Total fundings in second quarter hit $8.4 billion as 28 companies raised $401 million the third week of May. Eight deals passed the $10-million mark, with one more at $9 million.
Along with the usual payment and lending startups, two insur-tech companies raised substantial rounds: Embroker ($12.2 million) and Jetty ($4 million).
Finovate alums accounted for 40% of the week’s dollar volume including:
- Personal Capital raised $75 million for its digital wealth management service.
- SigFig brought in $40 million from a blue-chip lineup of financial institutions including Comerica, Santandar, and New York Life
- EZBob landed a $25 million debt commitment to increase its SMB lending
- Tink raised $10.2 million to launch its virtual bank
The total number of deals YTD stands at 522, 80% more than last year’s 290. Total dollars raised YTD is now $15.1 billion, more than twice the $7.1 billion raised during the same period a year ago.
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Fintech deals by size from 14 May to 20 May 2016:
Clover Health
Health insurance provider
Latest round: $160 million Series C
Total raised: $295 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, insurance, healthcare, human resources, benefits, employees
Source: Crunchbase
Personal Capital
Digital wealth manager
Latest round: $75 million Series E ($500 million valuation)
Total raised: $175.3 million
HQ: Redwood City, California
Tags: Consumer, investing, wealth management, robo-adviser, trading, asset management, trading, Finvoate alum
Source: Finovate
SigFig
Digital investment adviser
Latest round: $40 million
Total raised: $56 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, investing, trading, portfolio management, wealth management, Comerica Bank (investor), Santander (investor), New York Life (investor), Finovate alum
Source: Finovate
EZBob
Small business alt-lender
Latest round: $35.5 million Debt
Total raised: $130.8 million ($83.1 million Equity, $47.7 million Debt)
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, credit, loans, underwriting, lending
Source: Crunchbase
Tally Technologies
Consumer credit-card management
Latest round: $15 million Series A
Total raised: $15 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, credit cards, personal finance, PFM, debt management, lead gen
Source: Crunchbase
Embroker
Business insurance
Latest round: $12.2 million Series A
Total raised: $14.4 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: SMB, insurance, claims management, broker, lead gen, price comparison
Source: Crunchbase
Tink
Personal finance app
Latest round: $10.2 million Series B
Total raised: $14.2 million
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Tags: Consumer, personal financial management, PFM, spending, budgeting, mobile, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate
Shift Technology
Fraud detection for ecommerece and financial services
Latest round: $10 million Series A
Total raised: $11.8 million
HQ: Paris, France
Tags: Enterprise, security, insurance, ecommerce, fraud protection
Source: Crunchbase
Chime
Neo bank
Latest round: $9 million
Total raised: $20.75 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, prepaid/debit card, savings account, deposits, payments, billpay
Source: Crunchbase
efileCabinet
Document management for accounting and financial firms
Latest round: $5 million
Total raised: $31.05 million
HQ: Lehi, Utah
Tags: Enterprise, SMB, , credit, loans, underwriting, lending
Source: Crunchbase
Ceterus
Accounting services for small businesses
Latest round: $4.2 million
Total raised: $4.2 million
HQ: Charlston, South Carolina
Tags: SMB, accoounting, bookkeeping, receivables/payables, financial reporting
Source: Crunchbase
Jetty
Digital property and casualty (P&C) insurance
Latest round: $4 million Seed
Total raised: $4 million Seed
HQ: New York City
Tags: Consumer, insurance, P&C, millennials
Source: Crunchbase
Tandem
Full-service digital bank
Latest round: $3.05 million Equity Crowdfunding
Total raised: $34.8 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, credit, deposits, banking, payments, credit/debit cards
Source: Crunchbase
Goodlord
Mobile rent payments
Latest round: $2.9 million
Total raised: $2.9 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: SMB, payments, property management, rentals
Source: Crunchbase
Mesitis
Data aggregation and visualization for wealth management
Latest round: $2.35 million
Total raised: $6.13 million
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Advisers, SMB, investing, wealth management, investing tools, investors
Source: Crunchbase
Fund That Flip
Real estate marketplace lending
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $2.04 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: Consumer, SMB, credit, loans, underwriting, investing, P2P, peer to peer, crowdfunding
Source: Crunchbase
Hey You
Mobile ordering and payment app
Latest round: $2 million Series B
Total raised: $7 million
HQ: Surry Hills, Australia
Tags: SMB, merchants, acquiring, credit/debt card processing, restaurants, payments
Source: Crunchbase
Properati
Latin America real estate portal
Latest round: $2 million
Total raised: $4.23 million
HQ: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tags: Consumer, home buying, mortgage, lead gen
Source: Crunchbase
Capshare
Online cap-table management
Latest round: $1.99 million
Total raised: $2.99 million
HQ: Sandy, Utah
Tags: SMB, financial management, investors, investing, valuations
Source: Crunchbase
ET Index
Investor tools to evaluate carbon risk
Latest round: $1.6 million Equity Crowdfunding
Total raised: $1.6 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Investors, trading, valuations, analytics, eco, investing tools
Source: Crunchbase
Propellr
Alt-investments
Latest round: $1.6 million Convertible Note
Total raised: $1.6 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: Advisers, investors, wealth management, investing
Source: Crunchbase
Monetise
Consumer alt-lender
Latest round: $600,000 Seed
Total raised: $600,000
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, lending
Source: Crunchbase
TableSafe
Mobile point-of-sale solution
Latest round: $513,000 Debt
Total raised: $18.96 million
HQ: Kirkland, Washington
Tags: SMB, merchants, acquiring, credit/debit card processing, hospitality, restaurants, underwriting, POS
Source: Crunchbase
Dvdendo
Automated financial advice
Latest round: $385,000 Seed
Total raised: $385,000
HQ: Miami, Florida
Tags: Consumer, investing, portfolio management, trading
Source: Crunchbase
i2iFunding
Consumer marketplace lender
Latest round: $300,000 Angel
Total raised: $300,000
HQ: Noida, India
Tags: Consumer, credit, loans, underwriting, lending, P2P, peer to peer, investing
Source: Crunchbase
Monotto
Funds-transfer service
Latest round: $50,000 Seed
Total raised: $60,000
Acclerator: VC Fintech
HQ: Charlston, South Carolina
Tags: Consumer, savings account, investing, ACH
Source: Crunchbase
Renew Financial
Renewable energy financing
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $102.2 million
HQ: Oakland, California
Tags: Consumer, SMB, loans, credit, lending, underwriting, personal finance management, energy consumption management
Source: FT Partners
TwoWayPay
Peer-to-peer payments
Latest round: Undisclosed Angel
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer, P2P payments, remittances, funds transfers
Source: Crunchbase