GoCardless joins the expanding tech unicorn club with $312m Series G
UK FinTech GoCardless has secured its unicorn status after a $312m Series G pushed its valuation up to $2.1bn.
FlapKap pockets $3.6m in seed funding round
FlapKap, a tech-enabled revenue-based financing platform aiming to revolutionise ecommerce growth, has bagged $3.6m in a seed round.
Sequoia-backed Clari gains unicorn status after scoring $150m in Series E funding round
Revenue prediction startup Clari raised $150m in new funding round taking its valuation to $1.6bn.
BNP Paribas launches UK SME direct lending fund
BNP Paribas Asset Management has launch a new UK SME direct lending fund to support the ‘underserved’ market.
83North closes $250m fund to invest in Europe and Israel
London and Tel Aviv-based venture firm 83North has closed a new fund with $250m. The fund is the firm’s fourth raised in 11 years and brings its total under management to $800m.
Stripe-backer Square Peg Capital closes $180m fund
Australian venture capital firm Square Peg Capital has closed its latest fund with $180m (AU$234m). The firm invested in payments disruptor Stripe’s $100m Series C round in July 2015.
Data security firm Theom pulls in $16m seed financing
Theom, a cloud data security firm, has closed a $16.4m seed funding round to widen its cloud data security solution.
HackerOne snares $49m in Series E financing raise
Hacker-directed bug bounty platform HackerOne secured $49m from a Series E funding round headed by GP Bullhound.
Neobank FloBiz seeks expansion following Sequoia-led Series B
Flobiz, an Indian neobank for small-and-medium sized businesses in India, has secured $31m in funding from a Series B round.
UK government backs AI-based insurance risk management firm Intelligent AI in £1m fundraise
Backed by the UK Govt, Intelligent AI raised close to £1m following its graduation from the Lloyd’s Lab to develop its online Intelligent Risk platform, aimed at commercial property insurers in the UK and US.