Series B news and trends

InsurTech Naked Looks to New Markets After $17M Series B

February 15, 2023
Accounts Payable AI Company Stampli Raises $25M
B2B Payments // October 30, 2019

The artificial intelligence-based accounts payable company Stampli has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 30). The round was led by SignalFire, and Hillsven Capital, Bloomberg Beta and NextWorld Capital participated in the round. So far, the company...

Neo-Bank Current Lands $20M In Funding, Surpasses Half-Million Accounts
Investments // October 25, 2019

Current announced that it has closed a $20 million Series B round, bringing its fundraising total to $45 million. The round was led by first-time investor Wellington Management Company, as well as Galaxy Digital EOS VC Fund. CMFG Ventures, the venture capital arm of CUNA...

OkCredit Lands VC To Digitize India SMB Bookkeeping
Investments // September 16, 2019

Banglaore-based startup OkCredit revealed that it has raised $67 million in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Lightspeed and Tiger Global, and follows a Series A in June. So far two-year-old OkCredit has raised a total of $83 million. It plans...

Attentive Retail Messaging Startup Lands $40M For Staffing Growth
Investments // August 13, 2019

Retail messaging startup Attentive has announced it’s raised a $40 million Series B investment led by Sequoia. Existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures and NextView Ventures, and new investors IVP and High Alpha also participated in the round. The funding will be used to...

Interviews & Exclusives
Karamba And Securing The Connected Car Future

July 19, 2017
The connected car future is more or less becoming the connected car present, and with that changeover, cars are becoming more than they ever have been before. The next iteration of the automobile will be able to buy its own gas, download its own direction, make its own playlist suggestions and, perhaps someday soon, even […]

Quick Reads
InsurTech Naked Looks to New Markets After $17M Series B

February 15, 2023
South Africa’s Naked has raised $17 million to tap into the world’s growing InsurTech market. The Series B funding, reported Wednesday by TechPoint, will help the company enter new markets, invest in new technology and expand its team. Alex Thomson, Naked’s co-founder, said the investment — led by International Finance Corporation (IFC) — “validates our […]

Neo-Bank Current Lands $20M In Funding, Surpasses Half-Million Accounts

October 25, 2019
Current announced that it has closed a $20 million Series B round, bringing its fundraising total to $45 million. The round was led by first-time investor Wellington Management Company, as...

Attentive Retail Messaging Startup Lands $40M For Staffing Growth

August 13, 2019
Retail messaging startup Attentive has announced it’s raised a $40 million Series B investment led by Sequoia. Existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures and NextView Ventures, and new investors...

Payments Software Co. Masabi Raises $20M

April 30, 2019
Masabi, a mobile ticketing and transportation payment company based in the U.K., has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round, according to reports. The round was led by...