Investors

Corporate spend management firms and celebrity-backed companies among the 42 FinTech rounds raised last...

A Jared Leto-backed startup, family-focused FinTech firms and corporate spend management companies were among the big winners of the 42 funding rounds reported on last week.

CloudWalk rakes in $190m Series B to bolster domestic presence

Brazilian payment technology firm CloudWalk has raised $190m from a Series B funding round.

BankSathi reels in $200,000 in seed round to help financial advisors in India

Delhi-based FinTech BankSathi Technologies raised $200,000 in a seed funding round from a group of angel investors.

Italy-based headless commerce platform Commerce Layer lands $16m

Commerce Layer closed a $16m Series B funding round led by Coatue Management, with participation from existing investors Benchmark and Mango Capital.

Wise, Teleport co-founders back new European investing app in $1.5m pre-seed

UK commission-free stock trading app Lightyear has raised $1.5m from a pre-seed funding round.

nesto eyes staff, tech expansion following $76m Series B raise

Canadian mortgage comparison platform nesto has raised $76m from a Series B funding round.

Stripe rival Mollie bags $800m mega Series C round at $6.5bn valuation

Amsterdam-based online payments processor Mollie becomes the third-largest FinTech unicorn in Europe after rival Checkout.com as it sealed a massive $800m financing round valuing the company at $6.5bn.

SoftBank invests $200m in Brazil’s largest crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin

Mercado Bitcoin, the largest bitcoin exchange in Brazil, raised $200m in a Series B round from the SoftBank Latin America Fund.

Ex-US Treasury official’s VC backs cybersecurity firm Cybereason in $275m round

Cybereason, a US-Israeli late-stage cybersecurity startup that provides extended detection and response (XDR) services, has secured $275m in Series F funding.

Bolttech bolsters market reach with I-surance acquisition

Singaporean InsurTech Bolttech has purchased European business-to-business-to-consumer fellow InsurTech I-surance for an undisclosed fee.

News Stories

Bloomberg unveils innovative tool for sustainable investment screening tool

Bloomberg unveils innovative tool for sustainable investment screening tool

Bloomberg today unveiled a new sustainable investment screening tool available on the Bloomberg Terminal.
GenAI

How will risk management practices evolve in the Gen AI era?

The introduction of Gen AI has changed the game in countless ways. Industries that believed they were attuned to the long-term development of their...

HKMA introduces groundbreaking taxonomy for sustainable finance

The HKMA has unveiled the Hong Kong Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance, which is aimed at defining environmentally sustainable economic activities.
IBM

IBM strengthens sustainability vision with CSO appointment of Christina Shim

IBM has announced the appointment of Christina Shim as its new Chief Sustainability Officer, according to an internal memo seen by ESG Today. Shim...
Simplifai, a leading provider of AI-powered solutions in the insurance sector, has secured a significant investment with Idékapital leading the raise.

Simplifai secures significant investment led by Idékapital

Simplifai, a leading provider of AI-powered solutions in the insurance sector, has secured a significant investment with Idékapital leading the raise.

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