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Economic Downturn and Market Sell-Off Take a Toll on Fintech Fundraising, Valuation
2021 was a record-breaking year for fintech funding and unicorn minting. Globally, fintech companies attracted an all-time high US$132 billion last year, more than double 2020’s figure. Soaring funding activity pushed valuations to new heights, allowing 157 fintech companies to
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From Crypto Stamp to Crypto Vaults: Swiss Post Office Embraces Bitcoin
The price of bitcoin has been in freefall in recent weeks, but that doesn’t seem to bother the most conservative of financial institutions – the banking arm of the Swiss post office. PostFinance is stepping up its drive to grant
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Crypto Companies Put the Brakes on Sports Sponsorship Amid Market Crash
This year’s cryptocurrency crash, which saw the market lose more than half of its value in the span of six months, is threatening to bring sports sponsorship deals to a halt as crypto companies look to cut costs. Sources with
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Point Zero Forum to Kick off Tomorrow in Zurich
The Swiss Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) and Elevandi (a company set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to advance FinTech in the digital economy) will kick off the inaugural Point ZERO Forum in Zurich, Switzerland, tomorrow. Running
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A Look at Switzerland’s Booming Digital Asset Ecosystem
In recent years, Switzerland’s blockchain and digital asset ecosystem has matured rapidly and grown into one of the world’s leading blockchain hubs, a position that’s asserted by its expanding workforce and a rising number of foreign companies setting up operations
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Polytech Ventures, Fusion Partners Raise CHF 11 Million to Build Next-Gen Swiss Startups
Swiss investment company Polytech Ventures Holding and Fusion Partners, a corporate venturing organisation in French-speaking Switzerland, have raised CHF 11 million to develop its independent Swiss “startups studio” named Webuild Ventures. The entities said in a statement that they aim
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Colombian Proptech Habi Attains Unicorn Status With US$200 Million Series C
Habi, a Colombian data-driven residential real estate platform, announced that it has raised US$200 million in equity in its Series C funding round, The company said that it is the first proptech unicorn with a female founder and CEO in
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Top 10 Upcoming Fintech Events to Attend in Europe
Technological advances and evolving customer expectations are changing the financial landscape, stimulating fintech development and innovation. To keep up with the burgeoning fintech industry, top-quality fintech events are being organized on a regular basis to educate attendees on the latest
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“BORN IN SWITZERLAND” Swiss Original Fintech Overview Map Update: 202 Companies
Luc Schuurmans, Deputy CEO, Executive Management at Bank Linth, put together an updated overview map of Fintech Companies “Born in Switzerland”. Here are the descriptions of all the Swiss Fintechs listed in Luc’s map: Funding Verve Ventures is a network
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2 Swiss Startups Make 2022 Top 50 Blockchain and Crypto Companies Ranking
Market intelligence platform CB Insights has released its second edition of The Blockchain 50, an annual ranking of the world’s top 50 most promising blockchain and crypto companies. Two Swiss startups made the 2022 ranking: SEBA Bank and the Solana
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