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Finovate Alums Raise More than $600 Million for Second Quarter in a Row

App Annie, Betterment, BodeTree, Dashlane, DemystData, Fastacash, FutureAdvisor, Gremln, Holvi, Kabbage, Kony Solutions, Kreditech, LearnVest, Lending Club, Motif Investing, Nutmeg, Ondot, RevolutionCredit, SeedInvest, ShopKeep POS, Signifyd, Swipely, The Currency Cloud, TransferWise, Tuition.io, Wealthfront

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In the first quarter of 2014, 23 Finovate alums raised more than $592 million

And as the second quarter draws to a close, it’s clear that a comparable cohort of alums have kept the pace.

Over the course April, May, and June, 28 alums raised significant amounts of capital ranging from Gremln’s $100,000 to the $65 million raised by Lending Club. The quarterly total of $594 million is almost exactly the same as the previous quarter.

And given that some amounts are undisclosed (I’m talking about you, Holvi, RevolutionCredit, and Tuition.io), we’re confident that Finovate alums have notched their second $600 million fund-raising quarter in a row.
How does this compare with the less recent past? Very well, indeed. 
In the second quarter of 2013, 15 alums raised more than $200 million. This was a major improvement on the second quarter from 2012, which featured 14 companies raising more than $120 million. 
Total raised for Q2 2014 = $594 million
April — $217 million raised by 11 companies
May —  $226 million raised by 11 companies
June — $151 million raised by six companies
Note: Funding prior to becoming a Finovate alum not included. Questions? Comments? Email us at David@Finovate.com or Julie@Finovate.com

Swipely Raises $20 Million in Series C Round Led by the Pritzker Group

Swipely

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It was only a few weeks ago that we were reporting that Swipely had topped $2 billion in annual sales managed.

Today, we’re happy to add news that the payment marketing innovator has raised $20 million in funding.

The Series C round, led by the Pritzker Group, takes the company’s total capital to more than $40 million. Also participating were existing investors First Round Capital and Shasta Ventures. The new capital is slated to help the company accelerate growth, boost product expansion, and enhance marketing.
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Pritzker Group managing partner Chris Girgenti has credited Swipely for “help(ing) small business use big data to compete in the networked age” and for “bringing online technology to offline merchants.” Swipely specializes in helping small businesses use their credit and debit card transaction data to provide better and more relevant offers and rewards for their customers.
The company’s solution includes customer analytics, targeted campaign-building tools, and payment processing that is “baked into the core of Swipely’s platform,” according to Swipely CEO and founder Angus Davis. This last feature is what gives the technology the ability to tap into the Big Data buried in the local merchant’s payment network.
“Not every consumer will opt-in to a loyalty program,” Angus explained from the stage during Swipely’s Finovate demonstration. “And so that’s why we’re also bringing powerful tools to the merchant not just from the data we glean from opted-in loyalty members, but from every credit and debit transaction that passes through that merchant.”
Reporting from TechCrunch includes some interesting, SaaS-related KPIs that Angus uses to help explain how well positioned his company is in his industry. The upshot is that Swipely is managing to keep a very healthy ratio between revenues and the costs of acquiring new companies.
Swipely was founded in 2009, and has operations in more than 40 states and more than 50 cities in the United States. Based in Providence, Rhode Island, Swipely is an alum of the FinovateSpring 2012 show in San Francisco. See a demo of the company’s Marketing Management technology here.

Finovate Alumni News– May 16, 2014

BodeTree, Intuit, Jumio, MiiCard, PayPal, SocietyOne, Swipely, Temenos
  • Intuit buys Invitco to help bookkeepers put bill processing in the cloud.
  • SocietyOne, an Australian peer-to-peer lender, mulls entering NZ market, is talking with ‘multiple parties’.
  • miiCard graduates from SixThirty accelerator.
  • Swipely tops $2 billion in annual sales managed; launches Summer ’14 release.
  • Bermuda Commercial Bank picks the T24 core banking system, Model Bank, from Temenos.
  • FinSMEs talks about BodeTree with CEO and co-founder Chris Myers.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Swipely Tops $2 Billion in Annual Sales Managed; Launches Summer ’14 Release

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Swipely is celebrating its new Summer ’14 release with an announcement that the company has surpassed $2 billion in annual sales managed for its customers. The high mark comes as Swipely reports a doubling of sales under management in just six months.

