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Alumni News– November 24, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 24, 2014
Categories: Acculynk, Azimo, BlueVine, Comarch, Kensho, Leaf, Motif Investing, PayNearMe, PayPal

Goldman Sachs announces investment in Kensho, becomes platform’s largest strategic investor.

Baton Investing takes a look at Motif Investing.

Acculynk launches strategic partnership with PayPlum, announces acquisition of company’s intellectual property.

The Economist cites Comarch in its review of Polish companies succeeding internationally.

Leaf CEO Sarah McCrary talks mobile payments in panel discussion on Foodable WebTV.

Invests.com features Azimo in column on online money transfer companies.

Finovate Debuts: BlueVine.

Nasdaq.com examines PayPal’s place in the mobile payments wave.

Forbes looks at how PayNearMe helps the underbanked.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Alumni News– November 19, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 19, 2014
Categories: Allied Payment Network, CashStar, Credit Sesame, CSI globalVCard, EyeVerify, Fenergo, FutureAdvisor, Kapitall, Motif Investing, Silanis Technology, Top Image Systems, WePay

eFLOW Crowdbridge from Top Image Systems voted one of the three best ECM Solutions for 2014.

Technocular interviews WePay founder and CEO, Bill Clerico.

Allied Payment Network launches its new small business payments solution, BizPay.

Kapitall and Motif Investing both referenced in Investment News column on data visualization.

Kahuna Payment Solutions chooses e-SignLive by Silanis, bringing e-signatures into its lending platform for retailers.

CashStar earns double honors at Emerging Payments Awards.

Syd Youth partners with CSI globalVcard to promote Spend Secure.

Banking 20/20 interviews EyeVerify EVP of Global Sales & Marketing, Chris Barnett.

Silicon Republic features Fenergo software developer, Marcio Duarte.

Business Insider reviews FutureAdvisor.

Credit Sesame wins IMA Outstanding Achievement Award in Financial Services.

FinovateEurope 2015 Presenting Companies Revealed. Get Your Ticket this Week for Very Early Bird Pricing!.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Alumni News– October 24, 2014

By David Penn Posted on October 24, 2014
Categories: CurrencyFair, D3 Banking, Evo Snap*, iQuantifi, Kabbage, Motif Investing, On Deck Capital, PayPal, Smarty Pig, TD Ameritrade, TransferWise, Xignite

Check out our latest Finovate Debuts featuring iQuantifi.

Smarty Pig featured in Washington Post column on ways to save on holiday gift shopping.

Wealth Management.com talks with Motif Investing CEO Hardeep Walia on tech trends in the financial services industry.

TransferWise and CurrencyFair are highlighted in Forbes review of ways to save on foreign currency exchange.

Bob’s Guide profiles cloud-based market data provider, Xignite.

Technology Tools for Today interviews Tom Nally, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional.

Pymnts interviews EVO Snap* CEO Peter Osberg about Apple Pay.

Fitsmallbusiness.com highlights OnDeck, PayPal, & other Finovate alums as small business lending innovators.

D3 Banking brings in $7 million, with $3 million more on the way.

ABA Banking Journal looks at Karrot, the automated online lending service demoed by Kabbage last month at FinovateFall 2014.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Alumni News– October 16, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 16, 2014
Categories: Behalf, Betterment, Jumio, Lending Club, Motif Investing, PhotoPay, Quantopian, ReadyForZero

Fidelity to offer Betterment to 3,000 financial advisers who use its institutional wealth services division.

Lending Club named winner of The Economist’s annual Innovation Awards in the consumer products category.

TechCrunch reports: Sequoia-Backed Behalf Buys Stuff For Small Businesses Looking To Grow.

ReadyForZero PLUS Credit now shows credit scoring factors.

FT column on technology and banking features PhotoPay.

Pando Daily takes a look at Quantopian’s plan to launch a hedge fund.

Jumio teams up with Ribbit.me to build ID verification process for RibbitRewards marketplace.

