Latest round: $14.7 million Series F
Total raised: $71.2 million
Tags: Payments, underbanked, cash, Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase

AssetAvenue
Commercial real estate marketplace lender
HQ: Los Angeles, California
Latest round: $11 million Series A
Total raised: $14 million
Tags: Commercial property, mortgage, lending, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: FT Partners

RealtyShares
Real estate marketplace lender
HQ: San Francisco, California
Latest round: $10 million Series A
Total raised: $11.9 million
Tags: Lending, real estate, mortgage, credit, crowdfunding, P2P, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Dealstruck
Lending marketplace for small business
HQ: Carlsbad, California
Latest round: $8.3 million Series A
Total raised: $9.5 million
Tags: Lending, SMB, underwriting, credit, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

ApplePie Capital
Crowdfunding for the franchise industry
HQ: San Francisco, California
Latest round: $6 million Series A
Total raised: $11.8 million
Tags: P2P lending, SMB, peer-to-peer, underwriting, credit, investing
Source: FT Partners

PeerIQ
Risk management for P2P lending
HQ: New York City
Latest round: $6 million Seed
Total raised: $6 million
Tags: Marketplace lending, enterprise, peer-to-peer lending, underwriting, risk management
Source: Crunchbase

Estimize
Aggregates stock analyst forecasts
HQ: New York City
Latest round: $3 million Series B
Total raised: $5.6 million
Tags: Investing, research, analysts, Wall Street
Source: Crunchbase

Crowd2Fund
Small business marketplace lender
HQ: California
Latest round: $3 million Series A
Total raised: $3 million
Tags: P2P, SMB, lending, debt, equity, underwriting, investing
Source: The Paypers

Praesidio
Cybersecurity for the banking industry
HQ: Seattle, Washington
Latest round: $1.7 million Seed
Total raised: $1.7 million
Tags: Security, fraud protection
Source: Crunchbase

Elorus
Greek online invoicing platform
HQ: Greece
Latest round: $55,000 Seed
Total raised: $55,000
Tags: Accounting, billing, accounts receivables
Source: Crunchbase

The first quarter ended with a flourish of funding as 13 companies raised new funds ranging from $810,000 to $60 million. The total intake was $123 million, of which about half was the $60 million in debt raised by FinovateSpring15 presenter Yapstone. In addition, two Finovate crowd favorites were acquired this week: Toopher by SalesForce and ReadyForZero by Avant.

All told, about $770 million poured into the sector in March, a heady $9 billion run-rate (see previous weekly funding reports).

Here are the deals from 28 March through 2 April 2015 ranked by deal size:

Yapstone
Online and mobile payments
HQ: Walnut Creek, California
Latest round: $60 million (debt)
Total raised: $113.4 million ($53.4 million equity, $60 million debt)
Tags: Payments, mobile, Comerica Bank (investor/lender), FinovateSpring 2015 presenter
Source: Finovate

RateSetter
Consumer marketplace lender
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Latest round: $30 million
Total raised: $45 million
Tags: P2P, peer-to-peer lending, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase

Companisto
German equity crowdfunding platform for startups
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Latest round: $8 million
Total raised: $13 million
Tags: Crowdfunding, investing, SMB, startups
Source: Crunchbase

MyCheck
Automatic payment system catering to restaurant customers
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Latest round: $5 million
Total raised: $11.1 million
Tags: Payments, mobile, SMB, restaurants
Source: Crunchbase

PeerNova
Blockchain technology
HQ: San Jose, California
Latest round: $5 million
Total raised: $19 million (includes unspecified amount of debt)
Tags: Bitcoin, virtual currency, cryptocurrencies, Overstock.com (investor)
Source: FT Partners

EZBOB
Online small business lender
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Latest round: $4.5 million
Total raised: $26 million
Tags: Loans, credit, SMB, underwriting, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Lendix
French marketplace lender for business loans
HQ: Paris, France
Latest round: $3.5 million
Total raised: $3.5 million
Tags: SMB, peer-to-peer lending, underwriting, credit, investing
Source: FT Partners

Bitt
Caribbean cryptocurrency exchange
HQ: Christ Church, Barbados
Latest round: $1.5 million
Total raised: $1.5 million
Tags: Bitcoin, blockchain, virtual currency
Source: Crunchbase

Scutify
Social network for investors
HQ: New York City, New York
Latest round: $1.5 million
Total raised: $2.5 million
Tags: Investing, information, traders, advice
Source: Crunchbase

Ittavi
Automates child-care payments with its SupportPay service
HQ: Santa Clara, California
Latest round: $1.5 million
Total raised: $2.6 million
Tags: Payments, automation, billpay, legal
Source: FT Partners