The Summer ’14 update will allow Swipely to work with larger hospitality and retail brands, says Swipely founder and CEO, Angus Davis. On four levels, focusing on customers, analytics, reviews, and access controls, the new features of the Summer ’14 release give merchants the ability to better track operating performance and manage customer relationships across multiple locations.
Swipely works for a large range of business types – from brick and mortar retailers and restaurants to ecommerce websites. The company says its technology provides insights into the behavior of more than 10 million consumers.
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Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Swipely has operations in more than 40 states and more than 500 cities in the U.S. With 103 employees, the company has raised more than $20 million in funding from investors including First Round Capital, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, and Shasta Ventures.
Swipely demoed its Payment Marketing solution at FinovateSpring in 2012 See a video of the presentation here.

Finovate Alumni News– January 21, 2014

Azimo, Fenergo, GMC Software Technology, PayPal, SafetyPay, Swipely, Temenos, TransferWise
  • Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgFenergo taps Stan De Schepper for SVP, Americas.
  • National Bank of Andrews, AimBank to adopt Temenos T24 core processing platform. See Tememos at FinovateEurope in London.
  • Business Review Europe takes a look at Azimo’s expansion into Austria.
  • GMC Software Technology recognized as industry leader in latest Forrester Research Wave report.
  • Technics and Time feature PayPal and TransferWise in list of ways to pay without your wallet.
  • Swipely unveils its “Winter ’14” release to extend its service to help restaurant and hospitality customers make smarter decisions.
  • SafetyPay signs agreement with Brazilian firm Privalia.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni Raise $825 Million in 2013, Up 79%

Affinity Solutions, Apprenda, Azimo, Bill.com, BillFloat, Cardlytics, Check, Clover Network, CoverHound, Credit Karma, CurrencyFair, DeviceFidelity, Doxo, Dwolla, ERN, Fenergo, FinanceIt, Flint Mobile, FTRANS, Funding, Heckyl Technologies, Jemstep, Kofax, Kony Solutions, LearnVest, Lendio, LendUp, Meniga, Moven, Narrative Science, Numbrs, On Deck Capital, OpenCoin, P2BInvestor, Payfone, PayNearMe, peerTransfer, Personal Capital, Ping Identity, Prestadero, Prosper, Q2ebanking, Receivables Exchange, SafetyPay, SeedInvest, Socure, SoMoLend, Spreedly, SumUp, Swipely, Taulia, TradeHero, Tradeshift, TransferWise, True Office, Trustev, Tuition.io, Wealthfront, Wipit, Xero, Zooz

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Cheers to a new year! After ringing in 2014, we wanted take a look back at the capital raised by Finovate alumni in 2013. It was quite a year, with alums pulling in $825 million, $365 million more than in 2012 for an increase of about 80%.
2013 funding summary:
    • 62 companies raised $825 million
    • Q4 had the most capital, with a total of $294 million raised by 17 companies (more than half by Xero, which landed $150 million). 
    • October was the busiest month, with $177 million raised (mostly Xero’s $150 million)
    • May was second highest with $91 million raised by 7 companies
2012 comparison
Last year Finovate alums took in almost twice as much as 2012, when 44 Finovate alums collectively raised $460 million. The chart below shows the quarter-by-quarter comparison for both years.
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Quarter 1 — blog post
More than $155 million raised by 14 companies
January — $57 million raised by 6 companies
February — $56 million raised by 5 companies

March — $42 million raised by 4 companies


Quarter 2 — blog post
More than $205 million raised by 15 companies
June — $81.7 million raised by 6 companies
May — $91.5 million raised by 7 companies
April — $32 million ra
ised by 2 companies

Quarter 3 — blog post
More than $171 million raised by 22 companies

July — More than $63 million raised by 8 companies
August — More than $26 million raised by 6 companies
September — $82 million raised by 9 companies
Quarter 4
More than $294 million raised by 17 companies

October— $177 raised by 6 companies
November — More than $87 million raised by 7 companies
December — More than $30 million raised by 6 companies

Note: Funding that companies received before they first appeared at Finovate was not counted. Questions? Comments? Email us at julie@finovate.com or david@finovate.com.

