For the 14th week in a row, fintech deals worldwide surpassed the 20-mark. This week, 29 startups raised $275 million, or $1.20 billion if you count Chinese real estate giant Home Link (Lianjia).*
The total number of deals YTD stands at 363, double last year’s 186 YTD. Total dollars raised YTD is $7.9 billion, also double the $3.7 billion raised during the same period a year ago.
Three Finovate alums raised capital and one of the first FinovateSpring presenters, TradeKing, was acquired by Ally Financial for $275 million.
Persado raised $30 million for its messaging platform
Ixaris landed $6 million for its prepaid card platform
Cortera raised a fresh $3.5 million for its business data service
Here are the fintech deals by size from 2 April to 8 April 2016:
Home Link (Lianjia)
Online & offline real estate broker
Latest round: $926 million Series B
Total raised: Unkown
HQ: China
Tags: Consumer, investing, robo-advisor, ETFs, retirement, Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase
Bright Health
Consumer health insurance plans
Latest round: $80 million Series A
Total raised: $80 million
HQ: Minnesota City, Minnesota
Tags: Consumer, insurance, healthcare
Source: Crunchbase
Meili Jinrong
P2P lending platform
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: $65+ million
HQ: Kagoshima, China
Tags: Consumer, P2P lending, peer-to-peer, credit, underwriting, investing
Source: Crunchbase
Finanz Check
Consumer loan portal
Latest round: $37.5 million Series C
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Hamburg, Germany
Tags: Consumer, loans, credit, credit cards, price comparison, discovery, lead gen, personal finance
Source: Crunchbase
Persado
Messaging technology for financial institutions and others
Latest round: $30 million Series C
Total raised: $66 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: Enterprise, marketing, communications, alerts, service, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Citigroup (investors), Finovate alum
Source: Finovate
Joyowo.com
SMB insurance portal
Latest round: $15 million Series B
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Zhejiang, China
Tags: SMB, insurance, lead gen, price comparison, discovery
Source: Crunchbase
Scalable Capital
Wealth management platform
Latest round: $8.0 million
Total raised: $12.3 million
HQ: Munich, Germany
Tags: Consumer, investing, robo-advisor, ETFs, retirement, wealth management
Source: Crunchbase
Ixaris
Prepaid card payments platform
Latest round: $6 million
Total raised: $6 million
HQ: London, England, UK
Tags: Consumer, B2B2C, payments, prepaid debit cards, Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase
LevelUp
Mobile payment platform for restuarants
Latest round: $5 million
Total raised: $45 million
HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts
Tags:Consumer, merchants, payments, POS, acquiring, debit/credit cards, mobile
Source: Crunchbase
Tiller
Retailer point-of-sale system
Latest round: $4.6 million
Total raised: $4.7 million
HQ: Paris, France
Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, POS, acquring, debit/credit cards, mobile
Source: Crunchbase
ShareIn
Equity crowdfunding platform
Latest round: $4.54 million Equity Crowdfunding
Total raised: $5.54 million
HQ: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Tags: SMB, capital, P2P, investing, crowdfunding, equity
Source: Crunchbase
Vestly
Online stock trading game
Latest round: $4 million
Total raised: $4 million
HQ: New York City
Tags: Consumer, investing, gamification, trading, simulator
Source: Crunchbase
Cortera
Data for B2B analytics & risk management
Latest round: $3.48 million
Total raised: $64.18 million
HQ: Boca Raton, Florida
Tags: SMB, credit evaluation, risk, valuations, underwriting, analytics, Finovate alum
Source: Crunchbase
Liwwa
Marketplace lender for SMB loans
Latest round: $2.3 million Seed
Total raised: $2.3 million Seed
HQ: Amman, Jordan
Tags: SMB, lending, P2P, crowdfunding, credit, commercial loans, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase
Second Measure
Consumer spending analytics
Latest round: $2 million Seed
Total raised: $2 million
HQ: San Mateo, California
Tags: Enterprise, investors, advisors, trading, analytics, valuations
Source: Crunchbase
Numerai
Global tournement to predict the stock market
Latest round: $1.5 million
Total raised: $1.5 million
HQ: San Francisco, California
Tags: Consumer, investing, trading, stock market, game
Source: Crunchbase
Anedot
Payment processing system for non-profits
Latest round: $1 million
Total raised: $2.25 million
HQ: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Tags: Non-profits, fundraising, payements, merchants, debit/credit cards, acquiring
Source: Crunchbase
Bitwala
Bitcoin payments
Latest round: $912,000
Total raised: $912,000
HQ: Grotestraat, Netherland
Tags: Consumer, payments, crypt-currency, bitcoin,, blockchain
Source: Crunchbase
MedPilot
Medical billing & collections platform
Latest round: $750,000 Angel
Total raised: $750,000
HQ: New York City
Tags: Healthcare providers, billing, payments, collections
Source: Crunchbase
Cambridge Blockchain
Enterprise blockchain applications
Latest round: $635,000
Total raised: $635,000
HQ: Cambridge, Massechuesetts
Tags: Enterprise, SMB, blockchain, distributed database, bitcoin, cyrpto-currency
Source: Crunchbase
Future Penny
Investment information portal
Latest round: $500,000 Seed
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: Perth, Australia
Tags: Consumer, investing, robo-advisor, ETFs, retirement, information, lead gen
Source: Crunchbase, Startup Daily
Tradeworks.io
Financial trade automation technology
Latest round: $500,000 Seed
Total raised: $500,000
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Traders, investing, robo-advisor, stocks, automation
Source: Crunchbase
Vindi
Online payment platform
Latest round: $330,000 Series A
Total raised: $820,000
HQ: Sao Paulao, Brazil
Tags: Consumer, SMB, payments, online, subscription billing, billpay
Source: Crunchbase
Sphere
Point of sale system for food & beverage industry
Latest round: $250,000 Seed
Total raised: $250,000
HQ: Singapore
Tags: Consumer, merchants, payments, POS, acquiring, debit/credit cards
Source: Crunchbase
Tokken
Proxy banking & payments services for cash businesses
Latest round: $250,000 Debt
Total raised: $250,000
HQ: Denver, Colorado
Tags: SMB, merchants, credit/debit cards, legal cannibas industry, payments, mobile
Source: Crunchbase
Internex Capital
Working capital finance
Latest round: $200,000 Debt
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: New York City
Tags: SMB, lending, trade finance, loan, underwriting
Source: Crunchbase
Cardtek
EMV and mobile payments technology
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Istanbul, Turkey
Tags: Enterprise, payments, credit/debit cards, EMV, chip & PIN, mobile
Source: Crunchbase
Musoni BV
Microfinance software
Latest round: Undisclosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tags: Consumer, micro-finance, underbanked, unbanked
Source: Crunchbase
Tandem Bank
Digital bank
Latest round: Not dislosed
Total raised: Unknown
HQ: London, England, UK
Tags: Consumer, banking, lending, mobile
Source: FT Partners
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*We include digital consumer real estate platforms in our definition of fintech companies. Many other sources classify them elsewhere. See full methodology in the footnotes here.
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