Crypto payments app Oobit raises $25M in Series A funding round

Mobile payments app Oobit announced that it has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by the investment arm of Tether, CMCC Global’s Titan Fund, 468 Capital and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko. Consumers can use the Oobit app to pay for purchases using crypto, while merchants receive fiat currency. …

Munich-based einwert raises €4M to become an European leader in real estate value management

einwert, a comprehensive value management platform for real estate that offers valuations -prepared by certified appraisers- within just a few days, just raised €4 million in seed funding led by pan-European early-stage VC Ventech. Ventech joins the existing group of investors consisting of 468 Capital, Wecken & Cie, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and infinitas capital, …

Pave Bank raises $5.2M to build the future of digital banking

Singapore-based startup Pave Bank has announced the completion of a $5.2 million funding round and it has just secured its first banking licence, courtesy of the regulatory authorities in Georgia, U.S. Led by a team of banking executives turned fintech operators (including a founding member of Monzo), Pave Bank leverages blockchain technology to solve traditional …

Cybersecurity startup Xeol raises $3.2M Seed round

Xeol, the New York City-based cybersecurity company, has announced that it raised $3.2 million in Seed funding led by Shield Capital with Y Combinator and 468 Capital also participating.  Cyber attacks against private enterprises’ software supply chains multiplied sevenfold over the past 3 years. Software supply chains must be secured just as industrial supply chains …

DYNO secures €1.5M pre-seed investment

The Offenburg-based startup DYNO announced it has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed round.  Founded in 2021 by Marc Karkossa, Luis Weber and Peter Sutter, DYNO aims to digitize company pension plans to help fight retirement poverty. The conventional manual administration of company pensions is expensive and time consuming for companies. Meanwhile, employees often receive low …

metergrid secures €2.7M to let landlords become green energy providers

metergrid, a pioneering start-up in the tenant electricity space, announced that it has raised €2.7 million in seed funding. Leading the round is 468 Capital, with participation from footballer Mario Götze, Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, and the recently-established Mätch VC from Baden-Württemberg.  The injection of capital will be used to further scale the company’s operations …