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On Finovate.com “Cachet Financial Solutions to Power Mobile Account Opening for PAYTOO” “First Data’s Clover Launches Ecommerce Solution” “San Francisco Business Times Ranks 4 Alums Among the Area’s Best Places to Work“ Check out our latest FinovateSpring Sneak Peeks featuring: Obloco VIX Verify NCR The CardLinx Association Polly Portfolio Race Data Quid On FinDEVr.com “Beyond Read more…
Update: See here for full-year 2016. Y Combinator (YC) continues to be the most important incubator in the general technology space with high-flying alums such as Airbnb, Dropbox and Instacart. YC is less well known, but equally successful in the fintech vertical with Stripe and Zenefits, along with two Finovate alums, ZenPayroll and Coinbase, all Read more…
For the 14th week in a row, the number of fintech deals worldwide surpassed 20. This week, 29 startups raised $275 million, or $1.20 billion if you count Chinese real estate giant Home Link (Lianjia).* The total number of deals YTD stands at 363, double last year’s 186 (through April 10). Total dollars raised YTD is $7.9 Read more…
Our FinDEVr New York developer showcase last week was a success! FinDEVr Silicon Valley will be held October 18 & 19 in Santa Clara. Register today and save. On FinDEVr.com FinDEVr New York Presentation Videos Live on FinDEVr.com. “Envestnet | Yodlee Unveils its Risk Insight API” “Google’s Guide: New Book Explains How Google Manages its Cloud Infrastructure” Read more…
On Finovate.com Check out this week’s FinDEVr APIntelligence. “Avalara, Signifyd Bring Sales Tax, Fraud Solutions to Magento E-Commerce Marketplace” “Ixaris Receives $6 Million in Funding After Spinning Off from Parent Company” Around the web BankNxt’s BIGcast interviews CEO Steve Hoffman of SayPay Technologies. OutsideIQ joins fintech accelerator, Bank Innovation INV, as an API partner. See OutsideIQ at FinovateSpring Read more…
On Finovate.com “Aire Receives Funding from Accion Venture Lab” “Refund.me Brings its Air Travel Compensation Service to Business” “Credit Sesame Launches SnapLoan, The Amazon One-Click for Consumer Loans” On FinDEVr.com “Envestnet | Yodlee Unveils its Risk Insight API” Around the web Global Debt Registry announces plans to bring loan-validation technology to marketplace lending industry. CryptoCoinNews Read more…
FinTechCity unveiled its new FinTech50 Hall of Fame this week at the Money 20/20 event in Copenhagen, Denmark. Finovate alums took six out of the ten spots. Currency Cloud – FinovateSpring 2015 eToro – FinovateEurope 2015 Klarna – FinovateSpring 2012 Nutmeg – FinovateEurope 2012 TransferWise – FinovateEurope 2013 Zopa – FinovateSpring 2008 The “founding ten members” Read more…
Our FinDEVr New York developer showcase last week was a success! FinDEVr Silicon Valley will be held October 18 & 19 in Santa Clara. Register today and save. Developer news TechCrunch: RobinHood’s chief executive speaks to the importance of design in fintech. TechCrunch: Google launches the Android Experiments I/O Challenge for open-source app developers. On FinDEVr.com “Blockchain Read more…
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 Read more…
Digital identity-proofing company iSignthis announced a partnership with Coinify, whose bitcoin exchange acts as a processor and trading platform for more than 17 blockchain currencies. Using iSignthis’ AML/CTF KYC services, customers can now use Coinify to instantly purchase bitcoin using a major credit card. To meet AML/CTF regulations for customer due diligence and KYC guidelines, iSignthis helps end users Read more…
For the 12th consecutive week, there were 20+ fintech fundings worldwide. Total dollar value was $218 million, which includes $29 million of debt. YTD, the total number of deals stands at 313, double last year’s 158. Total dollars raised, $6.2 billion YTD, is also double the $3.2 billion at this point last year. The number of deals was Read more…
At Finovate, we are all about the next new thing. That’s why we love compiling the weekly funding report. Money (usually) flows to the best ideas (or at least the best execution). And if that holds true, 2016 is going to be a banner year as total deals are running double the pace of 2015—285 vs. 139 last year. Read more…