Funding
Top 12 Global Fintech Investors in Q2 2022
Despite falling tech stocks and concerns about an economic downturn, global fintech venture capital (VC) dealmaking remained strong in 2022. In H1 2022, fintech startups collected a total of US$53.5 billion, a that sum falls behind 2021’s figure but which
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Global Blockchain Funding Dip; Mega-Rounds Shrink
After a record year 2021, the venture capital (VC) market for blockchain investment is slowing down significantly in 2022 amid uncertain macroeconomic conditions and financial markets turmoil. In Q2 2022, VC investors scaled back cryptocurrency investments due to macroeconomic pressures,
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UBS Invests in Tech Unicorn Bigpanda
UBS announced it has invested in BigPanda, a leading artificial intelligence IT operations (AIOps) platform, through UBS Next, the firm’s strategic venture and innovation unit. As clients increasingly seek more digital services and business becomes more data driven, UBS is
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M&A-Aktivitäten von Schweizer KMU auf Rekordhoch
Die Zahl der Fusionen und Übernahmen kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) aus der Schweiz hat im ersten Halbjahr 2022 erneut einen Rekord erzielt. 133 KMU haben gemäss der neuen Deloitte MidCap-M&A-Studie andere Firmen gekauft oder wurden selbst übernommen, verglichen mit
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Fintech and Finance Firms Snap Up Media Companies to Gain Audience
This past year has seen banks, financial services companies and fintech startups snapping up media companies, realizing the merits of owning their audience to gain exposure, sell more products and become more profitable. An extensive research paper by business analytics
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IDnow Secures New €60 Million Debt Facility by Blackrock
IDnow, a leading identity proofing and digital identity provider based in Munich, has successfully arranged a new debt facility from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock that provides up to €60 million in financing. The debt facility will enable IDnow
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Swiss Blockchain-Insurtech Jarowa Raises CHF 12.4 Million Series A for Europe Expansion
JAROWA is a Swiss digital marketplace and transaction platform for insurance companies, property managers, and leasing companies to manage their trusted service providers and digital orders more efficiently. JAROWA has successfully closed its Series A funding round, led by Eos
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SIX Digital Exchange Partners With Aktionariat to Ease Access to Capital
SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) have partnered with Aktionariat, a technology provider for digitised private shares in Switzerland, to further develop the digital ecosystem for issuers and institutional investors. In a joint statement, both entities said that the partnership will “tackle
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Ireland Economic Development Agency Strengthens Commitment to Startup Ecosystem Development
Enterprise Ireland, the nation’s economic development agency, has committed to supporting the development a robust startup ecosystem, sharing ambitions to expand the pool of early-stage startups it works with and supports to 450 by 2024, a figure which represents a
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Fintech Funding Slows Down in Switzerland
In the first half of 2022, fintech companies in Switzerland raised a total of CHF 349 million through 23 rounds, falling behind sectors including information and communications technology (ICT) and cleantech, data from Startupticker.ch’s Swiss Venture Capital Report 2022 Update
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