Funding Rounds

Digital gift platform Swych has closed a Series A funding, which was led by UAE Exchange Group.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is apparently planning to speed up proposals to require financial organisations to disclose their climate change-related financial risks.

TIS (Treasury Intelligence Solutions), a cloud-based platform for managing payments and cashflows, has secured $20m in its funding round.

Global B2B payment platform, Thunes, has successfully augmented its series C funding round. Established with a mission to tackle the challenges of international money transfers, Thunes is developing a new-generation payment system designed to be secure, instantaneous, and transparent.

Perimeter 81, a zero-trust secure network, has closed its Series A funding round which was supplied by SonicWall.

Brace, a digital mortgage-service platform, has secured $10m in its Series A which will help it launch new software services for the lending space.

Guesty, a property management platform for the short-term rental and hospitality industry, has raised $170m in a Series E funding round.

Blockchain data solution Factom has raised $4.5m in a new round of funding from serial investor Tim Draper.

Saudi Arabian FinTech company Lean Technologies has raised $33m in an investment that was led by Sequoia Capital.

London-based property transaction platform Goodlord has raised £7.2m in a Series A round led by German startup builder Rocket Internet's Global Founders Capital fund.