Issue 15 · Sep 28, 2015 Weekly edition · 2 min read

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Number26 Grabs $10.6 Million

It feels like Number26 opened its doors yesterday, but the young startup just raised a $10.6 million Series A round (€10 million) from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, with Daniel S. Aegerter and existing investors Earlybird and Redalpine also participating.

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Wall Street Veterans Back Fintech Software Start-Up A fintech start-up that helps banks and trading firms modernise their desktop software has raised $3 million in its latest round of fundraising, landing investments from three U.S. venture capital firms and several former finance-sector executives. Open story ↗ HTML5 specialist OpenFin raises $3m OpenFin, a provider of HTML5 runtime technology for the financial industry, has raised $3 million in a funding round joined by high-profile individuals including Cris Conde and Tom Glocer. Open story ↗ OKCoin Superwallet Outlines New Blueprint for Bitcoin Industry OKCoin, the largest Chinese yuan (CNY) bitcoin exchange by volume, has announced the launch of an ambitious new wallet product it hopes will encourage the wider industry to rethink its attempts to reach mainstream consumers. Open story ↗ Europe the fastest-growing region for fintech venture investments Europe was the fastest-growing region for financial technology (fintech) ventures globally between 2013 and 2014, according to a report from Accenture...Europe saw a growth rate of 215% reaching $1.48bn in 2014. Open story ↗ UK and Ireland becoming a force in 'fintech' The U.K. and Ireland are fast becoming a force in the latest software revolution — fintech, with investment in technology that provides financial services more than tripling in the region, according to the latest report. Open story ↗

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