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Digital Asset pulls in $60m from heavyweight players including GS, IBM
Digital Asset, a newly-launched company aimed to improve trading through blockchain technology, has racked up $60m in its first financing round.
Crowdfunded Pebble will sell to Fitbit for just $40m
Crowdfunded smartwatch-maker Pebble is being acquired by fitness tracker Fitbit for as little as $40m. In total the company raised more than $43m through crowdfunding.
Zikher valued at $5m in first round of financing
Zikher, a new company that uses analytics algorithms to accelerate the loan, mortgage and account opening process at banks, has been valued at $5m in its first funding round.
Electronifie picks up $3.86m in venture funding
Bond trading platform Electronifie has raised $3.86m from venture capital investors in a new financing round.
PeerIQ nabs $2.5m for peer-to-peer risk analysis
PeerIQ, a financial information service startup aimed at the peer-to-peer lending market, has raised $2.5m in a round of seed funding.