Stockholm-based Briqpay raises €2 million seed round
Briqpay, Stockholm-based, seamless B2B checkout solution company raised a €2 million seed round from eEquity adding to an initial €600K pre-seed round, totall...
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Lithuania’s InRento raises €530K seed round to fund expansion
Vilnius-based crowdfunding rental property investment platform InRento said it has raised 530,000 euros investment round for expansion to new markets. The f...
Swedish fintech Invoier gets €4.1 mln injection from EU
Stockholm-based fintech company Invoier, which has built a marketplace for the trading of invoices, said it has secured a 4.1 million euros equity funding by E...
Estonian-African startup PayQin raises €300,000 seed round
PayQin, a cross-border payment startup that operates a comprehensive e-wallet service for the underbanked in West Africa, has raised a new €300,000 seed invest...
Swedish fintech Limina raises $3 mln A round
Limina, maker of cloud-native Investment Management Solution (IMS) for mid-sized asset managers, said it has raised $3 million Series A funding, led by Nordic ...
Klarna buys social shopping platform HERO
Sweden's Klarna, which describes itself as "a leading global retail bank, payments and shopping service," said it has acquired HERO, a social shopping platform...
Estonia’s Single.Earth raises $7.9 mln seed round to tokenize nature
Single.Earth -- a tokenization platform that enables forests, wetlands, and other planetary resources to generate profit for landowners by selling them as carb...
Lithuania’s FOROS raises 1.2 mln euros, doubles team
Vilnius-based green investment platform FOROS has raised a €1.2 million investment round led by Iron Wolf Capital, 70 Ventures and CoInvest Capital, as it seek...
Visa pays 1.8 bln euros for Swedish fintech Tink
Visa said it has agreed to acquire Tink, a Swedish open banking platform, for 1.8 billion euros. Through a single API, Tink allows its customers to access a...
Estonia’s Ignium wraps 1 mln financing round
Ignium, which is building a digital capital market for small and medium-sized companies, has reached its financing target and wrapping its two-platform campaig...
Bonusway makes acquisitions in Denmark, Netherlands
Finnish online rewards platform Bonusway said it has completed its acquisition of Danish market leader Eovendo and acquisition of Mijnkorting.nl in Netherlands...
Latvian fintech Nordigen raises 2.1 mln euros
Latvia’s Nordigen said it has raised 2.1 million euros in funding from a set of new investors, aiming to burst the open banking hype bubble with a free API and...
Funderbeam launches private trading for shares in IT services firm Helmes
Shares in privately-held Helmes, one of the largest IT services firms in Estonia, became tradeable on Funderbeam platform for employees who own shares through ...
Funderbeam, Startup Wise Guys agree on partnership
Funderbeam said has agreed to partner up with Europe’s top B2B startup accelerator Startup Wise Guys (SWG), giving all its present and future portfolio compani...
Fin+Tech=‹3 A Fintech Ecosystem In The Making
Not
so long ago, fintech was something that needed explanation. Not anymore,
because it has managed to stay a hot topic for years now with inevitable
influence...
Two Nordic Startups Targeting Banking
Sometimes the greatest inspiration for your startup, or the thing that motivates you to keep trying that Instagram strategy, is stories of success from your fel...
TechChill Announces Startup Teams For The Fifty Founders Battle
It has already become a tradition for TechChill to host the Fifty Founders battle, the startup pitch competition that showcases the most promising startups from...
How To Increase Financial Wellness?
Financial literacy levels are high in Finland when compared to other countries. Despite this, many problems are occurring, across all income levels and especial...
Why We Chose to Launch Our Fintech Startup in Latvia
“Think global, act local” began as a grassroots call to action, but in the digital age, it has also become a mantra for startups around the world. While various...
Smart Without Card – The New Mobile Wallet
How many coins do you currently have in your wallet? When was the last time you paid for something in cash? If you’re living in Finland, chances are you really ...