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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $100 Million Week Ending 11 Dec 2015

Money_clickBuoyed by 7 Startupbootcamp Insurance entrants—each grabbing $17,000—a record 30 fintech companies raised money this week for a total of just under $100 million ($95.8 million). Only two companies topped 7 figures: real estate specialist EasyProperty ($37.6 million) and Lemonade, a P2P insurance play ($13 million).

Four Finovate alums were among the bunch:

With just two weeks remaining in the year, the total invested in private fintech companies YTD is $18.1 billion.

Here are the deals by size from 5 Dec to 11 Dec 2015:

EasyProperty
Residential and commercial property search
Latest round: $37.6 million Series C
Total raised: $47.9 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, SMB, home buying, rental, mortgage
Source: Crunchbase

Lemonade
Peer to peer insurance
Latest round: $13 million Seed
Total raised: $13 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, P2P, insurance
Source: Crunchbase

Clip (PayClip)
Mobile payments and point-of-sale platform
Latest round: $8 million Series A
Total raised: $16.4 million
HQ: Mexico City, Mexico
Tags: Consumer, SMB, merchants, mPOS, credit/debit card acquiring, payments
Source: Crunchbase

GroundFloor
Real estate lending marketplace
Latest round: $5 million Series A
Total raised: $6 million
HQ: Atlanta, Georgia
Tags: Consumer, P2P lending, credit, underwriting, mortgage, investing, commercial real estate
Source: Crunchbase

KeyPair Inc
NFC hardware for mobile payments
Latest round: $5 million Series B
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Seongnam, Korea
Tags: Consumer, mobile, security, authentication, identification
Source: Crunchbase

CBANC Network
Community financial institution research network
Latest round: $4 million Series B
Total raised: $5.7 million
HQ: Austin, Texas
Tags: Enterprise, B2B, networking, compliance, policies, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Aye Finance
Alt-lender to micro and small businesses
Latest round: $3 million
Total raised: $4 million
HQ: New Delhi, India
Tags: SMB, loans, commercial lending, credit, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

Income&
Mortgage-based investment vehicle
Latest round: $2.9 million Seed
Total raised: $2.9 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, investing, mortgage, REIT
Source: Crunchbase

Paynear
Mobile point-of-sale solution
Latest round: $2.5 million Seed
Total raised: $2.5 million
HQ: Hyperabad, India
Tags: SMB, merchants, acquiring, payments, mPOS, point of sale, hardware
Source: Crunchbase

Curve
Stealth mobile payments company
Latest round: $2 million Seed
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, mobile, payments, debit/credit cards
Source: Crunchbase

Melody Health Insurance
Health insurance startup
Latest round: $2.0 million ($2 million + $1.8 million option)
Total raised: $2.0 million
HQ: Denver, Colorado
Tags: Consumer, SMB, insurance, health care
Source: Crunchbase

TabbedOut
Mobile POS system for restaurants and bars
Latest round: $2 million Series C add-on
Total raised: $41 million
HQ: Austin, Texas
Tags: SMB, merchants, acquiring, payments, mPOS, point of sale
Source: Crunchbase

Trizic
Wealth-management platform for financial advisers
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $5 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Advisers, investing, wealth management, Finovate Alum
Source: Finovate

Cookies Labs
P2P payments
Latest round: $1.6 million
Total raised: $1.6 million
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Tags: Consumer, person to person, payments, transfers
Source: FT Partners

Backed
Alt-lender specializing in credit with co-borrowers
Latest round: $1.5 million Seed
Total raised: $1.5 million
HQ: New York City, New York
Tags: Consumer, lending, personal loans, co-borrower, joint application, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

TRData
Market data communications platform
Latest round: $1.3 million
Total raised: $1.3 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Investing, advisers, enterprise, trading, information
Source: FT Partners

Rippleshot
Credit and debit card security
Latest round: $1.2 million Seed
Total raised: $1.2 million
HQ: California
Tags: Consumer, security, big data, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Purse.io
Bitcoin payments
Latest round: $1 million Seed
Total raised: $1.3 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, cryptocurrency, payments, remittances, P2P payments
Source: FT Partners

MoneyRemaid
Financial platform for underbanked
Latest round: $100,000 Prize
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Malaysia
Tags: Remittances, PFM, financial literacy, MasterCard (sponsor)
Source: MasterCard

Rightindem
Insurance claim processing technology
Latest round: $17,000 Accelerator
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Insurance, enterprise, Startupbootcamp (accelerator)
Source: FT Partners

BimAfya
Mobile micro-insurance platform
Latest round: $17,000 Accelerator
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tags: Insurance, underbanked, mobile, Startupbootcamp (accelerator)
Source: FT Partners

Covi Analytics
Analytics tool for insurance companies
Latest round: $17,000 Accelerator
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: California
Tags: Insurance, analytics, big data, underwriting, Startupbootcamp (accelerator)
Source: FT Partners

FitSense
Wearables analytics platform for insurance companies
Latest round: $17,000 Accelerator
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Insurance, enterprise, mobile, Startupbootcamp (accelerator)
Source: FT Partners

massUp
White-label platform for niche insurance sales
Latest round: $17,000 Accelerator
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Germany
Tags: Insurance, mobile, underwriting, Startupbootcamp (accelerator)
Source: FT Partners

Quantifyle
Personal health monitoring for insurance rebates
Latest round: $17,000 Accelerator
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Insurance, Startupbootcamp (accelerator)
Source: FT Partners

Safer
Personal risk analyzer for insurance selection
Latest round: $17,000 Accelerator
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, insurance, lead gen, Startupbootcamp (accelerator)
Source: FT Partners

BankersLab
Lending training and compliance platform
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Enterprise, training, commercial lending, benchmarking, gamification, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Bitx
Bitcoin exchange
Latest round: Unknown
Total raised: $8.8 million
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Consumer, payments, cryptocurrency, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase

eCurrency Mint (eCM)
Digital currency platform for central banks
Latest round: Undisclosed Series C
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Dublin, Ireland
Tags: Central bank, cryptocurrency, bitcoin
Source: Crunchbase

Lenny
Credit-building microloans for college students
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Santa Monica, California
Tags: Consumer, lending, student loan, youth market, credit, Dwolla (partner)
Source: Crunchbase, Finovate