Finovate Alumni News– December 3, 2013

Blackhawk Network, Cardlytics, Digital Insight, Geezeo, Jack Henry, MasterCard, Swipely, wipro, Xero
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgSwipely expands to new HQ building.
  • Wipro to buy mortgage consultancy firm Opus Capital Markets Consultants.
  • Apex Community FCU to offer Geezeo white label PFM.
  • Forbes highlights Cardlytics‘ growth and future of card-linked offers.
  • Xero adds 2 Australian banking partners: Greater Building Society and Investec.
  • TechCrunch reports: Blackhawk Network Picks Up Gift Card Startup, Retailo, To Bolster Its Reach In Europe.
  • C-SAM launches MasterPass-powered (MasterCard) digital wallet solution for FIs.
  • Jack Henry Banking wins outsourcing contract with Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania.
  • NCR to buy Digital Insight from Thoma Bravo for $1.65 billion.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– October 28, 2013

Kony Solutions, Locaid, Swipely, TipRanks, Tyfone, wipro
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgSwipely named one of America’s top job creators with 2013 ‘Hire Power’ Award from Inc. Magazine.
  • Wipro launches Mobility Center of Excellence with Kony in Hyderabad.
  • Tyfone trials smart card-based mobile banking security.
  • Locaid CEO Rip Gerber talks location verification services in new interview.
  • TipRanks launches Windows Phone mobile app.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– September 24, 2013

Braintree, Cachet Financial Solutions, Capital Access Network, Digital Insight, Doxo, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, ERN, FIS, Google, PayPal, Swipely, Xero
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  • Capital Access Network listed among Information Week’s top U.S. technology innovators in 2013.
  • FIS announces analytics programs for customers.
  • Swipely now managing $1 bil in annual sales, 1 yr. after entering payments market & launched Swipely Partner Network.
  • Cachet Financial Solutions announces Select Mobile Lending, a new mobile app.
  • MasterCard and Entrepreneurial Finance Labs join forces to promote SMB growth in developing nations.
  • TechCrunch reports PayPal, Stripe, & Braintree partner with Facebook to autofill billing info in mobile commerce apps.
  • ERN partners with FICO to embed FICO’s marketing solutions within its real-time Big Data analytics platform Looop.
  • Mountaineer Gas joins doxo to simplify bill delivery, payment, and record keeping for its 220,000 customers.
  • Digital Insight announces new CEO, John O’Malley.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– July 30, 2013

Akamai, Betterment, BillGuard, Cardlytics, Cartera Commerce, Credit Karma, Dynamics, edo Interactive, eToro, FIS, FutureAdvisor, Kasasa, LearnVest, Manilla, MasterCard, OpenCoin, Swipely
  • FinovateLOGO.jpgOpenCoin is among the virtual currency innovators looking to form a self-regulatory body for the industry.
  • MasterPass from MasterCard launches in the United Kingdom.
  • Bank Innovation takes a look at FIS Global’s recent remarks on the company’s technology deal with Sainsbury.
  • Yahoo Finance looks at rewards earned using Dynamics ePlate credit card.
  • StreetFight features reasons to opt in for card-linked loyalty programs from Cartera Commerce, Cardlytics, edo Interactive and Swipely.
  • Netbanker features BillGuard, Manilla, and Credit Karma as value-added apps driving mobile adoption.
  • eToro adds price alerts to eToro Trader app.
  • Bright Ideas features Noreen Hafez, senior product marketing manager at Akamai.
  • Kasasa holds sweepstakes, films big-bank breakup video, featuring CEO Gabe Krajicek.
  • Betterment joins fellow Finovate alumni FutureAdvisor and LearnVest in this NYT column on bringing “financial planning to the masses.”
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.