First quarter closed with a bang as 21 companies raised a total of nearly a half-billion of new funding ($458 million), all equity as far as we know.

The total number of deals in first quarter was 334, double last year’s 171.  Total dollars raised in Q1 stands at $6.7 billion, also double the $3.3 billion raised in Q1 2015.

Three Finovate or FinDEVr alums, two of which presented at FinDEVr NYC last week (Betterment, Stratumn), brought in new investments:

• Betterment landed a massive $100 million at a $700 million valuation for its robo-advising platform
• Bluefin Payments received $6 million to expand its secure payment system
• Stratumn grabbed $670,000 for its blockchain services

Here are the fintech deals by size from 26 March to 1 April 2016:

Ceridian
Human resources, payroll and health insurance platform
Latest round: $150 million Private Equity
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tags: SMB, healthcare, insurance, payroll, benefits, HR, employees
Source: Crunchbase

Betterment
Consumer online investment platform
Latest round: $100 million Series E ($700 million valuation)
Total raised: $205 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: Consumer, investing, robo-adviser, ETFs, retirement, Finovate alum
Source: Finovate

Real Matters
Real estate transaction management technology
Latest round: $76.7 million ($500 million valuation)
Total raised: $136.7 million
HQ: California
Tags: SMB, real estate brokers, home buying, mortgages, insurance, title insurance
Source: FT Partners

Figtree Financing
Financing solutions for energy saving improvements at commercial properties
Latest round: $30 million Series A
Total raised: $30 million
HQ: California City, California
Tags: SMB, commerical real estate, energy conservation, lending, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

Splitit
PayItSimple consumer credit service
Latest round: $22.5 million ($56 million valuation)
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: New York City
Tags: Consumer, payments, credit, lending, POS, merchants, in-store financing, underwriting
Source: FT Partners

Blispay
In-store financing service
Latest round: $12.75 million
Total raised: $12.75 million
HQ: California
Tags: SMB, consumer lending, loans, POS, merchants, in-store financing, P2P, peer-to-peer, underwriting, personal finance
Source: FT Partners

LoanLogics
Mortgage loan quality and performance-maagement software
Latest round: $10.03 million
Total raised: $22.46 million
HQ: Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Tags: Financial institutions, mortgage brokers, consumer lending, analytics, underwriting, compliance, regulations
Source: Crunchbase

Swanest
Consumer investing service
Latest round: $10 million Seed
Total raised: $10 million
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
Tags: Consumer lending, investing, portfolio management, trading, wealth management, robo-adviser, Andreessen Horowitz (investor)
Source: FT Partners

Branch
Smartphone based alt-credit and underwriting for underbanked
Latest round: $9.2 million
Total raised: $9.2 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumers, SMB, lending, loans, underbanked, unbanked, emerging markets, credit, credit score, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

Bluefin Payment Systems
PayConex payment platform
Latest round: $6 million
Total raised: $6 million
HQ: Atlanta, Georgia
Tags: SMB, payments, security, merchants, acquiring, FinDEVr alum
Source: FinDEVr

Wave
Suite of small business tools for payroll, accounting, invoicing, payments
Latest round: $5.07 million
Total raised: $44.77 million
HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tags: SMB, accounting, bookkeeping, accounts receivables, payables, payments, billing, billpay, invoicing
Source: Crunchbase

Veritas Finance
Banking services for the under- and non-banked
Latest round: $4.5 million Series A
Total raised: $4.5 million
HQ: Guindy, India
Tags: Consumer, lending, deposits, loans, payments, banking, underbanked, non-banked
Source: Crunchbase

Bitt
Bitcoin exchange and remittance platform
Latest round: $4 million Series A
Total raised: $5.5 million
HQ: Hastings, Barbados
Tags: Consumer, payments, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Overstock (investor), mobile wallet, debit card, funds transfers, remittances
Source: FT Partners

Slice Labs
On-demand insurance
Latest round: $3.9 million Seed
Total raised: $3.9 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: SMB, consumer, insurance, mobile, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase

Homie
Peer-to-peer real estate marketplace
Latest round: $3.76 million
Total raised: $3.76 million
HQ: Salt Lake City, Utah
Tags: Consumer, home buying, residentail real estate, P2P, mortgage
Source: Crunchbase

LandBay
P2P real esate loan marketplace
Latest round: $3.57 million
Total raised: $6.72 million
HQ: London, England
Tags: Consumer, lending, loans, mortgage, investing, peer-to-peer, crowdfunding
Source: Crunchbase

HealthJoy
Consumer healthcare and payments platform
Latest round: $3 million Seed
Total raised: $3 million
HQ: Chicago, Illinois
Tags: Consumer, healthcare, insurance, personal financial management, benefits, spending management, billing, payments
Source: Crunchbase

EDJ Analytics
Analytics platform for financial services and other verticals
Latest round: $2.4 million Series A
Total raised: $2.4 million
HQ: Louisville, Kentucky
Tags: SMB, enterprise, analytics, gamification, trading, investing, big data
Source: FT Partners

Stratumn
Blockchain appliction platform
Latest round: $670,000 Seed
Total raised: $670,000
HQ: Paris, France
Tags: SMB, enterprise, blockchain, bitcoin, infrastructure, developers, FinDEVr alum
Source: Crunchbase

iQapla
platform
Latest round: Not disclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Madrid, Spain
Tags: Consumer, investing, trading, robo-adviser, porfolio management
Source: Crunchbase

SwitchME
Loan price comparison portal
Latest round: Not disclosed
Total raised: Unkown
HQ: Mumbai, India
Tags: Consumer, lending, loans, mortgage, personal finance, price comparison, lead gen, discovery,
Source: Crunchbase