FinTech Flutterwave has become Africa's most valuable fintech after a new wave of VC funding saw become worth more than $3bn. The post Flutterwave becomes Africa’s most valuable startup at $3bn thanks to new VC
Financial services-focused private equity house Apis Partners has brought in a pair of new partners from growth investment house TechFin Investments. The post Finance-focused Apis Partners brings in TechFin Investments duo as new partners first
Fintech investment specialist Ten Coves Capital has hit a $293m final close for its oversrubscribed third fund - its first independent fundraise since its team spun out of Napier Park Global Capital. The post Napier
Global payment platform Global Processing Services has closed a $400m fundraising round led by Advent International and Viking Global Investors. The post Advent, Viking lead $400m round in payment platform Global Processing Services first appeared on
Alternative investment fintech platform iCapital Network rose to a $6bn valuation thanks to the latest funding round led by WestCap. The post Alternatives fintech platform iCapital values at $6bn thanks to WestCap, Apollo, Temasek capital
Private equity major Thoma Bravo to take Nasdaq-listed fintech provider Bottomline Technologies in a $2.6bn all-cash deal. The post Thoma Bravo reaches $2.6bn deal to take fintech provider Bottomline Technologies private first appeared on AltAssets
Digital currency industry investor Silvergate Capital has partnered with EJF Capital to launch the EJF Silvergate Ventures Fund to invest in early-stage fintech companies, digital currencies and payments and banking specialty finance technology. The post
Global investment giant Carlyle has led a series E investment in YipitData, ushered the research and analytics company under the Unicorn statues. The post Carlyle leads series E in new unicorn YipitData, eyeing expansion into
Global investment major KKR has hired Mukul Chawla from Temasek as partner and the newly-created head of growth equity in Asia Pacific. Chawla will lead the firm's regional investment strategy into emerging, high-growth companies in
Fintech startup Slice has become India's latest unicorn thanks to a hefty $220m investment round backed by Insight Partners, Advent International and Tiger Global. The post India’s Slice hits $1bn valuation through new investment round,
London-based fintech Lenderwize has scored a €100m financing round from alternative assets investor Fasanara Capital. The post Fasanara Capital invests €100m to grow telecoms-focused fintech Lenderwize first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Apollo-backed fintech private equity specialist Motive Partners has brought in former Santander Asset Management global CEO Mariano Belinky as an industry partner. The post Apollo-backed fintech PE investor Motive Partners names ex-Santander AM global CEO as
Fintech focused investment house Aquiline Capital has agreed to acquire a majority stake in UK-based digital underwriting and insurance distribution platform Ripe following a 27% revenue growth last year. The post Aquiline Capital to buy
GP Bullhound, the tech investment house which has scored big success through investments in Klarna and Revolut, has hit a €300m hard cap close for its fifth fund. The post ‘Stellar’ Fund IV performance helps
Identity infrastructure company Persona is the latest RegTech company to join the coveted unicorn status, after its Series C puts its valuation at $1.5bn. The post Persona becomes latest regtech unicorn thanks to VC-backed Series
Nordic Capital has agreed to become a significant shareholder in fintech company Qred to significantly expand the business across Europe. The firm said it can help the company with its expertise in financial services and
Insight Partners has become the latest private equity backer of payment processor NMI through a "significant new equity investment". The post Insight Partners buys into Great Hill, Francisco Partners-backed payment processor NMI first appeared on
Private equity giants Blackstone and Carlyle have led an oversubscribed Series A extensions for fintech business Canoe Intelligence after being impressed as customers of the company. The post Canoe Intelligence impressed customers Blackstone, Carlyle so
Investcorp has completed the acquisition the business and assets of MIR Limited, which operates a payments platform and e-wallet solutions. The post Investcorp picks up fast-growing payments, e-wallets platform MIR first appeared on AltAssets Private
Software and services-focused private equity house Hg has made a majority investment in financial automation and B2B payments software business Serrala. The post Hg buys into financial automation, B2B payments software specialist Serrala first appeared
