Barclays and Wave carry out first blockchain trade transaction
Barclays has partnered with Fintech startup Wave to carry out what it claims in the first global trade transaction using blockchain technology.
iZettle buys Scottish POS startup to beef up SME offering
Swedish mobile payments player iZettle is acquiring Scottish point of sale startup (POS) intelligentpos in a move that will expand its software offering to SMEs.
Advisen nabs $6.5m for commercial insurance analytics
New York-based company Advisen, a provider of real-time analytics and research of the commercial insurance sector, has raised $6.5m in debt financing.
InsurTech startup Finanzchef24 raises €4m in VC-backed round
Munich-based Finanzchef24, the first digital insurance broker for entrepreneurs and companies in Germany, has raised €4m in a Grenke Bank-led round.
ExtractAlpha raises new round for investor intelligence
ExtractAlpha, a data-driven research firm aimed at institutional investors, has raised an undisclosed seed round of funding.
Croatia’s Amodo gets $500k for connected customer insurance
Insurtech startup Amodo has raised $500,000 from Austrian venture capital firm Speedinvest to support its international expansion.
Insurity wins another PE backer in new funding round
Hartford, Connecticut-based Insurity Holdings, a provider of insurance policy administration, claims, billing, and analytics software, has attracted General Atlantic as new investor.
Soros, Thiel-backed Trumid raises $10m for corporate bond trading
All-to-all electronic credit trading platform Trumid Financial, has reeled in $10m in a new venture funding round, led by Delphi Financial Group.
Auto insurer Goji hits more than $89m in total financing
Boston-based Goji, a provider of online auto insurance solutions, has raised $19m in its latest financing round bringing its total funding to date to $89.2m.
Health insurance startup SmartCare nabs $1.2m from EAEF
Egypt-based SmartCare, a provider of online medical care programmes, has received $1.2m backing from the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (EAEF).






