Tag: Fundings & Exits
Azimo, the money transfer service, secures €20M debt finance from the European Investment Bank
Azimo, the money transfer service that is HQ’d in London but has the majority of its staff based in based in Poland, has secured €20 million in debt from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union. The financing is supported by the European Fund for…
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Dixa, the customer engagement platform, picks up $36M Series B
Dixa, the customer engagement platform, has closed $36 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is Notion Capital, with participation from existing investors Project A Ventures and SEED Capital. The Copenhagen and now London-based startup says it will use the new capital to accelerate its product development. This will…
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HPE acquires cloud native security startup Scytale
HPE announced today that it has acquired Scytale, a cloud native security startup that is built on the open source Secure Production Identity Framework for Everyone (SPIFFE) protocol. The companies did not share the acquisition price. Specifically, Scytale looks at application-to-application identity and access management, something that is increasingly important…
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Japanese vacation rental management startup H2O raises $7 million Series B from investors including Samsung Ventures
Japan’s tourism industry is booming, but it faces a hotel room shortage, especially in Tokyo as it prepares for the Summer Olympics. H2O addresses the market opportunity with a platform that helps vacation rental owners manage their properties. The startup announced today it has raised $7 million in Series B…
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Worldline to buy Ingenico for $8.6B in major payments consolidation play
Some consolidation is afoot among the payments behemoths of Europe, as they continue to go head-to-head with smaller, newer fintech companies eating into their market dominance by adapting faster to changing spending habits, while also looking to capitalise on economies of scale. Today Worldline, a financial services company that provides…
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Unicorn fever as One Medical’s IPO pops 40% after conservative pricing
Shares of One Medical are worth $19.50 this morning after the venture-backed unicorn priced its IPO at $14 per share last night. The company opened at $18 before rising further, according to Yahoo Finance data. At its current price, One Medical is worth about 40% more than its IPO price,…
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