Trading Platforms

Toronto-based FinTech software startup Composer is to commence the open beta rollout of its automated trading platform, following a $5.35m in unannounced seed financing, BetaKit has revealed.

9fin, which supplies data, news and predictive analytics to debt capital markets, has scored £8m in its Series A funding round.

A recent blogpost by Currencycloud has scrutinised how innovation in the WealthTech market is driving the rise of the neo-broker in wealth management.

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) of Bhutan has teamed with cross-border crypto payment firm Ripple to pilot a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the region.

Irwin, a software developer for the capital markets, has closed its Series A round on $20m, which will support the expansion of its services.

Ledgy, an end-to-end equity management platform, has reportedly collected $10m in its Series A round, which will support its growth in new markets.

Globacap, which claims to be transforming capital markets, has secured an additional $9m for its Series A round.

Receivables marketplace Monkey has reportedly collected $6m in its Series A funding to help double its team.

Alpaca, a stock brokerage platform that offers APIs for FinTech apps to connect and trade in US stocks, raised $50m and plans to launch cryptocurrency trading.

Paris-based social investment platform Shares.io has closed one of the largest-ever seed fundraising by an early-stage startup in Europe by securing around €8.5m in pre-seed pre-product funding.