Category: financial technology
Crypto infra startup Fireblocks raises $310M, triples valuation to $2.2B
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in bank, Bitcoin, Blockchain, BlockFi, coatue, cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Curv, digital currencies, etoro, finance, financial technology, Fireblocks, Funding, Fundings & Exits, Galaxy Digital, New York, PayPal, ravi gupta, Recent Funding, Revolut, SaaS, Sequoia, Spark Capital, Startups, Stripes, SVB Capital, Tel Aviv, Venture CapitalThis post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Fireblocks, an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled the company’s valuation to $2.2 billion in just over five months. Sequoia Capital, Stripes and Spark Capital co-led Fireblocks’ latest round, which…
After selling Bread last year for over $500M, this founder just raised millions for his new fintech startup
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in Articles, Avid Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Better Tomorrow Ventures, boxgroup, Bread, Coast, credit card, daniel simon, driver, finance, financial technology, Fintech, foundation capital, Funding, Fundings & Exits, Lithic, lyft, Marqeta, Money, New York, Payments, Plaid, Recent Funding, startup, Startup company, Startups, web portalThis post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch When Daniel Simon sold Bread, a consumer purchase finance and payments startup he’d co-founded, to Alliance Data Systems for over $500 million late last year, he quickly set his sights on building another startup. During the pandemic, Simon says he observed how…
Tiger Global leads $30M investment into Briq, a fintech for the construction industry
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in Articles, Blackhorn Ventures, Briq, california, construction, construction software, construction tech, economy, eniac ventures, executive, finance, financial technology, Fintech, Funding, Fundings & Exits, McKinsey, north america, plangrid, procore, Recent Funding, SaaS, Startups, Tiger Global Management, Venture CapitalThis post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Briq, which has developed a fintech platform used by the construction industry, has raised $30 million dollars in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. The financing is among the largest Series B fundraises by a construction software startup,…
Synctera raises $33M Series A to pair fintechs with banks
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in API, Articles, bank, banking-as-a-service, canada, Diversity, economy, fdic, finance, financial services, financial technology, finix, Fintech, founder, Funding, Fundings & Exits, Google, Greenlight, head, lightspeed venture partners, Marqeta, mastercard, Peter Hazlehurst, player, plexo capital, Recent Funding, richie serna, San Francisco, startup, Startups, uber, Venture CapitalThis post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Synctera, which aims to serve as a matchmaker for community banks and fintechs, has raised $33 million in a Series A round of funding led by Fin VC. The raise comes just under six months after the fintech raised $12.4 million in…
Brazil’s idwall raises $38M for identity validation platform
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in artificial intelligence, Brazil, canary, Colombia, digital identity, Ebanx, economy, endurance, finance, financial technology, Funding, Fundings & Exits, ggv capital, hans tung, identity management, identity theft, identity verification, idwall, ifood, latin america, machine learning, managing partner, mexico, ocr, OLX, onboarding, online fraud, optical character recognition, Qualcomm Ventures, QuintoAndar, Recent Funding, regtech, sao paulo, startup, Startups, TC, Venture CapitalThis post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Online fraud and identity theft is a global problem that has only been exacerbated with increased online transactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it is estimated that Brazilian companies lose over $41 billion due to fraud every year. In an attempt…
With backers like Tiger Global, LatAm crypto exchange Bitso raises $250M at a $2.2B valuation
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in Argentina, Bitso, Bond, Brazil, coatue, Colombia, Crypto Economy, Cryptocurrency, decentralization, finance, financial infrastructure, financial technology, Fintech, Funding, Fundings & Exits, latin america, mexico, pantera capital, Paradigm, qed, QED Investors, Recent Funding, sao paulo, Scott Shleifer, Startups, TC, tiger global, united states, Valor Capital Group, Venture CapitalThis post is by Mary Ann Azevedo from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch Bitso, a regulated crypto exchange in Latin America, announced today it has raised $250 million in a Series C round of funding that values the company at $2.2 billion. Tiger Global and Coatue co-led the round, which also included participation from Paradigm,…