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Coinpanion raises seed round to €5.5 million

Coinpanion, the Austrian start-up for easy entry into the world of crypto investments, increased its seed investment from last autumn (note: 1.8 million euros) to a total of 5.5 million euros - one of the highest seed investments in Austrian start-up history.

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Deutsche Bank invests in workforce intelligence company SkyHive

SkyHive, a workforce technology innovator that delivers powerful insights for improved human capital management (HCM), today announced that Deutsche Bank, Germany’s leading bank, has made a sizable equity investment in the company via its strategic Corporate Venture Capital unit.

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Business financing platform re:cap raises $15 million

Re:cap, a Berlin-based digital funding platform that enables institutional investors to invest in the recurring revenue streams of companies, has extended its seed funding round to $15 million with support from Abu Dhabi's Mubadal capital.

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BBVA fund invests in LatAm authentication startup Truora

BBVA investment fund Propel has lead a $15 million financing round in Colombian authentication startup Truora.

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ZA Tech becomes the latest investor of Aladin Bank

ZA Tech Global Limited (“ZA Tech”), a Singaporean technology venture founded by ZA International and backed by Softbank’s Vision Fund 1, has become the latest strategic partner to collaborate with Aladin Bank as an investor and a business partner, and is fully committed to strengthening Aladin Bank’s ecosystem.

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Motor finance startup Carmoola fuels up with £27 million in funding

Turning car finance on its head putting consumers in the driving seat, Carmoola, a newly launched motoring fintech has raised £27M in investment from Jaguar Land Rover’s investment fund, InMotion Ventures, VentureFriends, BCI and California-based Clocktower Ventures.

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GoSolo raises £800K for FCA-regulated toolset for entrepreneurs starting a UK business

Launching internationally today is GoSolo, a FCA-regulated business toolset and banking app for founders based in the UK and internationally seeking to create a UK limited company and business account.

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KKR and TDR Capital pay £120 million to take majority control of JaJa Finance

Jaja Finance Ltd (“Jaja”) today announces that it has closed the strategic transaction announced in November 2021, resulting in a consortium led by KKR and TDR Capital LLP becoming the majority shareholders of Jaja.

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European unicorn Qonto aims to build community with crowfund

Qonto, the leading European business finance solution, announced today it will run a community Equity raise campaign on leading online investment marketplace Crowdcube.

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British Business Investments commits additional £15m to Compass Business Finance

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, today announces an additional £15m commitment to Compass Business Finance, taking our total commitment to £30m.

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BBVA and Anthemis invest in Spanish consumer electronics rental firm Wiserntr

The BBVA and Anthemis partnership led the first pre-seed funding for Wiserentr with an investment of one million euros.

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Moneybox raises £35 million

British savings and investment app Moneybox has raised £35 million in a funding round led by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures ahead of a second crowdfunding campaign in early May.

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Qred moves into B2B payments; raises €10 million

Swedish credit scoring platform Qred has raised €10 million to support the launch of a new B2B payments platform for small businesses.

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Budget Insight secures €31 million investment from PSG Equity

Budget Insight, the leading aggregator of banking and financial data in France and a pioneer of Open Finance in Europe, is pleased to announce $35m (€31m) in funding from PSG Equity (“PSG”), a leading growth equity firm partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to help accelerate their growth and build scale across Europe and the US.

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Credit card for expats Yonder secures £20 million startup capital

Yonder, a London-based credit card startup catering to expats in the UK, has opened a waitlist for prospective customers after emerging from stealth with a £20 million equity raise.

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Mosaic closes $25 million Series B

Mosaic, the first Strategic Finance Platform, today announced it has raised $25 million in Series B financing.

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Pine Labs scores $50 million investment from Vitruvian Partners

Riding the BNPL wave, Mastercard-backed Indian merchant commerce platform Pine Labs has picked up a fresh $50 million in funding from London-based investment firm Vitruvian Partners.

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Oxbury closes Series C, acquires software provider Naqoda

Agricultural challenger bank Oxbury has acquired Naqoda, the provider of the bank's cloud-based core banking platform, with the aim of becoming a software-as-a-service provider for the wider fintech and banking industry.

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OakNorth reports 73% increase in pre-tax profits

UK small business lender OakNorth is reporting a stellar performance in 2021, posting a 73% increase in pre-tax profits to £134.5 million and a 60% increase in new lending to £1.8 billion.

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TransFicc raises $17 million to automate fixed income trading

TransFicc, the London-based provider of a single API for electronic trading and workflow in fixed income markets, has closed a Series A extension for $17 million.