Crowdfunding

Empowering school fundraising: Snap! Mobile raises $23m from Runway Growth Capital

Empowering school fundraising: Snap! Mobile raises $23m from Runway Growth Capital

Snap! Mobile, a leading fundraising platform for schools and organizations, has secured a $23m growth investment from Runway Growth Capital.
Lendo secures $28m in Series B funding for Shariah-compliant crowdfunding

Lendo secures $28m in Series B funding for Shariah-compliant crowdfunding

Lendo, a Saudi Arabia-based FinTech company specialising in Shariah-compliant debt crowdfunding, has successfully secured a substantial Series B funding of SAR 105m ($28 million).
The Qatar Central Bank has issued instructions for the Loan-Based Crowdfunding Regulation, underscoring its commitment to regulating and advancing the financial sector within the country.

Qatar Central Bank paves the way for Loan-Based Crowdfunding Regulation

The Qatar Central Bank has issued instructions for the Loan-Based Crowdfunding Regulation, underscoring its commitment to regulating and advancing the financial sector within the country.
Shift4 and Give Lively announce fundraising solution for nonprofits

Shift4 and Give Lively announce fundraising solution for nonprofits

Shift4, a frontrunner in integrated payments and commerce technology, and Give Lively, a pioneering fundraising platform dedicated to offering cost-free services to nonprofits, have announced a strategic partnership.
FundMyPitch lands £5.7m in funds to energise startup investment landscape

FundMyPitch lands £5.7m in funds to energise startup investment landscape

London-based FinTech firm, FundMyPitch (FMP), a prominent platform that forges connections between investors and investment-ready businesses in need of capital for venture initiation, has made remarkable strides in its maiden trading year by raising close to £6m for entrepreneurs on its platform.

Real estate crowdfunding platform Foxstone scores $10m

Switzerland-based Foxstone, which offers a real estate crowdfunding platform, has reportedly raised CHF 10m ($10m) in its Series A.

Saudi Arabia-based crowdfunding platform Funding Souq secures $2.5m

Saudi Arabia-based crowdfunding platform Funding Souq has raised $2.5m in its seed round, which was backed by a host of angel investors.

Locket locks up £1m in crowdfund

Locket, the prevention-first insurance provider has opened its crowdfund to the public this week, and already secured £1m against a target of £750k. The insurance...

CIRCA5000 to ramp up impactful investing following crowdfund

Investment platform CIRCA5000, has stormed past the target for its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The FinTech company has raised £3m, at the time of writing, beating its initial...

Freetrade launches seventh crowdfund

Freetrade, the investment platform that is on a mission to get everyone investing, officially launched its seventh public crowdfunding round today. Freetrade’s latest pre-money valuation...

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Theta Lake

Theta Lake expands globally after record customer growth

Theta Lake has announced a record year of customer growth alongside the expansion of its global data centre footprint, including full support for dedicated...
AI

AI agents cut false positives in AML monitoring

AI agents have been helping large and mid-sized banks and other financial institutions (FIs) — including FinTechs and payment providers — reduce the cost...
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The next phase of InsurTech: From disruption to durability

Artificial intelligence may dominate the current conversation around insurance technology, but the story of InsurTech itself has followed a different trajectory. A decade ago,...

AI security firm BlueFlag bags $28m Series A funding

BlueFlag Security, an identity-centric software development lifecycle (SDLC) security platform, has announced a significant milestone, revealing it has raised $28m to date alongside posting...
risk

Financial crime risk assessments: The new regulatory standard

Regulatory scrutiny of financial crime risk assessments has intensified dramatically in recent years, marking the end of an era in which these documents were...

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