Cloud Elements on API high with $25m funding
Denver cloud boys – and girls – now have total capital of $46.2 million.
Investment & Funding
Go Figure! US lendtech gets $65m funding
Brings its total funding to $120 million for its second year of operations.
Edison Partners lights up $62m funding for YieldStreet
US digital wealth management platform gets delicious dollars.
Microsoft’s M12 leads SpyCloud’s $21m funding round
Latest round takes Texan firm’s total capital to more than $28 million.
Breathe Life gets $3.5m funding for insurance sparkle
Seed round led by Diagram Ventures with participation from Real Ventures.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
US analytics platform Stratifyd gets $4m funding kick from Arsenal
Follows on from a $25 million Series B announced last fall/autumn.
Allianz X boosts fund size to €1bn for insurtech action
Looking for digital firms in insurance and asset management space.
Nassau Re Imagine-s insurtech accelerator in US
Nassau Re/Imagine designed to develop the insurance industry in Connecticut.
Intel outfit ThousandEyes looking at $50m funding
Series D round includes GV, formerly called Google Ventures.
NsKnox raises $15m with Microsoft’s aid
Fighting the fraud fight for payments.
Big banks bond with CommonBond for $750m lending spree
US firm to use money for in-school student lending businesses.
Munich Re leads $9m investment in insurtech Inshur
US/UK firm gets Series A funding and credit facility for its rideshare journey.
Fintech investment in US hits record $52.5bn
KPMG’s “2018 Pulse of Fintech” report is good news for the States.
Goldman Sachs leads $44m funding in US business credit start-up Nav
Other investors include Point72 Ventures and Experian Ventures.
Socotra gets $5m support for core insurtech platform
With the support of US-based Nationwide and Mitsui Sumitomo.
Barclays and Ripple back SendFriend’s $1.7m funding
Philippine paytech finds lots of friends as it readies for US launch.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 11 February 2019
Challengers Starling and Revolut, Tink, and the importance of digital assets.
US insurtech Jetty lands $25m funding
New York-based start-up’s Series B round led by Khosla Ventures.
Sensors working overtime as AIStorm raises $13m funding
A storm is coming… a good one for IoT, biometrics and wearables.
Databricks keeps building with $250m funding
Now valued at $2.75 billion – and with the continuous support of Microsoft.
Possible Finance definitely raises $4m funding
Stunning Seattle-based lendtech looking for fintech nirvana.
IBM invests $2bn in AI tech in New York
Including an AI hardware centre for research.
Centage leaves no cent behind in $8.5m investment round
TVC Capital leads funding round in US provider of cloud-based tools.
Personal Capital gets $50m in personal capital
Digital wealth management company is in a happy Silicon Valley.
Insurtech CoverHound fetches $58m funding
Plans for US and Japan expansion.
Student loan firm Climb-s to $50m funding
US company gets investment from Goldman Sachs.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 February 2019
Features an investment record, Stripe, Global Financial Innovation Network, Swift and R3.
Fintech investment in 2018 soars to record $40bn
Data from CB Insights shows a 120% increase from 2017.
Equidate re-named Forge Global, boosts Series B to $85m
US-based trading platform looking to broaden its services.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 February 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Banking Technology February 2019 issue out now
Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
Insurtech Clearcover raises $43m for US expansion
The auto insurance firm will invest in its API platform.
Tiger makes Stripe roar with $100m funding
Latest round puts paytech’s valuation at $22.5 billion.
Fintech app Acorns receives $105m funding
Alongside a partnership to create educational content.
Returnly raises $8m funding for post-purchase paradise
US payments firm focuses on retailers and brand land.
Mobile trading platform CloseCross gets $3m funding
It opens the round with investment by Amnis Ventures
CULedger grabs $10m funding to its blockchain credit
Plans to use DLT for credit union-focused platform.
Why fintech start-ups and angel investors are a match made in heaven
An early-stage fintech company needs more than just capital investment to get its products off the ground.
Data firm Collibra bags $100m funding
Following a great year in revenue and expansion.
