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Persons: , Andreas de Neve, de Neve, Felix Organizations: Service, United Airlines, Business, Felix Capital, Acadian Ventures, Fortino Capital Partners, Notion, SemperVirens, SAP, ServiceNow Ventures Locations: Belgian, Ghent, Belgium, TechWolf
British banking-as-a-service fintech Griffin has raised new funding after receiving regulatory approval to be a fully operational bank. The market is god awful, so not having to do a down-round, with outside investors coming in, is the best outcome." Griffin has raised £19.1 million, around $24 million, in a funding round led by MassMutual Ventures, NordicNinja, and Breega, with participation from Notion Capital, EQT Ventures, DG Daiwa and CircleRock. "We are hiring, but unlike earlier rounds, we aren't going on a hiring blitz, as we did the hiring for this round before the round closed. We were about to be a fully operational bank, so we needed operations roles," Jarvis added.
Persons: fintech Griffin, Griffin, David Jarvis, Allen Rohner, Jarvis, We've Organizations: Business, Prudential, Authority, Financial, MassMutual Ventures, NordicNinja, Notion, EQT Ventures, DG Locations: London
Quench.ai, a new company from Onfido cofounder Hussayn Kassai, has raised $5 million. The pre-seed round came from an array of firms including Firstminute Capital and Tuesday VC. The startup wants to help upskill young professionals at companies to give them a competitive edge. Quench.ai, a new startup using AI to help upskill workers, has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding. The startup, which was set up by the cofounder of identity verification unicorn Onfido, aims to help professionals find relevant training content to help with learning and development.
Persons: Hussayn Kassai, Kassai, Quench.ai Organizations: Firstminute Capital, Firstminute, VC, BY Venture Partners, Ada Ventures, Ventures, Notion Locations: COVID, Europe
London-based Notion Capital has raised its fifth and largest fund to date. The software-as-a-service investor has brought in $327 million from new and existing LPs. Notion has backed companies like fintech unicorn GoCardless and Currencycloud. London-based investor Notion Capital has raised 300 million euros (around $327 million) for its fifth fund. The fund focuses on software-as-a-service and fintech companies in the UK and Europe with its latest fund domiciled in Luxembourg and denominated in euros.
Persons: GoCardless, Stephen Chandler, we're, didn't, Chandler, Itxaso del Palacio, Stephanie Opdam, Kamil Mieczakowski Organizations: BlackRock, Visa, Tiger Global, Patient Capital, Novo Holdings, Cortes Capital, KfW, Itxaso Locations: Currencycloud, London, Europe, Luxembourg, Shelby County Tennessee, Upvest, Germany
Reproductive health startup Fertifa has raised $6.3 million in seed funding. A reproductive healthcare startup run by prominent VC investor Eileen Burbidge has raised $6.3 million in seed funding. London-based Fertifa, founded in 2019, provides companies with reproductive health and well-being support for employees facing fertility or sexual health challenges. Burbidge, who was an early backer of fintech bank Monzo as a partner at Passion Capital, took over as CEO at the startup late last year. Other backers include Tiny.vc, EQT Foundation, previous investors Passion Capital and Speedinvest, along with prominent angels like Onfido cofounder Eamon Jubbawy and former Monzo CEO Tom Blomfield.
Persons: Eileen Burbidge, Burbidge, Fertifa, Eamon Jubbawy, Tom Blomfield Organizations: Passion Capital, Meta, Bain Capital, DE, Notion Capital, Triple Point Ventures, EQT Foundation Locations: London, Europe
Banking-as-a-service startup Griffin just raised $13.5 million in fresh funds. The startup enables businesses to skip the process of finding a banking partner. Check out the 15-slide pitch deck Griffin used to raise the Series A round below. British fintech startup Griffin has raised $13.5 million in fresh funds just months after it secured a UK banking license. Griffin has raised $35.7 million to date, including a $15.5 million raise in July 2022.
Persons: Griffin, David Jarvis, Allen Rohner, we've, Maria Campbell, Campbell Organizations: Financial, MassMutual Ventures, EQT Ventures Locations: London
SaaS pricing startup M3ter has raised $14 million in Series A funding. M3ter helps companies manage their software spend by employing usage-based pricing. A startup that enables SaaS companies to offer usage-based pricing to customers has raised $14 million as it prepares to expand its presence in the US. "Usage-based pricing is a trend that is already happening so we're just selling shovels in a gold rush," Parry told Insider. In addition, the growth of usage-based pricing has come from a shift in the needs of B2B customers and the rise of automation.
The sale means UK startups and investors will be able to access their money. Like its US parent, SVB UK mostly served tech startups and their investors. Insider understands from a person close to SVB UK that there is some internal frustration at the bank run. The feeling is that SVB UK was sold off simply because of groupthink. That evening, it looked feasible that the government would allow SVB UK to collapse.
British fintech startup Griffin has secured a banking license after a years-long process. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has approved the startup, subject to restrictions. Banking-as-a-service startup Griffin has become the latest fintech to land a UK banking license with restrictions after a years-long process. Securing a UK banking license is no mean feat. Neobanks like Revolut, founded in 2015, haven't yet managed to get a UK banking license with stringent processes in place, with Jarvis suggesting that the application process isn't something "you can just throw money at."
A Dutch startup founded by Apple alumni has raised $5.3 million from Notion Capital. Check out the 12-slide pitch deck it used to raise the fresh funds. Vev, a startup founded by ex-Apple staffers, has just raised $5.3 million from Notion Capital and Point Nine Capital. The round was led by European B2B SaaS and cloud venture capital firm Notion Capital, which has previously backed GoCardless and Paddle. Check out the 12-slide deck used to raise the fresh funds.
European venture capital fund Notion Capital is set to raise its fifth fund, Insider understands. The London-based investor has secured around $300 million in commitments so far, sources say. European venture capital firm Notion Capital, which has backed companies like Currencycloud and GoCardless, is set to raise its fifth fund, sources say. Notion filed for its fifth fund in Luxembourg in February 2022. The fifth fund's commitments came in sizable chunks from LPs last year with around $200 million raised over the course of 2022, one London-based source said.
[1/3] A view of the exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. corporate headquarters in New York City May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike SegarLONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A group of five banks including JPMorgan , Citi (C.N) and BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) are among the investors who backed an overall $24 million fundraising for risk control specialist Acin as part of their strategy to step up their risk expertise. "We have been working with Acin for the past three years, during which they have supported our established operational risk management and assessment practices," said Julian Liau, Chief Controls Manager at JPMorgan. Both Notion Capital and Fitch Ventures backed Acin in the last fundraising. Acin helps financial institutions digitise their operational and non-financial risk analysis, using its data analytic capabilities.
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