Digital fundraising platform for nonprofits Snap! Mobile has raised $90 million in Series B funding round led by Elysian Park Ventures, the private investment arm affiliated with the ownership group of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Founded in 2013 by Cole Morgan, Eddie Behringer and Stefan Berglund, Seattle based Snap! Raise is the digital fundraising platform owned by Snap! Mobile that empowers schools, groups, and organizations with the tools to fundraise for their cause.
San Francisco based fund-raising software startup Carta raised $500 million in Series G funding round led by Silver Lake at a pre-money valuation of $6.9 billion, bringing the total funds raised by the startup to $1.1 billion.
Founded in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar, Carta operates a cloud platform that helps startups manage the financial tasks involved in raising funds.
New York based financial technology platform, iCapital Network raised $440 million in Series C funding round led by Temasek Holdings, valuing the startup at over $3.5 billion. The funding round also witnessed participation of new investors Owl Rock Capital, MSD Partners, Noah Holdings and Golub Capital as well as contributions from existing investors Blackrock, Hamilton Lane, Credit Suisse, Affiliated Managers Group, KKR, WestCap, Ping An Global Voyager, Blackstone Group, UBS, Pivot Investment Partners, BNY Mellon, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Carlyle Group, J P Morgan, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Founded in 2013 by Dan Vene, John Robertshaw, Nick Veronis and Phil Pool, iCapital Network is an online alternative investment management platform that connects advisors and their high net worth investors to leading alternative investment managers through best-in-class user experience.
Danish challenger bank Lunar raised €210 million in a Series D funding round led by Denmark based family owned investment management firm Heartland. The round also witnessed participation from Tencent, Kinnevik and Peter Mühlmann, the founder of Trustpilot, bringing the total amount of funding raised by the fintech startup to over $370 million. Other investors in Lunar include Seed Capital, Greyhound Capital, Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker, Socii Capital, Nykredit and a few angels.
Founded in 2015 by Ken Villum Klausen, Lunar is a digital challenger bank thst offers a mobile banking app to help consumers control their personal finances.
São Paulo based Mercado Bitcoin, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in Latin America, raised $200 million in a Series B funding round from SoftBank Latin America Ventures, valuing the startup’s parent comany 2TM Group at over $2 billion. Other investors in the crypto startup include Parallax Ventures and GP Investments.
Founded in 2013 by Gustavo Chamati and Mauricio Chamati, Mercado Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows people to trade cryptocurrency, digital assets, and other tokens.
London based Smart Pension, a global savings and investments technology platform provider, has raised £165 million in Series D Funding round led by Chrysalis Investments, one of the UK’s leading investors with permamnent crossover capital. The startup has raised over $253 million funding since inception. Other investors in Smart Pension include Legal & General, J.P. Morgan, the Link Group, Barclays and Natixis Investment Managers.
Founded in 2014 by Andrew Evans and Will Wynne, Smart Pension is a cloud-native retirement technology solution for financial services companies and governments, with assets of over £1.8 billion.
ClearScore, the UK’s leading credit marketplace, has raised an investment of $200 million from Invus Opportunities, the global equity investor, valuing the startup at ~700 million. Other notable investors in ClearScore include QED Investors and Lead Edge Capital.
Founded in 2014 by Dan Cobley, Justin Basini and Nigel Morris, ClearScore is a financial technology company that provides credit scoring services and a marketplace. It provides access to financial data, including credit reports and scores, and open banking data. The company’s business is dedicated to helping its users improve their financial well-being.
Amsterdam based payment service provider Mollie raised US$800 million in a Series C funding round led by Blackston at a valuation of ~US$6.5 billion. This funding round brings the total amount raised by the company to over US$940 million. The investment was led by Blackstone Growth and also witnessed participation from EQT Growth, General Atlantic, HMI Capital and Alkeon Capital.
Founded in 2004 by Adriaan Mol, Mollie is a payments platform that offers an easy-to-implement process for integrating payments into a site or app, and serves more than 120,000 monthly active merchants of all sizes across Europe.
Hong Kong based Amber Group secured $100 million in Series B funding round led by China Renaissance Group at a valuation of $1 billion. Other investors in the round included Tiger Brokers, Tiger Global Management, Arena Holdings, Tru Arrow Partners, Sky9 Capital, DCM Ventures and Gobi Partners. The round also witnessed participation from existing investors Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Blockchain.com Ventures, Bit Digital, Digital Finance Group, Fenbushi Capital and Continue Capital among others.
Founded in 2017 by Luke Li, Michael Wu, Thomas Zhu, Tiantian Kullander, Tony He and Wayne Huo, Amber Group is a one-stop crypto finance service provider that provides liquidity provision, trading and asset management services.
EBANX, a cross-border commerce platform that connects global merchants with local consumers in Latin America, raised a $430M funding round from Advent International. The funding round included $400 million from Advent and an additional commitment of $30 million as the company prepares for a US IPO. Other investors in the startup include FTV Capital and Endeavor Catalyst. The funding will be used to continue EBANX’s growth and hire its talent base.
Founded in 2012 by Alphonse Voigt, João Del Valle and Wagner Ruiz, EBANX is an integrated international financial services company offering an end-to-end payment solution across the entire e-commerce transaction flow. It also helps international business to grow faster in Latin America offering a local payments experience for customers.
