GoCardless announced the completion of $22.5 million in financing led by Accel Partners. Balderton Capital, Notion Capital, and Passion Capital also participated. GoCardless is a U.K.-based next-generation payments company that makes collecting payments by direct debit easy for everyone from individuals to multinational corporations. The
Insurance tech startup Clearcover announced the close of $11.5 million in financing led by Lightbank. Greycroft Partners, 500 Startups, and Silicon Valley Bank also participated. Clearcover is a new type of car insurance company that helps customers get the same coverage offered by big insurers
Fintech startup Luno announced it has raised $9 million in Series B financing, led by Balderton Capital, with participation from Digital Currency Group. Luno is a global digital currency company with a team of more than 40 technology and finance experts, operating across several countries and
Loftium is a new fintech product that provides down payments of up to $50,000 to homebuyers willing to shares revenue from Airbnb rentals in their new homes for 12 to 36 months. Participants agree to list a bedroom on Airbnb for all but eight “freebie”
Braavo Capital announced the completion of $70 million in financing, led by Mark 2 Capital. Braavo Capital’s goal is to change the way mobile entrepreneurs finance and grow their app businesses. Its technology integrates with a mobile app business’s key data systems, including app store and
According to a recent SEC filing, Internet and IoT startup Buzz Points has raised $3.7 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Buzz Points is an innovative program that rewards consumers for choosing local businesses over national chains and for banking with local community banks and
Singapore startup CashShield announced the close of $5.5 million in Series A financing, led by GGV Capital. Heliconia Capital Management, Razer and Stream Global also participated in the funding. CashShield is an online fraud management solution that helps enterprises manage risk from fraudulent payments and
QuickBill is an open source web app that provides a simple tool to create unlimited free invoices. In addition to featuring standard invoice information such as “bill from” and “bill to,” QuickBill allows users to include discounts and tax amounts. It also features a variety
Fintech startup dv01 announced it has secured $5.5 million in Series A financing. OCA Ventures led the round, with participation from Ribbit Capital, Illuminate Financial Management, CreditEase, Leucadia National Corp and Pivot Investment Partners. By combining normalized data with real-time insights, dv01 provides institutional investors with
Coinflo.me is a cryptocurrencies web app that works like Venmo for Bitcoin. Venmo is a free mobile app that lets users make and share payments with friends, to easily split the bill, cab fare, and more. Coinflo.me users can conduct the same functions as Bitcoin,