Fundraising news and trends

Burbank Raises $6 Million to Tackle Online Fraud and Chargebacks

March 26, 2025
Burbank, payment methods, fraud prevention
Tabit Insurance Announces $40 Million Bitcoin-Centric Funding
Investments // March 24, 2025

Tabit Insurance has announced the capitalization of its $40 million insurance facility. The fundraise, announced Monday (March 24), was provided entirely in bitcoin, which Tabit says is an industry first. “The company’s regulators and auditors can verify the funding in real time, marking a distinctive...

Buynomics Raises $30 Million to Expand ‘Virtual Shoppers’ System
Investments // March 20, 2025

Pricing and revenue optimization firm Buynomics has raised $30 million in new funding. The German company said its Series B round, announced Thursday (March 20), will help it expand into new markets — with a focus on North America — and enhance its “Virtual Shoppers”...

Rakurai Raises $3 Million for Solana Staking Infrastructure Project
Investments // March 11, 2025

Rakurai, an infrastructure project centered around improving Solana staking, has raised $3 million. The company’s seed funding round will help support the launch of Rakurai’s Solana staking platform, designed to provide high-quality of service (QoS) transaction landing, Rakurai announced in a Tuesday (March 11) news...

Swap Raises $40 Million to Launch eCommerce Inventory Tool
Investments // March 04, 2025

Cross-border eCommerce operating system Swap has raised $40 million in new funding. The company’s Series B round, announced Tuesday (March 4), will allow Swap to expand into new markets and verticals, and launch new products. “From the beginning, we’ve set out to create a new...

Interviews & Exclusives
SimpleClosure CEO Says Automating Shutdowns Breaks the Taboo Around Startup Failures

September 14, 2023
It’s a challenging economy for consumers — and startups don’t have it any better. Nine out of every 10 startups that raise money end up failing over a 10-year period. Observers believe that venture-backed startups fail at higher numbers than the industry usually cites. Although far more businesses fail than eventually succeed, the process of shutting down a company can often […]

Paidy Tries To Simplify Mobile Payments — And Please Merchants While Doing So

July 26, 2018
A consumer can own multiple credit cards and live in a highly technological society and still want to pay via a method that can come pretty close to resembling cash....

NEW REPORT: Speeding And Securing Online Nonprofit Fundraising

July 11, 2018
In the push to make payments faster, platform and solutions providers are ratcheting up their payments processing infrastructure with new technologies and innovations. But in the rush to get faster,...

Quick Reads
Burbank Raises $6 Million to Tackle Online Fraud and Chargebacks

March 26, 2025
Welsh FinTech Burbank has raised $6 million to bring “tap and PIN” payments online. The company’s funding round, announced Tuesday (March 25) on its LinkedIn page, will help Burbank develop its “Card Present over Internet” (CPoI) tool, which it calls a first-of-its-kind technology aimed at addressing fraud and chargeback issues. The tool lets users make […]

Tabit Insurance Announces $40 Million Bitcoin-Centric Funding

March 24, 2025
Tabit Insurance has announced the capitalization of its $40 million insurance facility. The fundraise, announced Monday (March 24), was provided entirely in bitcoin, which Tabit says is an industry first....

Buynomics Raises $30 Million to Expand ‘Virtual Shoppers’ System

March 20, 2025
Pricing and revenue optimization firm Buynomics has raised $30 million in new funding. The German company said its Series B round, announced Thursday (March 20), will help it expand into...

Rakurai Raises $3 Million for Solana Staking Infrastructure Project

March 11, 2025
Rakurai, an infrastructure project centered around improving Solana staking, has raised $3 million. The company’s seed funding round will help support the launch of Rakurai’s Solana staking platform, designed to...