B2b Venture Capital news and trends

B2B eCommerce Surpasses B2B Payments, Accounting In Funding
B2B Payments // August 06, 2021

B2B payments and accounting continue to capture the imagination of innovators and the attention of investors in this week’s venture capital roundup. But B2B eCommerce took home the biggest slice of the pie, and introduced the market to a new unicorn in the process. SimpliFi...

B2B Payments Take Center Stage With VCs
B2B Payments // July 30, 2021

B2B FinTech encompasses a broad array of technologies designed to optimize workflows for chief financial officers (CFOs) and other finance professionals, from payroll to procurement. But this week’s venture capital roundup placed B2B payments squarely at the center of investor focus with more than $250...

Corporate Spend Management Opens B2B FinTech Floodgates
B2B Payments // July 23, 2021

B2B FinTech continues to thrive with venture capitalists, and this week, a clear winner emerged: corporate spend management. The roundup saw not one, but two nine-figure funding rounds for expense management FinTechs working to boost control over and visibility into business spend at a time...

B2B Investors Turn Spotlight On Commercial Cards, Alt-Lending
B2B Payments // July 09, 2021

Investors are diversifying their B2B FinTech targets this week as startups operating in the B2B eCommerce and alternative business lending arena secured funding. Commercial card innovation earned the spotlight, however, thanks to new funding for fleet cards, corporate cards for online content creators and a...

Interviews & Exclusives
India’s Alt-Lenders Prove Some VCs Still Interested

August 25, 2017
The alternative lending sphere has fallen out of favor with venture capitalists, according to CNBC reports this week. BlueVine CEO Eyal Lifshitz told the publication that there has been a shift in how alt-lenders get financed, with backers now looking more closely at the “viability of the overall lending model.” Researchers found that online lenders […]

Even Fleet Saw Some Action From B2B FinTech Investors

May 12, 2017
B2B FinTech startups across the U.S., U.K., Europe, Asia and the Middle East landed some more money in their pockets thanks to investors. Funding was modest and, in a few...

B2B FinTech Investors Planning Ahead

May 05, 2017
Don’t let the seemingly low value of $42 million raised this week by B2B venture capital firms fool you: VC activity in the space was strong, hitting key verticals like...

RegTech, AI Fuel Strong B2B FinTech Numbers

April 28, 2017
Good news emerged from the U.S. venture capital sphere this week: VC funding for FinTech startups in Q1 alone hit $1.2 billion, found a new report from KPMG. Analysts said...

Quick Reads
Data, Security Monopolize B2B Funding Rounds

June 03, 2016
There may be a few resilient, strategic entrepreneurs out there who don’t need venture capital to run a successful startup. Such was the case for several companies profiled this week by The New York Times, which shed light on the minority of startup owners that decide not to take outside investment. Whether it’s because venture […]

PayPal Cofounder Backs India SME FinTech Startup

April 27, 2016
An India-based financial technology startup that targets SMEs has announced new funding from a group of backers, including one co-founder of payments giant PayPal. ClearTax announced Tuesday (April 26) a...

B2B Venture Capitalists Take A Trip Around The Globe

December 11, 2015
The B2B industry saw some hefty funding this week, and funding reached multiple points of the globe. In fact, VCs touched upon six nations in four continents, crossing their own...