Tag: Switzerland

Cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has raised $10.4m in a Series A round led by Berlin-based VC Earlybird.

Swiss SME lender Tradeplus24 has secured a $101m credit facility from boutique investment house Oceano One. Zurich-based Tradeplus24 is parented with AIG and Kessler & Co.

Swiss SME lender Tradeplus24 has secured a $101m credit facility from boutique investment house Oceano One. Zurich-based Tradeplus24 is parented with AIG and Kessler & Co.

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is acquiring a 35% stake in Swiss financial software firm Avaloq. The deal will see Warburg Pincus pump a reported $300m into the Zurich-based company.

Swiss insurer Helvetia is the latest traditional institution to move into startups investment with the launch of its newly established venture fund.

Virtual data rooms for due diligence firm Drooms has acquired private equity deal flow platform DealMarket. The financial terms of the deal are undisclosed.

Microinsurance firm Stonestep has nabbed $4m in a Series A funding round. The investment comes from insurtech investor XL Innovate.

Fund data and documents platform fundinfo has closed an investment from HgCapital’s Mercury Fund. The financial terms of the deal are undisclosed.

The InsurTech space continues to excite investors with the largest funding round raised in Europe to date just being picked up by FinanceFox.

Singapore and Switzerland are teaming up to boost their respective FinTech sectors.