The news: Seattle-area financial services technology startup PortX landed $16.5 million in fresh cash. Investors: The Series B funding round was co-led by Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse — which just… Read More
The Technology Alliance hosts our next virtual Corporate Venture Connections Series (CVCS) event on the topic of FinTech, on September 26, 2023 from 1:30pm-3pm PDT, via Zoom. This panel discussion… Read More
Seattle-based fintech startup Jirav raised $20 million. The company sells a financial planning, forecasting and analytics platform to small- and medium-sized companies and accounting firms.
The BECU Fintech Incubator named three companies that won its fifth annual competition, including two from the Seattle region. The contest aims to attract more fintech startups to the Pacific… Read More
Editor’s note: The headline and story were updated to better reflect CHEQ’s business and technology. Seattle-area startup Cheq Lifestyle Technology has raised $8 million to fuel growth of its mobile… Read More
Seattle-based ModusBox is taking half of its financial services technology business and spinning it out into a separate startup called PortX, fueled by $10 million in new funding, the company… Read More
Stack, a Seattle-based startup building a platform that enables teens to invest in and learn about cryptocurrencies, has raised $2.7 million to boost its content production arm. The funding comes… Read More
It’s time for a new episode of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch! This week’s installment of our startup pitch competition focuses on the fast-growing financial technology market, featuring three companies looking to… Read More
A former finance executive and a veteran software engineer are teaming up to build a platform that allows users to make impact-focused investments in private businesses. Citizen Mint emerged from… Read More
Rising interest rates caused by recent inflation may hurt traditional lenders, but some tech-fueled financial companies are seeing tailwinds. Tony Huang, CEO of Seattle consumer credit startup Possible Finance, said… Read More
SecureSave, the Seattle-area financial technology startup co-led by TV personality and best-selling author Suze Orman, has raised $11 million in new funding. A spinout of Pioneer Square Labs, SecureSave helps employers offer a financial… Read More
The news: Possible Finance, a Seattle startup that offers loans, just raised an additional $20 million and plans to launch a new credit card. The details: The company got its… Read More
ModusBox, a Seattle startup whose technology helps integrate financial services, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced Thursday. Founded in 2013, ModusBox’s signature product… Read More
If Eddie Behringer asked his mother about using a technology app to store cash when he was a teenager, she would have scoffed. But times have changed. Behringer’s teen-focused fintech… Read More
Knock has come knocking in the Seattle-area real estate market. The company, which helps homebuyers compete with cash to sweeten offers in competitive markets, announced Tuesday that it is expanding… Read More
Shares of Remitly rose 9% in after-hours trading Wednesday following the release of the company’s fourth quarter earnings report. The remittance company, which went public in September, reported Q4 revenue… Read More
The news: Seashell, a new Seattle fintech startup that says it can offer up to 10% interest to users, raised a $6 million seed round co-led by top Silicon Valley… Read More
Seattle-based financial services company Remitly issued its first earnings report since its initial public offering, reporting revenue of $121.2 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up 69%. Remitly offers… Read More
Customers shopping on Amazon.com will be able to buy more products in monthly payments thanks to a new partnership with Affirm. The feature will be available for purchases of $50… Read More
Allio, a new Seattle startup building a robo-advisor investment tool for consumers, has raised $5 million. “We’re the first micro-savings tool that allows users to customize their investment portfolio using… Read More
Seattle is home to a handful of fintech companies, notably money transfer startup Remitly, but it isn’t known as a fintech hub. And the city has venture capitalists writing checks… Read More
Facing explosive growth in NFTs and cryptocurrencies coupled with vague regulations for the wave of new financial technology and investment startups in Washington, the state recently announced a new Center… Read More
Secure had a secret. And a “secret weapon.” The Seattle-area fintech startup announced recently that TV personality and best-selling author Suze Orman is one of the co-founders of the company.… Read More
Possible Finance was growing fast and ready to raise more venture capital. Then COVID-19 hit. “It immediately made fundraising much more difficult than anticipated,” said Tony Huang, CEO and co-founder… Read More
Guest Commentary: Fintech entrepreneurs in the US face many challenges when taking their products to market. They have to contend with outdated regulations that sometimes leave them operating in a… Read More
Can tech help teens spend money smarter? That’s the bet Copper and its investors are making. The Seattle-based digital bank startup just announced a $4.3 million seed round led by… Read More
Routable, a fintech startup with Seattle roots, came out of stealth mode this week and announced a $12 million Series A funding round. The 2-year-old company aims to address the… Read More
The pandemic is causing a lot of stress for both renters and landlords. The Closing Docs wants to help. The Seattle startup sells income verification software to property managers, helping… Read More
New York City fintech startup Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) raised a $25 million round to fuel growth of its tech platform that helps streamline the equity capital markets deal flow… Read More
Former Docker executives Brian Camposano and Steve Singh are behind a stealthy new Seattle-based fintech startup called Stratify. The company just spun out of Seattle startup studio Madrona Venture Labs… Read More
