Author: Lucas Peterson

  • Indian FinTech SIGNZY Secured A $26 Million Funding!

    Indian FinTech SIGNZY Secured A $26 Million Funding!

    The Bengaluru-based digital banking infrastructure company Signzy (website) announced that it had received INR 210 million ($26 million) in its latest round of funding from Gaja Capital and its existing investors Vertex Ventures and Arkam Ventures.

  • Targeted Cyberattack On FinTech Unicord Revolut!

    Targeted Cyberattack On FinTech Unicord Revolut!

    After the hacker attack on Uber, Revolut also reports an attack. Fintech unicorn Revolut with an e-Money license in Lithuania, says a targeted cyberattack has hit it. Hackers managed to access the personal data of tens of thousands of customers. However, no funds were reportedly stolen.

  • Fraud-Fighting FinTech Sardine Raises Over $50 Million!

    Fraud-Fighting FinTech Sardine Raises Over $50 Million!

    San Francisco-based Sardine (website), a fraud prevention and compliance fintech company, has raised $51.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Growth Fund (a16z). Sardine’s real-time fraud prevention products help customers reduce fraud in fast money movements such as bank and card payments, digital wallet, and…

  • Raisin Launches With A Crypto Offer!

    Raisin Launches With A Crypto Offer!

    Cryptocurrencies have been under pressure for months. Nevertheless, the Berlin-based fintech Raisin (website) focuses on a crypto portfolio – intending to spread the risk as widely as possible. “There is no good or bad time to enter: with a long-term horizon, investing always makes sense,” says Kim Felix Fomm, Chief…

  • FinTech Ledgy Receives $22 Million In A Series B Round!

    FinTech Ledgy Receives $22 Million In A Series B Round!

    Ledgy wants to take the headache out of equity management for startups. Ledgy aims to help start-up entrepreneurs with their services. It just closed a $22 million Series B funding round. While CEO and co-founder Yoko Spirig declined to share the fintech startup’s new valuation after the round, he said…

  • Dock Financial Takes A Stake In Compeon – And Wants Its Customers!

    Dock Financial Takes A Stake In Compeon – And Wants Its Customers!

    The Munich-based payment specialist and Banking-as-a-Service provider Dock Financial (website) of PPRO founder Philipp Nieland is taking a 10% stake in the Düsseldorf-based SME financing platform Compeon. Dock Financial is taking over the shares of an existing shareholder. No purchase price has been disclosed.

  • Bravo! Credit Card Startup Moss Secures BaFin E-Money License!

    Bravo! Credit Card Startup Moss Secures BaFin E-Money License!

    Berlin-based corporate credit card FinTech Moss secured a BaFin license. The corporate credit card company received €75 million in financing at the beginning of the year. Moss CEO Ante Spittler confirmed that the company had obtained an e-money license in June 2022.

  • Munich-Based FinTech Fulfin Raises Millions!

    Munich-Based FinTech Fulfin Raises Millions!

    Munich-based startup Fulfin (website) has raised €4.3 million in a Series A funding round led by existing investors such as Hevella Capital, the investment vehicle of Hansa Rostock investor Rolf Elgeti, and Lakeside. Stabelton, a European fintech platform for alternative investments, joined as a new investor.

  • FinTech Volksbank Invests Into German Partial Sale Startup Heimkapital!

    FinTech Volksbank Invests Into German Partial Sale Startup Heimkapital!

    A low double-digit million amount flows into the startup Heimkapital, which partially buys real estate. The Vereinigte Volksbank is also participating again and has more startups in its portfolio than previously known.

  • United FinTech Hires Chris Coda As Senior Relationship Manger!

    United FinTech Hires Chris Coda As Senior Relationship Manger!

    United Fintech has appointed Chris Codo as senior relationship manager of the fintech, which bills itself as a one-stop store for banks, hedge funds and asset managers founded by FX industry giant Christian Frahm, co-founder of CFH Clearing.