Advent and Bain Score Payouts After Sparking Payments Deals
Advent International and Bain Capital have made quite a team in payments industry deals. For almost a decade, the two ...
Tag: venture capital (VC)
3 Notable Fintech Funding Rounds in March
Fintech funding is significantly on the rise. CB Insights’ 2018 Q4 report showed a $21 billion, or 120% total increase in ...
Citi Venture Investing Head: ‘Financial Services is Becoming More Like Tech’
Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic ...
Ant Financial Looms Large Over Global Fintech Fundraising (Again)
Ant Financial has done it again. In 2Q18, the Chinese fintech raised the largest amount for fintech invest ever. According ...
Cybersecurity Funding Continues to Decline as Privacy Concerns Increase
The amount of funds invested in US-based cybersecurity companies declined for the third-straight quarter, with few large rounds in sight ...
Blockchain Startup BitPay Raises $40M for Asia Expansion
BitPay, a blockchain payments company, closed a Series B of $40 million yesterday, the company announced. The money, as previously ...
‘Most ICOs Are Scams,’ VC Says [VIDEO]
It may come as no surprise to hear that venture capitalists are skeptical about investing in initial coin offerings (ICOs). ...
Fintech Is Back
EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) — Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. ...
Penta, German Challenger Bank, Raises $2.7M of Seed Funding
Berlin-based challenger bank Penta has raised €2.2 million (or $2.7 million) in seed funding, the bank announced today. The funding, ...
Corporate Venture Investment Hits a Record $37 Billion in 2017
Last year, was big for corporate venture capital — $37.4 billion big. That’s the total record amount of money invested by the ...
