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Crypto Bank BVNK Expands to US After Raising $50 Million

December 17, 2024
BVNK, cryptocurrency, digital assets
Paidly Raises Funds to Expand Student Loan Benefit Platform
Investments // December 10, 2024

Student loan assistance FinTech Paidly is expanding its platform following a new funding round. The Series A round — no dollar amount was given — came in the form of an investment from S30Build, Paidly said in a news release provided to PYMNTS Tuesday (Dec....

Constrafor Raises $264 Million for Construction Finance Platform
B2B Payments // November 27, 2024

Construction industry software firm Constrafor has raised $264 million in a Series A round. The funding round, announced Wednesday (Nov. 27), will help the company expand its technology platform, designed to improve the relationships between subcontractors and general contractors (GCs). “Constrafor is dedicated to tackling...

Boosted.ai Raises $15 Million to Grow Investment Management Platform
artificial intelligence // November 25, 2024

Boosted.ai, has raised $15 million for its generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool for investment managers. The new funding, announced Monday (Nov. 25), is focused on expanding Alfa, the company’s agentic AI platform. “Agentic AI is essentially an AI co-worker that users can train to think...

Lightning AI Raises $50 Million for PyTorch Artificial Intelligence Framework
News // November 21, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) development platform Lightning AI has obtained a $50 million equity investment. The company, maker of the PyTorch Lightning open AI framework, announced the investment — from Cisco Investments, J.P. Morgan, K5 Global and Nvidia — in a news release Thursday (Nov. 21), saying...

Interviews & Exclusives
SimpleClosure CEO Says Automating Shutdowns Breaks the Taboo Around Startup Failures

September 14, 2023
It’s a challenging economy for consumers — and startups don’t have it any better. Nine out of every 10 startups that raise money end up failing over a 10-year period. Observers believe that venture-backed startups fail at higher numbers than the industry usually cites. Although far more businesses fail than eventually succeed, the process of shutting down a company can often […]

Paidy Tries To Simplify Mobile Payments — And Please Merchants While Doing So

July 26, 2018
A consumer can own multiple credit cards and live in a highly technological society and still want to pay via a method that can come pretty close to resembling cash....

NEW REPORT: Speeding And Securing Online Nonprofit Fundraising

July 11, 2018
In the push to make payments faster, platform and solutions providers are ratcheting up their payments processing infrastructure with new technologies and innovations. But in the rush to get faster,...

Quick Reads
Crypto Bank BVNK Expands to US After Raising $50 Million

December 17, 2024
Stablecoin payments infrastructure firm BVNK is expanding to the U.S. after raising $50 million. The company’s Series B round, announced Tuesday (Dec. 17), was led by Haun Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures, DRW VC and existing investors Avenir and Tiger Global. As part of the funding round, the company is opening an […]

Paidly Raises Funds to Expand Student Loan Benefit Platform

December 10, 2024
Student loan assistance FinTech Paidly is expanding its platform following a new funding round. The Series A round — no dollar amount was given — came in the form of...

Constrafor Raises $264 Million for Construction Finance Platform

November 27, 2024
Construction industry software firm Constrafor has raised $264 million in a Series A round. The funding round, announced Wednesday (Nov. 27), will help the company expand its technology platform, designed...

Boosted.ai Raises $15 Million to Grow Investment Management Platform

November 25, 2024
Boosted.ai, has raised $15 million for its generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool for investment managers. The new funding, announced Monday (Nov. 25), is focused on expanding Alfa, the company’s agentic...