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14 Startups Selected For F10 Incubation Program With First Dedicated Climate Fintech Track

During the program the startups will validate and further develop their ventures, receive world-class coaching and gain access to a vast network of mentors, experts and investors. The first dedicated program track for Climate FinTech Startups comes a...

Swiss Event Management Company MCH Group Acquires Zurich’s Digital Festival

Swiss event management company MCH Group is wholly acquiring Digital Festival AG in Zurich with its platforms Digital Festival, HackZurich and HackZurich Talents. The operational team around managing director and co-founder Jonathan Isenring is being...

St. Galler Kantonalbank Goes Live With CREALOGIX’s Hybrid Platform

St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB) selected Swiss digital banking software provider CREALOGIX to pursue new paths in the digitalisation of its infrastructure and the new platform went live in May 2021. This enables it to integrate new digital applications...

FiCAS Appoints Chief Growth Officer, Christine Schmid Joins the Board of Bitcoin Capital

FiCAS, a Swiss-based crypto investment management boutique, has appointed Niklaus Neddermann to lead the design and implementation of new business initiatives and organic growth more broadly. Niklaus Neddermann Niklaus Neddermann began his career as...

FQX Secures $4.7M in Seed Funding Led By Earlybird Venture Capital and SIX Ventures

Zurich-based FQX secures $4.7M in seed funding to scale their revolutionary eNoteTM infrastructure. Earlybird led the round with participation of SIX Fintech Ventures, the non-strategic corporate venture arm of SIX, and the unicorn founder Carsten Th...

FQX Secures $4.7 Million Seed Funding to Scale Its Promissory Note Infrastructure

FQX, a Swiss-based fintech focused on electronic negotiable instruments, has secured US$4.7 million in seed funding to scale their eNoteTM infrastructure. Earlybird led the round with participation of SIX Fintech Ventures, the non-strategic corporate...

Wefox Bags US$650 Million in Series C Fundraise, Secures Valuation of US$3 Billion

wefox, a Berlin-based digital insurance company, has raised US$650 million for its Series C funding round led by Target Global, resulting in a post-money valuation of US$3 billion. The firm intends to invest the proceeds in strengthening its presence...

London Fintech Curve Raises Nearly £10 Million in Largest Ever Equity Raise on Crowdcube

Curve, a London fintech that allows consumers to store their payment cards in a single location, has secured £10 million in an equity raise on Crowdcube from 11,795 investors. This is reportedly the largest ever equity raise on Crowdcube, breaking mu...

Boerse Stuttgart Digital Appoints Moneyfarm’s Senior Exec to Its Board of Directors

Boerse Stuttgart Digital Holding, Germany’s trading platform for digital assets and the parent company for the digital business of Boerse Stuttgart Group, announced the appointment of Dr Oliver Vins to its board of directors from 1 June 2021 onwards....

Crypto Firm Circle Raises US$440 Million, Considers US$4 Billion SPAC Deal

Circle, creator of the second largest stablecoin USDC, announced it has raised US$440 million in financing from leading institutional and strategic investors. The financing included investments from leading private equity, institutional and strategic...

Dutch Payments Security Firm Fraudio Secures US$3.3 Million in Seed Funding

Fraudio, a Netherlands-based payments fraud prevention startup, announced that it has raised US$3.3 million during a seed funding round. Investors in this round are the founders of FinTech companies Stone and SaltPay, VCs BiG Start Ventures and BYND...

Baloise Launches a Mobility Accelerator for Early-Stage Startups

Baloise, a Swiss insurance holding company, has launched its own mobility accelerator with the aim of promoting innovative ideas by early-stage startups under the tagline Mobility@Baloise. The initiative goes hand in hand with the launch of its infor...

Visa Expands Its Fintech Partner Connect Programme

Visa announced the expansion of its Visa Fintech Partner Connect programme which is designed to help financial institutions quickly connect with a vetted and curated set of technology providers. By streamlining the discovery process, Fintech Partner...

6 Startups to Know in Italy’s Booming Insurtech Sector

Italy, one of the main European insurance markets, has a rich insurtech sector that has witnessed exponential growth on the back of booming investment and increasing collaboration with incumbents to develop innovative products and services. Industry...

E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Firm Forter Secures US$300 Million Funding

Forter, a U.S.-based integrated fraud prevention platform for e-commerce, announced that it has raised US$300 million in Series F funding round. The announcement comes six months after the company completed its US$125 million Series E round, almost t...