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Flender secures £500,000 on Seedrs

Social peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Flender has secured more than £500,000 in a equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.

Loan Frame picks up $2.25m for SME lending

SME lender Loan Frame has picked up $2.25m in a seed round led by Vedanta Capital.
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Fraugster nabs $5m for AI-powered anti-fraud

Artificial intelligence-powered anti-fraud startup Fraugster has raised $5m in funding. Earlybird led the round with existing backers also participating.
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Crowdsurfer pulls in £1m for crowd financing data

Alternative finance intelligence service Crowdsurfer has picked up £1m in a new round of funding. Existing backer Mustard Seed led the investment.
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Kasisto nabs $9.2m for financially-trained chat bots

Conversational artificial intelligence startup aimed at financial services Kasisto has raised $9.2m in a Series A round led by Propel Venture Partners.
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Property startup HouseCanary unlocks $33m Series A

Real estate data and analytics company HouseCanary has secured $33m in a Series A funding round. The investors include Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt's family office Hillspire.
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BANKEX brings in $24m through ICO to enable tokenisation

BANKEX, which provides the technology for asset tokenization through its Proof of Asset (PoA) protocol, has already raised more than $24m through its token sale.
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Funding Circle grabs $100m as its UK business hits profitability

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Funding Circle has raised $100m in a Series F round led by Accel Partners.
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CompareEuropeGroup takes €20m for comparison platform

London-based financial service comparison platform CompareEuropeGroup has raised €20m in its Series A round. The investment comes from ACE & Company.
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Bankin pockets €7m for personal finance app

French personal finance management app Bankin has raised €7m in a new round of venture funding. Omnes Capital led the investment.

News Stories

Middle East retail investing: the WealthTech opportunity

Retail investment and preparing for retirement is gaining traction in the Middle East. For Fredrik Davéus, CEO and co-founder of Kidbrooke, this isn’t just...
Why good-weather pension numbers are misleading participants

Why good-weather pension numbers are misleading participants

As the Netherlands' pension sector navigates its Wet toekomst pensioenen (Wtp) transition, a growing body of regulatory guidance and independent research suggests that the...
Nordic banks turn to CaaS to fight rising fraud

Nordic banks turn to CaaS to fight rising fraud

The Nordic region is among the most cashless in the world, with cash accounting for fewer than 5% of all transactions in Norway and...
Global FinTech funding continued its strong surge over the past two weeks, with approximately $2.17bn raised across 23 deals, as cybersecurity firms saw major deals come to fruition.

Global FinTech funding tops $2bn as RegTech deals run rampant

Global FinTech funding continued its strong surge over the past two weeks, with approximately $2.17bn raised across 23 deals, as cybersecurity firms saw a...
How metadata supercharges AI document processing

How metadata supercharges AI document processing

Artificial intelligence is rapidly embedding itself into document-heavy organisations, promising to transform everything from contract analysis to compliance monitoring. Yet despite this momentum, many...

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