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Seedrs, Portugal Ventures partner to support Portuguese FinTechs

Seedrs and Portugal Ventures have formed a partnership to support the Portugal ecosystem.

ICO HeadStart raises $10.8m in first weekend of ICO pre-sale

ICO fundraising platform ICO HeadStart has raised $10.8m during the first weekend of its pre-sale.

Crowdfunding is not here to replace venture capital but syndicate it

Crowdfunding has moved on from being derided as a weakness by venture capital firms to instead becoming an emblem of confidence, according to Equityfor...
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Brickowner exceeds its funding round raising up to £125k

Property crowdfunding platform Brickowner has exceeded its funding round target, pulling in up to £125,722.
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Crowdfunder closes crowdfunding campaign on £1.2m

Crowdfunder UK has closed its own crowdsale on £1.2m from 1136 contributors on Crowdcube. This capital was raised at a £16.8m company valuation, and stormed...
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Crowdfunding platform 200 Crowd secures €300k investment

Crowdfunding platform Tip Ventures has rebranded to become 200 Crowd, alongside close of €300,000 investment round.
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Crowdfunding platform Charity Checkout bags $1m in funding

Online fundraising platform Charity Checkout has bagged $1m in a funding round to help boost its services. This equity round was led by Octopus Group...

Zazu eyes ?150,000 to launch digital-only bank in Africa

Zazu is looking to raise ?150,000 through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, as it prepares to launch its new digital-only bank in Africa.
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UK PropTech boosted by Vesper collecting £100,000 on Seedrs

PropTech platform Vesper Homes has secured its initial £100,000 funding target on Seedrs, with commitments coming from nearly 100 investors.
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OurCrowd opens Madrid office, sets sights on South America

Israeli equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has expanded its Iberian operations by opening an office in Madrid. The new office, which expands the company’s footprint to seven countries,...

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How bolttech is rethinking protection: preventing risk before it happens 

How bolttech is rethinking protection: preventing risk before it happens 

Insurance has traditionally been built around paying customers after something goes wrong, sometimes taking months to complete. But as customer expectations evolve, bolttech is...
Why climate insights still aren’t reshaping portfolios

Why climate insights still aren’t reshaping portfolios

Institutional investors are no longer short of climate data. What they lack, according to Ortec Finance, is a reliable way to turn that data...
Contour Underwriting taps KYND for global cyber push

Contour Underwriting taps KYND for global cyber push

Contour Underwriting has chosen KYND, a provider of cyber risk analytics, to support the worldwide rollout of its new cyber insurance proposition. KYND was picked...
Why explainable AI will decide the AML compliance race

Why explainable AI will decide the AML compliance race

Artificial intelligence in anti-money laundering (AML) has reached a decisive moment, according to Napier AI. Regulators, banks and vendors are no longer debating whether...
Zions turns to nCino as it advances its AI strategy

Zions turns to nCino as it advances its AI strategy

Zions Bancorporation is looking to move beyond generative artificial intelligence (AI) as it develops a banking strategy centred on agentic AI, stronger data infrastructure...

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