Tag: 500 Startups

Financial advice app Albert has raised $2.5m in a seed funding round from 500 Startups and 500 Fintech as well as Bessemer Ventures Partners.

German wealth management startup Cashboard has raised €3m in a Series A round led by Digital Space Ventures. Investment also came from existing backers.

South-East Asian-focused SME lender First Circle has raised $1.2m in a Seed funding round led by European investor Key Capital with 500 Startups and IMJ Investment Partners also participating.

Payments splitting service Pay By Group has raised $3.4m in its seed round. The San Francisco-based startups is an alumni of 500 Startup’s accelerator programme.

Facebook Messenger-based chatbot Plum has raised $500,000 in a seed round of funding led by 500 Startup’s microfund. The round also saw local angel investors participate.

Kufu, a Japanese company developing HR automation platform SmartHR, has raised ?500m ($4.9m) in a new round of funding led by WiL (World Innovation Lab).

FinTech startup Finova Financial, which runs an auto title lending platform, has raised $52.5m in debt and equity from venture capital and other investors.

Indio, a commercial insurance platform for brokers, has raised $2m in seed financing to grow its user base and platform.