It’s time once again for our first annual Greater Boston FinTech year in funding review. 2014 saw roughly $194 million invested in private financial technology companies, a substantial jump from roughly $86 million in 2013. But, …
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The Boston FinTech Meetup group held its second demo night Tuesday, with six companies presenting to a standing room only audience at the IBM Innovation Center in Kendall Square. Here’s a rundown of the presenters, in …
In lieu of a post this morning, I offer you a link to my thoughts on what is needed to move the Boston FinTech community forward, as published in the Boston Business Journal. …
In FinTech, Startups, Venture CapitalTags Boston, Consumer United, Kensho, peerTransfer, SwipelyPublish Date
These are the FinTech startups in the greater Boston area that announced new funding in the first six months of 2014: Consumer United – $14MM Kensho – $10MM peerTransfer – $6.2MM Swipely – $20MM Did I …
I was excited to read that Eastern Bank hired the team behind PerkStreet and created Eastern Labs, with the objective of leveraging the bank’s resources and data to build new financial service technologies, and of digitizing …
Jeff Bussgang is General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, an early-stage VC firm with offices in Boston and New York. Jeff is currently a board member at FinTech startups Plastiq and SimpleTuition, as well as at …
In Startups, Venture CapitalTags accelerators, Ad-Tech, Boston, CommonAngels, entrepreneurs, FinTech, Maia Heymann, noncompetes, startups, venture capitalPublish Date
CommonAngels is a small venture capital fund with over 60 Boston-area angel investors and a few family offices as its limited partners. The group is currently investing from CommonAngels Ventures Fund IV, which regulatory filings show …
In FinTech, Startups, Venture CapitalTags Boston, Commonwealth Capital, Edison Ventures, exits, startupsPublish Date
On April 1, 2014, two startups from the greater Boston FinTech cluster were acquired. Both were venture-backed, and both were founded over a dozen years ago. Andera was the larger of the two deals. Founded by …
Here are 17 new – or, more accurately, new to me – greater-Boston FinTech or financial services startups. The truly new company is Liberty Teller, founded in 2013. I’ve also come across two startups in stealth …
There is no shortage of incubators and accelerators in the Boston area. We have: Betaspring Bolt DogpatchLabs Mass Challenge TechStars Boston All, save hardware accelerator Bolt, have helped FinTech or financial services startups get to the …