Tag: US

Bunker locks down $2m for insurance marketplace

San Francisco-based startup Bunker has raised $2m in a Seed round backed by Comcast Ventures, Route 66 Ventures, Hiscox and American Family Ventures.

Coinbase takes on $10m investment from Japan’s largest bank

Coinbase has received a strategic investment of $10m from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), Mitsubishi UFJ Capital and Silicon Valley investor Sozo Ventures.

Coinigy nabs $400,000 seed round for bitcoin trader tools

Bitcoin trading platform Coinigy has raised $400,000 in seed funding from a single unnamed angel investor.

Gravie grabs $1m for new life insurance service

Minneapolis-based insurance technology company Gravie has received $1m in funding from Securian Financial Group to roll out a new life insurance service.

Sift Science brings in $30m for anti-fraud software

San Francisco-headquartered Sift Science has raised $30m in Series C funding to predict and prevent fraud online.

Baidu backs ZestFinance for big data credit scoring

Los Angeles-based ZestFinance has received a strategic investment form Chinese web giant Baidu.

Quilt raises $3.25m in Seed funding for self-service insurance

Boston-based InsurTech startup Quilt collected $3.25m in a NextView Ventures-led Seed round.

Riskalyze launches new risk alignment service for retirement plans

Riskalyze, which runs a digital risk alignment platform for financial advisors, has announced pension scheme sponsors and participants will now be able to use its service.

Banks gravitate to blockchain to cut $3.6tn compliance costs

Distributed ledger technology is now something that banks are taking very seriously, however, with blockchain-based systems potentially enabling them to save billions.

Finicity picks up $42m for financial data aggregation

Real-time financial data aggregation platform Finicity has picked up $42m in new funding. Experian led the Series B round with Bridge Bank also participating.

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