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 the company, the round of funding comes less than two years after it landed $1.3 million in seed financing. The...
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 a mid-market financial services startup. The publication said this week that Consero Global secured the funding from BV Investment Partners...
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 — but it wasn’t the only firm targeting this startup space. Investors also took a liking to accounting technology, alternative small...
Even Financial, a FinTech company focused on the consumer financial services ecosystem, announced on Tuesday (Aug. 7) that it raised $18.8 million in venture funding. In a press release, Even Financial said the Series A round of funding was led by GreatPoint Ventures. Other investors...
August 30, 2018
Business growth in Africa requires better payments infrastructure, and that effort received a significant boost this week when Stripe, Visa and other firms invested $8 million in Paystack. The Nigerian company enables developers to create payment tools via its APIs, and connects multiple payment processors by handling transactions for merchants and consumers. The investment will […]
June 26, 2017
Class is in session! For the summer. Today, (June 26), Mastercard announced news that it admitted six new startups into the Start Path program’s class of 2017. So far, Mastercard says that Start...
August 29, 2018
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 the company, the round of funding comes less than two years after it landed $1.3 million in seed financing. The round was led by the payments company Stripe, with other […]
August 07, 2018
Even Financial, a FinTech company focused on the consumer financial services ecosystem, announced on Tuesday (Aug. 7) that it raised $18.8 million in venture funding. In a press release, Even...
June 04, 2018
After applying for a banking license in Europe, Revolut plans to apply for one in United States in the near future. Chief Executive Officer Nikolay Storonsky said the startup could...
April 03, 2018
Lending FinTech GreenSky has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO). The Wall Street Journal reported that the Atlanta-based company, which enables retailers, health-care providers and home contractors...