Gem
Bitcoin API provider
HQ: Venice, California
Latest round: $1.3 million
Total raised: $3.6 million
Tags: Cryptocurrency, developers, bitcoin
Source: Coinbase

PayNova
Swedish online payments provider
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Latest round: $810,000
Total raised: $810,000
Tags: Payments, mobile, online
Source: FT Partners

PPDai
Chinese-consumer marketplace-lender
HQ: Shanghai, China
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: At least $70 million
Tags: Loans, consumer, lending, underwriting, P2P, peer-to-peer, investing
Source: Crunchbase

It was a busy week as both Barclay’s Accelerator and YC announced their newly funded companies. In total, 19 companies announced new fundings bringing in a total of $181 million. Two of the top-3 deals involved Finovate alums with Ayadsi pulling in $55 million, Lendio $20.5 million, and Advanced Merchant Payments (undisclosed).

In addition, two Finovate alums were acquired at what appears to be profitable outcomes:

• Kofax was acquired by printing giant Lexmark for $1 billion (post)
• Learnvest was bought by mega-insurer Northwestern Mutual for a reported $250+ million (post)

Here are the fundings from March 21 to 27, in order of deal size:

LendingHome
Platform for investing in rental real estate
HQ: San Francisco, California
Latest round: $78 million
Total raised: $98 million
Tags: Home lending, mortgage, real estate
Source: Crunchbase

Ayadsi
Data analytics
HQ: Menlo Park, California
Latest round: $55 million
Total raised: $106.3 million
Tags: Big data, analytics, machine learning, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Lendio
Online small business lender
HQ: South Jordan, Utah
Latest round: $20.5 million
Total raised: $33 million (includes $2 million in debt)
Tags: SMB, lending, underwriting, credit, loans, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Property Partner
Platform for investing in rental real estate
HQ: London, UK
Latest round: $7.7 million
Total raised: $9.8 million
Tags: Real estate investing, marketplace lending, crowdfunding, P2P
Source: Crunchbase

Dream Payments
Canadian mobile payments startup
HQ: Toronto, Canada
Latest round: $6 million
Total raised: $6 million
Tags: Mobile payments, SMB, merchants
Source: FT Partners

SpotCap
Spanish small business online lender
Latest round: $5.4 million
Total raised: $21.9 million
Tags: SMB, lending, credit lines, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

iAngels
Platform for startup capital fundraising
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Latest round: $2.25 million
Total raised: $2.25 million
Tags: Investing, raising capital, equity investing, SMB
Source: FT Partners

Sensibill
Digital receipt platform
HQ: Toronto, Canada
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $2 million
Tags: Purchases, document management, mobile, SMB, PFM, accounting, expense management
Source: FT Partners

Fxkart
Foreign currency dealer aggregation
HQ: Bengaluru, India
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $2 million
Tags: Foreign exchange, remittances
Source: FT Partners

OpenGamma
Open platform for financial services risk management
HQ: London, UK
Latest round: $1.25 million
Total raised: $28.25 million
Tags: Compliance, risk, regulations, open source
Source: FT Partners

CityFalcon
News & information for traders
HQ: London, UK
Latest round: $300,000
Total raised: Unknown
Tags: Investing, information services
Source: Crunchbase

RazorPay
Stripe for India
HQ: Jaipur, India
Latest round: $120,000
Total raised: $120,000
Tags: Online payments, API, YC, acquiring, merchant, SMB
Source: Crunchbase

Stockfuse
Gaming platform to find trading & banking talent
Latest round: $118,000
Total raised: $118,000
Tags: Bitcoin, investing, virtual currency, cryptocurrency, Barclays accelerator
Source: Crunchbase

Origin (no URL)
Direct platform for issuing corporate bonds
Latest round: $118,000
Total raised: $118,000
Tags: Barclays accelerator, commercial banking, enterprise, debt
Source: Crunchbase

Safello
European bitcoin exchange
Latest round: $118,000
Total raised: $1.1 million
Tags: Bitcoin, investing, virtual currency, cryptocurrency, Barclays accelerator
Source: Crunchbase

LiquidLandscape
Data visualization for traders
Latest round: $118,000
Total raised: $118,000
Tags: Barclays accelerator, trading, analytics, big data
Source: Crunchbase

BlockTrace
Certifies ownership & transaction history of diamonds
HQ: London, UK
Latest round: $118,000
Total raised: $118,000
Tags: Blockchain, crypto, precious gems, alternative assets, Barclays accelerator
Source: Crunchbase

Self Lender
Helps consumers establish credit via small loans
HQ: Denver, Colorado
Latest round: $118,000
Total raised: $118,000
Tags: Lending, payday alternatives, underwriting, underbanked, sub-prime, credit score, TechStars
Source: Crunchbase

Advanced Merchant Payments
Technology solutions for small business lending
HQ: Hong Kong, China
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: More than $5 million
Tags: SMB, underwriting, lending, Route 66 (investor), Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Fintech investors poured $237 million into the sector this week, with nine companies picking up new funding. The majority of the funds, $208 million, went to three enterprise plays: Dataminr ($130 million), FundBox ($40 million) and Collective Health ($38 million).

