Sonovate takes on £14m for contract recruitment financing
Sonovate has raised a new round of funding totaling £14m for its recruiter-financing business. The Series B round was led by Global Founders Capital.
FundThrough pockets $18.6m for invoice financing
Canadian SME financing startup FundThrough has raised $18.6m (C$24.6) in a Series B round of funding led by Scale Up Ventures.
iFunded scores pre-Series A for real estate crowdinvesting
Real estate crowdinvesting platform iFunded has raised a seven-figure pre-Series A round. Creathor Venture is the only named investor.
InsurTech CEOs believe there has to be a better way
Insurance is just one vertical where startups are trying to declutter the user experiences, to create more efficient services which provide customers with greater transparency.
Square Capital expands beyond payments customers
Square is expanding its loans offering to small businesses outside of its payments processing ecosystem.
Bitfinex resumes trading following $77m hack
Bitcoin exchange Bitfineix is up and running again after last week suffering a security breach that saw 19,756 bitcoins stolen from users’ accounts.
Blockchain will have significant impact on EU payments
European payments providers are bullish on the impact that blockchain will have on their industry.
Zafin lands $10m from Vistara and Beedie
Vistara Capital Partners and Beedie Capital Partners have committed $10m in additional growth capital to Zafin.
Exeq picks up $1.5m for ‘all-in-one’ finance app
All-in-one personal finance app developer Exeq has picked up $1.5m in seed money to back its launch early next year. New York City angel investors...
Loot gets £2.5m for millennials-focused banking app
London-based fintech startup Loot, which runs a banking app targeted at millennial customers, has raised £2.5m in its latest financing round.