Soonicorn Club
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Paymark (2011, Auckland) – NZ-based card payment network
Market: Payments > Payment Network > Card Network -
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ThreatMetrix (2005, San Jose, $84.5M) – Fraud prevention & context based authentication solution
Market: Payments > Security > Authentication
Analyst Picks
- LotusPay (2017, Bangalore, $120K) – Recurring payments solution for merchants
Market: Payments > Payment Gateway > APIs > Direct Debit - AdvicePay (2016, Bozeman, $500K) – Payment gateway for financial advisors
Market: Payments > Payment Gateway > Hosted Pages - Chargehound (2016, Oakland, $120K) – Automates chargebacks for merchants
Market: Payments > Security > Chargeback Management - Twispay (2016, Bucharest) – API-linked payment gateway for merchants
Market: Payments > Payment Gateway > APIs - Chippin (2016, Coventry) – Payment splitting solution for merchants
Market: Payments > Alternate Payment Methods > Money Splitting Service
Funding Rounds
Series B, $74.6M
Ledger (2014, Paris, $83.1M) – The Bitcoin security company
Investors: Draper Esprit, Draper Venture Network, Draper Associates, Draper Dragon, Boost VC, FirstMark, Cathay Innovation, Korelya Capital, CapHorn Invest, Digital Currency Group
Series B, $30M
EBANX (2010, Curitiba, $30M) – Local payment processing solutions in LATAM
Investors: FTV Capital, Endeavor
Series B, $14.5M
Payworks (2012, Munich, $19M) – White label payment gateway and mPoS solutions
Investors: Visa, Speedinvest, CommerzVentures, finparx
Series D, $12M
Dwolla (2008, Des Moines, $51.3M) – Proprietary payment network of banks and white label gateway.
Investors: Foundry Group, Union Square Ventures, Next Level Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, High Alpha, Firebrand
Series C, $10M
Identity Mind Global (2011, Palo Alto, $11.8M) – Risk Management and AML for eCommerce & Virtual Currencies
Investors: Benhamou Global Ventures, Eastern Link Capital, Hanna Capital, Overstock
Series A, $4M
CreditStacks (2014, San Francisco, $4M) – Credit card for foreign employees in the US
Investors: Clear Future, Off the Grid Ventures, Saar Wilf, 500 Startups
Series A, $3.4M
Ourly (2015, York, $3.9M) – Money transfer tool for kids and parents
Seed, $2M
WeTravel (2014, San Francisco, $2M) – Online platform for organizing group trips
Investors: The House, Brett Wilson, 500 Startups, Amino Capital, Dorm Room Fund, Foundation Capital
Seed, $1.5M
PayVida (2012, Kelowna, $1.5M) – Payment solution provider
Investors: Victory Square Technologies
Conventional Debt, $1.4M
NetPay (2012, Southampton) – Payment gateway and processor
Investors: OakNorth
Seed, $1M
ProcessOut (2014, Paris, $2.1M) – Multiple payment gateway provider.
Investors: Francis Nappez, Benjamin Blasco, Amirhossein Malekzadeh, Techstars, 50 Partners, Amadeo Brenninkmeijer
Series A, $500K
Ourly (2015, York, $3.9M) – Money transfer tool for kids and parents
Seed
PayByGroup (2011, San Francisco, $3.4M) – Group payment checkout solution
Investors: Czar Ventures
Series A
Tender Armor (2015, Miami) – Fraud solution for payment cards
Investors: Barry Beck, Aubrey Strul
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Nayax (2005, Tel Aviv) – Cashless Payment Solutions
Investors: SafeCharge
M&A
- American Express acquires chatbot firm Mezi Livemint
- Relx acquires ThreatMetrix for $817M to ramp up in risk-based authentication mmotimes.com
- American Express GBT buys HRG Buying Business Travel
- ING to buy 75% stake in international card acquirer and payments platform PayvisionBanking Business Review
- Silver Lake, P2 Capital to acquire Blackhawk in $3.5 bln deal Reuters
- Ingenico Group To Buy Paymark For NZ$190 Mln RTTNews
- Hong Kong Fund Acquires Chinese Mining Powerhouse BTCC profitmaker.tips
- Vantiv and Worldpay Complete Combination to Form Worldpay, Inc. PR Newswire
- Heidelpay buys mPAY24 PE Hub
- Goldman Sachs Acquires Team Behind Credit Card Startup Final Fast Company
IPO
- Brazil credit card processor Stone plans New York IPO Reuters
- Airbnb and the road toward a long-awaited IPO ChinaTravelNews
New Product Announcement
- ProcessOut chooses the best online payment service for each transaction TechCrunch
- Rubique prepaid card launched Indiatimes
- MYPINPAD launches ‘PIN on Mobile’ product MPES Bankless Media Inc
- SafeCharge launches Reconciliation Manager Verdict
- PayPal Here launches two new payment card readers Tamebay
- Wirecard unveils new ePOS app Verdict
- Watch out Costco — the Starbucks co-branded Visa is now available The Business Journals
- Wirecard Becomes Payment Partner for Olympus’s Europe-wide Online Shop PR Newswire
- WeTravel builds a group payment platform for small travel businesses theusafeed
- KOBIL Systems launches PSD2-compliant IT security solution Institutional Asset Manager
- Mastercard to launch QR code payment system in Indonesia Telecompaper
New Market Entry
- Allied Wallet Enters New Markets with Visa Certification as an Acquiring Processing Service Provider Business Wire
New Geo Entry
- Stripe will establish an engineering hub in Dublin theusafeed
- Israel becomes the first Middle-East country to accept Alipay Finextra
- FreedomPay Expands National Footprint to Meet Growing Demand for Its Award-Winning Commerce Platform Across the United States Business Wire
- Puzzel expands into Finland with a new office in Helsinki ResponseSource
- Santander to Roll Out Ripple-Powered App in 4 Countries CoinDesk
- Davos to launch Alipay for Chinese visitors Fintech
- myPOS ‘next-gen’ payment system launches in UK FStech
- GHL starts Alipay services in Philippines TheSundaily
Business Partnership
- Apple retail stores to accept Alipay mobile payments in China AppleInsider
- Huawei and UnionPay to expand Huawei Pay to Russia Near Field Communications World
- Paytm Mall Has Partnered With Red Tape To Open A Store Where Customers Shop Via Its App OfficeChai
- Ripple Partners with LianLian International to Power Instant Payments to China Business Wire
Company Announcement
- Stripe is ending support for bitcoin payments on April 23 TechCrunch
Earnings Release
- American Express Reports First Loss in Quarter-Century The Wall Street Journal
- Visa Inc. Fiscal First Quarter 2018 Financial Results Business Wire
Key People Movement
- Coinbase hires a new VP of Operations to lead its customer service effort TechCrunch
Board Updates
- Airbnb brings on American Express CEO to board of directors TechCrunch
- Kenneth I. Chenault Joins Facebook Board of Directors PR Newswire