Here are the nine deals ranked by size (March 14 to March 20):

Dataminr
Stock market sentiment analysis
HQ: New York City
Latest round: $130 million
Total raised: More than $179.6 million
Tags: Payments, mobile, merchant, SMB
Source: Crunchbase

FundBox
Invoicing & factoring platform
HQ: San Francisco, California
Latest round: $40 million
Total raised: $57.5 million
Tags: Invoicing, accounts receivables, SMB, merchant advance, credit, factoring
Source: Crunchbase

Collective Health
Self-funded health insurance
HQ: San Mateo, California
Latest round: $38 million
Total raised: More than $38 million
Tags: Insurance, risk, underwriting
Source: FT Partners

Remitly
Online remittances
HQ: Seattle, Washington
Latest round: $12.5 million
Total raised: More than $23 million
Tags: Payments, international remittances
Source: Crunchbase

Unilend
French debt crowdfunding platform
HQ: Paris, France
Latest round: $8.6 million
Total raised: More than $8.6 million
Tags: P2P lending, marketplace lending, credit, investing, peer-to-peer
Source: Crunchbase

TableSafe
Payment system (Rail) for restaurants and bars 
HQ: Kirkland, Washington
Latest round: $5 million
Total raised: $18.96 million
Tags: Payments, mobile, merchant, SMB, Seattle
Source: Geekwire

HonestDollar
Stealthy retirement service provider
HQ: Austin, Texas
Latest round: $3 million
Total raised: $3 million
Tags: 401(k), IRA, retirement planning, employer plans, SMB
Source: Crunchbase

Coinigy
Professional tools for cyroptcurrency traders
HQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Latest round: $100,000
Total raised: $100,000
Tags: Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, p2p payments
Source: FT Partners

YeePay
Chinese online/offline payment system
HQ: Bejing, China
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: More than $8.4 million
Tags: Payments, mobile, merchant, SMB
Source: Crunchbase

The number of fundings has slowed, but the flow of dollars is still massive, thanks to a pair of $100+ million rounds to stealth bitcoin startup 21 Inc ($116 million) and recurring billing-solution provider Zuora ($115 million).

Also of note:

• The rare insurance play and Finovate alum, CoverHound, added $14 million this week
• Recently public Finovate alum Q2 Holdings raised $35 million in new capital in a $116 million offering (the remainder went to existing shareholders)

In total, the 11 companies raised $303 million. In order of deal size (from 7 through 13 Mar 2015):

21 Inc
Stealth bitcoin startup
HQ: San Francisco, California
Latest round: $116 million
Total raised: $121 million
Tags: Cryptocurrency, virtual currency, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase

Zuora
Cloud-based subscription-billing services
HQ: Foster City, California
Latest round: $115 million
Total raised: $$242.5 million
Tags: Billing, payments, subscription, invoicing
Source: Crunchbase

Q2 Holdings
Digital banking solution-provider (Q2Ebanking)
HQ: Austin, Texas
Latest round: $34.6 million (new capital in $116 million follow-on public offering)
Total raised: $165 million
Tags: Online banking, mobile
Source: Finovate

Coverhound
Online car-insurance-shopping site
HQ: San Francisco, California
Latest round: $14 million
Total raised: $23.4 million
Tags: Insurance, lead generation, price comparison, automobiles
Source: Finovate

ChargeBee
Cloud-based, recurring billing solutions
HQ: Walnut, California
Latest round: $5 million
Total raised: $6.1 million
Tags: SMB, accounting, billing, invoicing, billpay, payments
Source: FT Partners

Profile Financial Solutions

UK-based financial advisory
HQ: Preston, United Kingdom
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $2 million
Tags: Wealth management, investing, advisers, financial planning
Source: Crunchbase

Webgility

ShapeShift

Swiss-based bitcoin & alt-coin exchange
HQ: Switzerland
Latest round: $525,000
Total raised: Unknown
Source: Coinbase

It had to happen, fintech finally had a relatively quiet week. While 10 companies received new money, just two deals reached eight figures: Finovate alum Linkable Networks ($11.7 million) and cloud payroll/HR provider Namely (which is not exactly a pure fintech play). In total, $50 million was invested into the sector this week.

Here are the deals by size from 28 Feb through 5 Mar 2015: