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Nasdaq joins €7M funding round in French blockchain outfit Stratumn

Nasdaq has joined a €7M series A funding round in a French startup, Stratumn, which utilises distributed ledger technology and advanced cryptography to streamline and secure the exchange of regulatory reporting data.

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Denmark-based OpenLedger secures $1.6 million seed funding

OpenLedger Aps, based in Pandrup, Denmark, has received seed funding to the tune of 11 Million DKK ($1.6 Million USD) from a group of a group of Chinese, American and European investors, allowing four major projects managed by OpenLedger, namely eDEV.one (EDEV, JOYY), GetGame (REALITY), Apptrade (APPX), and OCASH (OCASH) to start immediate production.

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Addepar raises $140 million

Addepar, the operating system for our financial world, today announced it has closed a $140 million Series D funding round, co-led by Valor Equity Partners, 8VC, and QuantRes founder Harald McPike.

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Klarna wins equity investment from Brightfolk

Klarna AB (publ) is pleased to announce that Brightfolk A/S, a company held by Anders Holch Povlsen, will acquire a strategic equity stake in the company.

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Coinsilium invests in blockchain-powered professional social network Indorse

Coinsilium Group Limited (NEX: COIN), the accelerator that finances and manages the development of early-stage blockchain technology companies, is pleased to announce the completion of its investment of SG$100,000 (circa £56,100) in Indorse Pte. Ltd. through a convertible loan agreement.

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IFC Invests in LMRKTS

International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), a member of the World Bank Group, and LMRKTS are pleased to announce an equity investment by IFC in LMRKTS to help expand LRMKTS into the emerging markets.

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Illuminate Financial invests €2 million in fixed income liquidity platform AxeTrading

AxeTrading, a provider of fixed income trading technology, has announced a strategic investment of €2 million from Illuminate Financial Management LLP, a venture capital firm backed by Deutsche Börse Group and IHS Markit amongst others with a specific focus on capital markets financial technology.

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Australia's NAB and Westpac back data sharing startup Basiq

Australian open API startup Basiq has gained seed funding from Nab Ventures and Westpac-backed startup vehicle Reinventure as the country's banks prepare for a new era of client data sharing.

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Social payments startup Plynk raises EUR25 million

A Dublin-based social payments outfit founded by former Facebook and Wonga staffers Charles Dowd and Clive Foley has raised €25 million in a Series A funding round led by private investment trust, Swiss Privée.

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Rand Merchant Investment Holdings and Nedbank acquire stakes in Entersekt

Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (JSE:RMI) through AlphaCode, RMI’s innovation hub for fintech entrepreneurs and Nedbank Private Equity (NPE) through its private equity investment vehicle, BoE Private Equity Investments, have each acquired minority shareholdings in Entersekt in a multi-million dollar transaction.

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Greenlight raises $7.5m for kids' debit card

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., creator of Greenlight: the smart debit card for kids, today announced $7.5 million in seed financing.

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Vendor risk outfit RiskRecon secures $12 million Series A funding

RiskRecon, a SaaS provider of objective, vendor security assessments and insights, today announced it has completed a $12 million Series A financing round led by Dell Technologies Capital with additional participation from F-Prime Capital Partners and existing investor General Catalyst.

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Polish lending startup FinAi raises EUR1.1m

Poland based fintech FinAi which is currently developing a lending platform has raised €1,1M in the seed round. Backing comes from a newly started Polish VC – FIDIASZ, belonging to Krzysztof Domarecki - founder of Selena Group. The investment is probably the largest at this stage on the Polish market.

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Zopa raises £32 million to support challenger bank build-out

P2P pioneer Zopa has raised £32 million in funding to help support the build-out of the company’s technology infrastructure and product range in preparation for the submission of its bank licence application later this year.

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KeyBank to buy personal finance outfit HelloWallet

KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) and Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition by KeyBank of leading personal software platform HelloWallet® from Morningstar, Inc.

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RBC and NAB invest in financial management software firm Wave

National Australia Bank and Royal Bank of Canada have joined a US$24 million funding round for Wave, a Toronto-based provider of financial management software for small businesses.

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NetGuardians closes CHF8.5 million funding round; plans to double headcount

NetGuardians SA, Switzerland’s leading FinTech in fraud prevention and risk mitigation, announced today a Series C investment of CHF 8.5 million. The investors in this Series C Funding are Swisscom Ventures and Freemont Management.

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Banco BNI Europa makes €10M investment in Portuguese peer-to-peer platform Raize

Banco BNI Europa has signed a strategic agreement with Portugal’s largest peer-to-peer lender RAIZE to boost lending to SMEs in the country.

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NIBC bank invests in Ebury

Ebury, one of the fastest growing fintechs for corporate cross-border payments and growth lending, today announced investment from NIBC bank.

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Naspers leads $5 million round in Coins

Coins, Southeast Asia’s leading blockchain-enabled mobile payments platform, announced today the closing of a $5 million fundraise led by Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division, bringing the total amount raised in its Series A to over US$9.4M.