Tag: UK

Funderbeam has raised $2.6m in a new round of ventures funding from Draper Associates, Thomson Reuters and IQ Capital.

Chinese mobile payments service Alipay is partnering with UK consumer insights and marketing platform Zapper.

Financial fraud losses reached £399.5m in the first half of 2016, a 25% increase on the £320.3m lost in the same period last year as a result of scams and online attacks.

Sonovate has raised a new round of funding totaling £14m for its recruiter-financing business. The Series B round was led by Global Founders Capital.

Facebook Messenger-based chatbot Plum has raised $500,000 in a seed round of funding led by 500 Startup’s microfund. The round also saw local angel investors participate.

Financial services software provider OpenGamma has raised $13.3m in a new round of funding. The investment was led by Accel and ICAP with individual investor...

Banking giant Santander’s UK operation is partnering with alternative financing site Crowdfunder to provide £200,000 to community projects through the bank’s Changemaker Fund.

SME lender iwoca has raised £21m in a Series C round led by Prime Ventures. Funding also comes from existing backers.

London-based credit score provider Aire has raised $2m in a new round funding. The investment was led by White Star Capital with existing backers Sunstone Capital and Accion Venture Lab also participating.

FinTech accelerator Octopus Labs has announced the first five startups that will join its first programme this summer.