Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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Investors Back Portal Finance’s Multi-Pronged Approach To SMB Finance
Investors Back Portal Finance’s Multi-Pronged Approach To SMB Finance
September 07, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Investors this week placed more than $447 million in B2B FinTech startups, with the biggest investment rounds landing at companies that address more than one...

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Investors Target B2B FinTech Firms That Multitask
Investors Target B2B FinTech Firms That Multitask
September 07, 2018  |  B2B Payments

There are some B2B FinTech segments that are mainstays with investors. Companies like alternative small business (SMB) lenders or accounting solutions providers, for instance, remain...

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Money Transfer Co Monese Raises $60M For Global Expansion
Money Transfer Co Monese Raises $60M For Global Expansion
September 06, 2018  |  Investments

Monese, the U.K. bank challenger, announced on Wednesday (Sept. 6) that it has secured $60 million in venture funding. According to a company blog post,...

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GO-JEK Pairs With P2P Lenders To Boost FinTech In S. Asia
GO-JEK Pairs With P2P Lenders To Boost FinTech In S. Asia
September 05, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company GO-JEK is expanding its financial technology services through partnerships with three peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms: Findaya, Dana Cita and...

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Cloudian Raises $94 Million For Enterprise Data Management
Cloudian Raises $94 Million For Enterprise Data Management
August 31, 2018  |  B2B Payments

California’s Cloudian raised $94 million in Series E venture capital this week, securing what the company says is the largest-ever investment round for a “distributed...

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‘Africa’s Stripe,’ Paystack, Snags $8M From Visa, Tencent, Stripe
‘Africa’s Stripe,’ Paystack, Snags $8M From Visa, Tencent, Stripe
August 29, 2018  |  Investments

Paystack, the Nigerian payments company, announced on Tuesday (Aug. 28) that it raised $8 million in a Series A round. According to a report in Quartz, citing...

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Visa Makes Strategic Investment In Paidy
Visa Makes Strategic Investment In Paidy
August 24, 2018  |  Investments

Visa has made a strategic investment in Paidy, which offers instantly issued post-pay credit services for eCommerce consumers based in Japan. The firms said in...

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Consero Global Lands $50M For Finance-As-A-Service
Consero Global Lands $50M For Finance-As-A-Service
August 24, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Finance-as-a-Service startup Consero Global secured $50 million in funding for its solution, with reports in AustinInno calling it one of the largest investment rounds for...

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B2B Finance As A Service Tops This Week’s VC List
B2B Finance As A Service Tops This Week’s VC List
August 24, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The big B2B venture capital news of the week was Augmentum Fintech’s trio of investments, signaling the company’s focus on the B2B FinTech market —...

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