The more than $69 million raised by B2B startups this week came from across the globe, including Israel, the Netherlands and Singapore, to name a few. Investors targeted the alternative small business lending market, particularly in the trade finance arena, but it was the human...
Bank-FinTech collaborations have emerged as a viable, lucrative growth path for both sides of these partnerships. For traditional financial institutions (FIs), working with a would-be competitor means integrating technologies for customers without having to build solutions from scratch. For FinTechs, the deals mean access to...
In what’s becoming an increasingly popular theme for B2B startup investors, this week’s funding rounds for B2B startups largely centered on tackling data silos and empowering the enterprise with the insights that data can provide. Venture capitalists and equity investors targeted companies that apply big...
Logistics marketplace Freightos has raised $44.4 million in Series C funding, reports in TechCrunch said Monday (Sept. 17). Freightos landed the investment led by Singapore Exchange, while General Electric Ventures, ICV and Aleph participated in the investment as well. In total, Freightos has raised $94.4...
May 12, 2017
B2B FinTech startups across the U.S., U.K., Europe, Asia and the Middle East landed some more money in their pockets thanks to investors. Funding was modest and, in a few cases, kept secret, but the variety of investment activity is a positive sign for the industry: cross-border payments, procure-to-pay, alternative finance, and even fleet saw […]
May 05, 2017
Don’t let the seemingly low value of $42 million raised this week by B2B venture capital firms fool you: VC activity in the space was strong, hitting key verticals like...
November 04, 2016
Not every week can be a home run for B2B startups. This time, the industry saw modest gains — a couple million in funding here, another million there — with...
October 07, 2016
This week, B2B FinTech players saw some of the largest deals this year, injecting renewed confidence in the space. There may have only been four funding rounds that closed, but...
