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November 30, 2020

London HQ’d Firstminute Capital has announced its second early-stage venture fund of $111m (£87m). Founded and cornerstoned in 2016 by Brent Hoberman CBE (best known as co-founder of lastminute.com and MADE.com), together with Spencer Crawley (formerly of Goldman Sachs), this new fund comes after the first fund of $100M, giving Firstminute $211M assets under management, investing across […]

November 30, 2020

Primer, the U.K. fintech that wants to help merchants consolidate their payments stack and easily support new payment methods in the future, has raised £14 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Accel, who I understand were quite proactive in persuading Primer to take the VC firm’s money. The young company wasn’t actively fund-raising, […]

November 20, 2020

AllRight is a platform for English language learning, aimed at children four years or older, which combines lessons with real teachers and homework with ‘AI-powered’ tutors. It’s now raised a $5 million Series A round led by Genesis Investments, with participation from TMT Investments, TerraVC, and existing investors Flashpoint and Misha Lyalin. The Ukraine-based startup will […]

November 19, 2020

The Austin-based public-benefit corporation raised $55 million led by Alex Lazarow of Cathay Innovation, which will be used to continue growing the company and expand its services. The company hit more than 150 employees (who are operating remotely today), and is looking to add 100 or more in the next year. What’s driving the company’s […]

November 17, 2020

PingCAP, the open-source software developer best known for NewSQL database TiDB, has raised a $270 million Series D. TiDB handles hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP), and is aimed at high-growth companies, including payment and e-commerce services, that need to handle increasingly large amounts of data. The round’s lead investors were GGV Capital, Access Technology […]

November 17, 2020

Amsterdam-based Cooper is building a network that’s all about making and receiving introductions. It announced that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. “Everything that happens in the network is based on on the foundation of introductions,” CEO Robert Gaal told me. “You should never get an unwanted message, and there’s no such thing as a […]

November 17, 2020

Forto, a digital freight forwarder which has experienced a boom during the pandemic, has raised another $50 million in funding. This takes its total investment to $73 million after it raised $23m in debt financing from the European Investment Bank this year. It’s now raised $126 million in total, since its launch in 2016. The […]

November 13, 2020

Truebill, a startup offering a variety of tools to help users take control of their finances, announced today that it has raised $17 million in Series C funding. It is focused on helping users track and cancel unwanted subscriptions. Since then, it’s expanded into other financial products, like reports on your personal expenses and the […]

November 13, 2020

We have witnessed a massive sweep of digital transformation happening within financial services companies and amid the growing number of non-financial outfits that are also adding financial products to their offerings. The outfit just closed its debut fund with $75 million in capital commitments, exceeding their original $60 million targets, and even one of their […]

November 12, 2020

Railsbank, the London-headquartered Banking-as-a-Service platform, has raised $37 million in new growth funding. Leading the round is MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital, which are both existing investors in Railsbank . Also participating is Anthos Capital, Global Brain, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Moneta VC, Mitsui Fudosan and Firestartr. Nigel Verdon, co-founder and CEO of Railsbank, tells the injection of […]

Category: Europe

Firstminute Capital launches second US$111M fund

Primer secures US$18M Series A

AllRight secures US$5M Series A

ZenBusiness snags US$55M Series B

PingCAP closes US$270m Series D

Cooper raises $2M in seed funding

Forto racks in US$50M led by Inven Capital

Truebill raises $17M Series C funding

The Outfit closes $75m debut fund

Railsbank raises $37M in growth funding

Firstminute Capital launches second US$111M fund

Primer secures US$18M Series A

HungryPanda raises US$70M for a food delivery app

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