Motif Investing iOS app adds account access with Apple TouchID.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Alumni News– August 25, 2014

By David Penn Posted on August 25, 2014
Categories: Betterment, BillGuard, Dynamics, Financial Guard, FutureAdvisor, Geezeo, inStream Solutions, Jemstep, Kabbage, Lending Club, Motif Investing, Moven, On Deck Capital, Prosper, SigFig, Top Image Systems, Wealthfront

San Antonio Federal Credit Union to integrate Geezeo PFM technology.

On Deck partners with Worldpay to provide access to financing for small and medium-sized merchants.

PaymentsSource features Dynamics ePlate among its list of “7 unusual emerging payments technologies.”

Drippler.com reviews BillGuard.

Top Image Systems announces patent for full page mobile image processing.

The New York Times profiles Financial Guard, Motif, Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Jemstep, SigFig and Wealthfront .

InStream Solutions launches comparison tool.

Moven expands internationally, signs deal with New Zealand-based Westpac.

HuffPo profiles Prosper, Lending Club, and Kabbage in column on the rise of online lending.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Alumni News– August 15, 2014

By David Penn Posted on August 15, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Braintree, Credit.com, DoubleBeam, FutureAdvisor, GoBank, Kapitall, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, SigFig, VerifyValid, Wealthfront

Check out our latest CEO Interview: Paul Doyle of VerifyValid.

Credit.com releases new version of its iPhone mobile app.

Pymnts: EBay in talks to accept Bitcoin through its Braintree unit.

Pymnts compares DoubleBeam to the Merchant Customer Exchange.

GoBank now holds mobile check deposits for less than 10 days.

Forbes features multiple Finovate financial management and wealth planning alums: LearnVest, Personal Capital, FutureAdvisor, SigFig, Wealthfront, Betterment, Motif, and Kapitall.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Alumni News– August 11, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 11, 2014
Categories: BehavioSec, Betterment, Blackhawk Network, FutureAdvisor, LendUp, Misys, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Wealthfront, Wipit

Misys announces acquisition of Custom Credit Systems.

Wipit brings omni-payment functionality to its prepaid cash mobile wallet.

LendUp partners with MoneyGram to enable real-time offline loan repay.

Barclays Pingit adds eGift options through Blackhawk Network partnership.

WSJ reports how Wealthfront, Betterment, Future Advisor, Personal Capital, and Motif are changing the investment landscape.

Wired UK Magazine lists BehavioSec as one of Euorpe’s hottest startups. See BehavioSec at FinDEVr this September 30 through October 1.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Alumni News– August 6, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 6, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Feedzai, FutureAdvisor, Insuritas, Kapitall, Kreditech, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Prosper, Radius, Ripple, SigFig, TradeKing, Wealthfront

Yahoo! Germany looks at financial innovation in Kreditech.

Prosper earns a spot on the 2014 AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies roster.

Feedzai launches anti-fraud, transaction scoring apps for Shopify and Big Commerce.

Forbes.com features Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Kapitall, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, SigFig, and Wealthfront in a discussion on Millennial generation investment habits.

Radius unveils its new website.

Richard Hagen, CEO of TradeKing Advisors, named to WealthManagement.com’s “Ten to Watch in 2015”.

Insuritas announces partnership with Financial Partners CU to open and manage its turnkey insurance solution.

Bank Innovation highlights alums SigFig and Ripple in a discussion on “8 under the radar fintech startups you should know.”

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Alumni News– August 6, 2014

By David Penn Posted on August 6, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Feedzai, FutureAdvisor, Insuritas, Kapitall, Kreditech, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Prosper, Radius, Ripple, SigFig, TradeKing, Wealthfront

Yahoo! Germany looks at financial innovation in Kreditech.

Prosper earns a spot on the 2014 AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies roster.

Feedzai launches anti-fraud, transaction scoring apps for Shopify and Big Commerce.

Forbes.com features Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Kapitall, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, SigFig, and Wealthfront in a discussion on Millennial generation investment habits.

Radius unveils its new website.

Richard Hagen, CEO of TradeKing Advisors, named to WealthManagement.com’s “Ten to Watch in 2015”.

Insuritas announces partnership with Financial Partners CU to open and manage its turnkey insurance solution.

Bank Innovation highlights alums SigFig and Ripple in a discussion on “8 under the radar fintech startups you should know.”

