FinTech News

Credit scoring company Juvo has raised $14m in a new round of venture funding. The investment comes from Freestyle Capital, Seed-Resolute and Wing Venture Capital.

Signifyd, a fraud protection provider for e-commerce businesses, has raised $19m in funding. The round comes from Menlo Ventures, TriplePoint Capital and American Express Ventures.

Financial advice startup SmartAsset has raised $12m in a Series B round of funding led by IA Capital Group. The deal also saw participation from TV Capital, Contour Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, New York Life, Transamerica Ventures and Fitz Gate Ventures.

Chinese point-of-sale (POS) solutions provider Yunnex has raised $45m in a Series B round of funding.

Afrimarket, a cash-to-goods money transfer service focused on French-speaking Africa has raised €10m ($11m) from UK-based Global Innovation Fund and PROPARCO.

Payments processing firm Payworks has raised $4.5m in a Series A round of funding from Rumford and HW Capital. Existing backer Speedinvest also join the round.

Digital asset trading platform Crypto Facilities has raised $1.5m in a seed round. The funding comes from an AngelList syndicate led by Humminbird Ventures partner Pamir Gelenbe.

Northzone, a Scandinavian VC firm that’s backed FinTech startups including iZettle, MarketInvoice and Klarna, has raised €300m ($335m) for its new fund.

French private equity firm BlackFin is beefing up its FinTech talent and hiring two new team members to head up its dedicated venture fund.

Indian investment platform Finvasia has raised an undisclosed round of funding in its pre-launch phase. The investment comes from Indian VC Intrinsic and values the company at Rs150 crore ($22m).