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B2B Startup Investors Go After The Niche Markets

PYMNTS

Other investment targets included a Chinese B2B eCommerce platform with a niche focus, an InsurTech startup targeting gig workers and corporate spend management firm. Human resources and payroll startup Kredily , based in India, announced $750,000 in Seed funding, led by Fosun RZ Capital, reports in The News Minute said this week.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Restaurants Rule, FireEye Flounders And Lending Club Is Back On The List

PYMNTS

So, while seemingly paling in comparison, this week had its fair share of Sizzles — and some interesting Fizzles. Then, there was the announcement of Square Capital’s partnership with Upserve , a restaurant management system (the same one that also acquired Breadcrumb from Groupon in May) to extend working capital to restaurants.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

More recently and by comparison, the mortgage meltdown and subsequent global financial crisis took down more than 500 banks between 2007 and 2014, with total assets of nearly $959 billion. To you, manage your interest rate risk. Before becoming desperate and trading interest rate risk for credit risk.

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Fintech Fundings: Companies Raise $ Million Week Ending Feb 26

Fintech Labs Insights

Although we saw one high-flying fintech unicorn crash to earth this week , the fintech sector continued to attract significant capital with 21 companies raising $214.8 FlexScore was bought by United Capital . Mobile & online payments in India. Improving capital efficiency for derivatives trading. Source: Finovate.

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Fintech Fundings: 29 Companies Raise $1.2 Billion Week Ending April 8

Fintech Labs Insights

Three Finovate alums raised capital and one of the first FinovateSpring presenters, TradeKing , was acquired by Ally Financial for $275 million. Online & offline real estate broker. Scalable Capital. Wealth management platform. Online stock trading game. Data for B2B analytics & risk management.

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Is the Insurance Industry about to change radically?

Tefkin

Online comparators have brought unheard of transparency in pricing. In markets such as the UK, 56% of consumers declared having used a price comparison website in the last 2 years. However with online distribution channels becoming increasingly primary channels, will the insurance agent suffer the same fate as the bank branch?

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $330 Million Week Ending Jan 15

Fintech Labs Insights

Online marketplace for real estate investing. Derivative risk management. Online consumer lending. Startup capital raising platform. Multi-family lending management. Tags: SMB, capital, crowdfunding, equity, investing. Total raised: $136.7 HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Finovate. RealtyMogul.

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