TX Ventures Launches CHF 100 Million Fintech Fund to Invest in Early Stage Startups
TX Ventures, the VC arm of Swiss media company TX Group, announced that it has launched a European CHF 100 million fintech investment fund with a particular focus on startups from the DACH region. The fund is structured as a
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17 Rising Fintech DACH Stars that Went Live in 2022
Fintech Innovators has released its annual report featuring the most exciting and fastest-growing fintech and insurtech companies across Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). Produced in collaboration with robo-advisory platform Inno Invest, startup acceleration program German Accelerator, consulting firm KPMG and
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UBS Next Participates in $20 Million Series B of Israel Compliance Tech Startup
Shield, a compliance tech platform based in Tel Aviv, announced its $20 million Series B financing round, which was led by Macquarie Capital and joined by UBS through its venture and innovation unit UBS Next, Mindset Ventures and OurCrowd. This
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EIB and Goldman Sachs Issue First Euro-Denominated Digital Bond on a Private Blockchain
The European Investment Bank (EIB) — in collaboration with Goldman Sachs Bank Europe, Santander and Société Générale — launched Project Venus, their second euro-denominated digitally native bond issue and first using private blockchain technology. The €100 million, two-year bond was
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SIX Fintech Ventures Joins Keyrock’s $72 Million Series B Fundraising
Keyrock, a Brussel based digital asset market maker, raised $72 million in its Series B funding round from investors including Ripple, SIX Fintech Ventures and Middlegame Ventures. Keyrock plans to use its funding to invest further into infrastructure development, scalability
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Mastercard & Vesta Join Forces to Offer Enhanced Fraud Management Solutions
Mastercard and Vesta, an end-to-end fraud prevention platform for digital purchases, announced a new strategic partnership to provide a state-of-the-art fraud management platform for merchants across Latin America and the Caribbean. As the need and interest from consumers to shop
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The State of the German Blockchain Ecosystem
Despite a global venture capital (VC) pullback, shrinking valuations and public market turmoil, Germany’s blockchain VC funding market remained stable this year, with companies in the space securing a total of US$218 million across 20 deals year-to-date (YTD), just US$37
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16 Banking, Insurance and Fintech Professionals Named Among 2022 Top B2B Marketing Influencers
CMO Huddles, a community of business-to-business (B2B) marketing leaders, have released its selection of this year’s top B2B marketing influencers. The 101 Top B2B Marketing Influencers of 2022 list recognizes the best marketing leaders from around the world who didn’t
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Interest in Media for Equity on the Rise
Media for equity, a financing option that provides advertising in return for equity in a company, is proliferating at an increasing rate, recognized by startups as a powerful engine for sustainable growth. Also known as media for growth or airtime
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A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM to Discontinue Blockchain Trade Platform Tradelens
A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM announced the decision to withdraw the TradeLens offerings and discontinue the platform. Starting immediately, the TradeLens team is taking action to withdraw the offerings and discontinue the platform, and the intent is that the
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