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alums Raise More than $600 Million for Second Quarter in a Row

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 30, 2014
Categories: App Annie, Betterment, BodeTree, Dashlane, DemystData, Fastacash, FutureAdvisor, Gremln, Holvi, Kabbage, Kony Solutions, Kreditech, LearnVest, Lending Club, Motif Investing, Nutmeg, Ondot, RevolutionCredit, SeedInvest, ShopKeep POS, Signifyd, Swipely, The Currency Cloud, TransferWise, Tuition.io, Wealthfront

In the first quarter of 2014, 23 Finovate alums raised more than $592 million

And as the second quarter draws to a close, it’s clear that a comparable cohort of alums have kept the pace.

Over the course April, May, and June, 28 alums raised significant amounts of capital ranging from Gremln’s $100,000 to the $65 million raised by Lending Club. The quarterly total of $594 million is almost exactly the same as the previous quarter.

And given that some amounts are undisclosed (I’m talking about you, Holvi, RevolutionCredit, and Tuition.io), we’re confident that Finovate alums have notched their second $600 million fund-raising quarter in a row.

How does this compare with the less recent past? Very well, indeed.

In the second quarter of 2013, 15 alums raised more than $200 million. This was a major improvement on the second quarter from 2012, which featured 14 companies raising more than $120 million.

Total raised for Q2 2014 = $594 million

April — $217 million raised by 11 companies

Betterment – $32 million – blog post
The Currency Cloud – $10 million – blog post
LearnVest – $28 million – blog post
Lending Club – $65 million (equity portion of debt and equity deal) – blog post
Ondot Systems – $18 million – blog post
SeedInvest – $2 million – blog post
ShopKeep POS – $25 million – blog post
Signifyd – $2 million – blog post
Tuition.io – undisclosed – blog post
Wealthfront – $35 million – blog post

May — $226 million raised by 11 companies

App Annie – $17 million – blog post
BodeTree – $2 million – blog post
Dashlane – $22 million – blog post
DemystData – $5 million – blog post
FutureAdvisor – $15 million – blog post
Holvi – undisclosed – blog post
Kabbage – $40 million – blog post
Motif Investing – $35 million – blog post
RevolutionCredit – undisclosed – blog post
Swipely – $20 million – blog post

June — $151 million raised by six companies

fastacash – $4 million – blog post
Gremln – $100,000 – blog post
Kony – $50 million – blog post
Kreditech – $40 million – blog post
Nutmeg – $32 million – blog post
TransferWise – $25 million – blog post

Note: Funding prior to becoming a Finovate alum not included. Questions? Comments? Email us at David@Finovate.com or Julie@Finovate.com

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Alumni News– June 18, 2014

By David Penn Posted on June 18, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Bill.com, Check, Coinbase, FIS, Flint Mobile, Kony Solutions, Lending Club, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, ThreatMetrix, TransferWise, Wealthfront

ThreatMetrix integrates with Ping Identity’s PingFederate ID bridge to provide contextual employee authentication.

Kony brings in $50 Million in Financing Led by SoftBank Capital.

Flint integrates with QuickBooks Online.

Eight Finovate alums earn spots on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list: Motif Investing, TransferWise, Personal Capital, Wealthfront, Lending Club, Coinbase, Bill.com, and Betterment.

Umpqua Bank announces plans to transition to a scalable core solution from FIS.

Intuit completes acquisition of Check.

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Eight Alums Earn Spots on CNBC’s Disruptor 50

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 17, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Bill.com, Boku, CircleUp, Coinbase, Lending Club, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, TransferWise, Wealthfront

Hats off to eight Finovate alumni for winning spots on CNBC’s Disruptor 50.

2014 marks the second year of CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list. The selection credits companies for being “forward-thinking” and working to discover untapped markets en route to becoming “billion-dollar businesses.” Read more about CNBC’s selection methodology here.

CNBC’s David Spiegel wrote:

“All of these companies entered traditional sectors and turned them upside down … It’s the power of a company to displace the established incumbents in its own industry, prompting a ripple effect throughout its economic ecosystem.”

See CNBCs inaugural Disruptor 50 here. The 2013 list included alums boku, CircleUp, Lending Club, and Wealthfront.

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