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Verse, the fintech of young people, raises €7M
Verse, a Spanish social payment tool, has recently closed a round of funding that we analyse from the perspective of corporate finance in the following post.
Latest capital increases in Fintech companies
Below, we analyse the example of the company Bizum, which demonstrates the vialbility of the Fintech sector, as well as the latest capital increases carried out in Fintech companies, such as Verse or PLeo.
FinTech sales transactions for SMEs
Spain's Besepa, a company that offers solutions to automate banking management for small and large companies, has been sold to Enxendra Technologies. We note that financial technology continues to gain market share and more and more companies are specialising in this sector. To support this statement, we have conducted an analysis of the sales of companies in the FinTech sector for SMEs globally.
Goldman Sachs' buyout of FinTech companies
From the corporate finance perspective, we analyse the purchases and investments made by Goldman Sachs in financial technology or FinTech companies. The multinational financial company makes several acquisitions of companies and rounds throughout the year, but we are going to focus on talking about the companies that are dedicated to the development of financial technology and in which Goldman has made a move. We will first discuss the two acquisitions made in 2018 and then the three latest confirmed investments.
Acquisition of companies in the payment platforms sector
We analyse the €1.6 million capital injection received by Infraspeak from the funds Firstminute Capital, Tencent, Innovation Nest, Construtech Ventures, 500Startups and Caixa Capital. With the injection, Infraspeak will aim to strengthen its bid to expand its team across borders. In the coming months, the company plans to reach the UK, Spain and France and hire 10 new employees.
Investment analysis in FinTech sector for business expense management. Captio and Certify.
From a corporate finance point of view, we analyse the purchase of Captio - the Spanish startup that manages companies' business travel-related expenses - by Certify, the North American company that offers business travel management solutions, from a corporate finance perspective.
Analysis of Fintech investment. Dominion and RSI team up in Fintech and Insurtech.
Find out about the latest major financing rounds in Europe in Fintech. In addition, we analyse the strategic agreement signed between Dominion and RSI to jointly develop their technology business for the financial and insurance sector.
The IT Consulting sector for FinTech and InsurTech is becoming increasingly active in M&A: Corlider, Keyhelp, Mecemsa and Unnax
Capital is increasingly being directed towards FinTech and InsurTech, and the number of M&A deals related to these sectors is growing all the time. We take a look at current investment activity in IT consulting for FinTech and InsurTech.
Spanish FinTech startup Billin receives €1.5M in new investment round
Billin, the Madrid-based company that offers an invoicing management platform dubbed "the dropbox of invoices", has closed a €1.5M investment round backed by Kibo Ventures, K Fund, and business angel Carlos González Cadenas.
Kantox, the fintech company, turns to software technology and receives €5M
Kantox, the fintech company that operates in the exchange of currencies for companies, has closed a €5 million round raised by its own shareholders. Co-founder and CEO Philippe Gelis confirmed yesterday that the round will bring the company closer to break even, which is expected to be reached "by the end of 2017".
Easy Payment Gateway, fintech company operating in Spain, closes €6M round
Easy Payment Gateway, a payment and fraud gateway, has just closed an investment round of six million euros. This is the third round closed by the startup, which defines itself as a platform for managing and configuring all means of payment of a company, as well as all fraud tools.