The Quadrata launched their first major product, a low code Web3 passport for defi KYC, after forming eight months ago in Aug. 2021.
UK-based personal finance management app Money Dashboard raises $1.7 million in an equity crowdfunding round; the company used crowdfunding platform Crowdcube and the 1,708 investors together acquired a 9.55% equity stake; they use bank statements to organize spending data, give insight on budgeting and help to build a financial forecast. Source
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned operators of crypto ATMs in the country to shut their machines down or face enforcement action.
HTEC has acquired Mistral, pushing further their plans for global expansion and making it the largest tech company in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The European country is considering a coin offering that would include the issuance of estcoins; the offering would build on the country's progressive innovation in technology and specifically its e-Residency Program; Kaspar Korjus, director of Estonia's e-Residency program, has been a leading proponent for the ICO and the country is also supported by ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin; funds from the ICO would go towards investment in new technologies for the public sector as well as invest venture capital into Estonian companies. Source
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Asaak, a Ugandan asset financing startup, has secured $30 million in pre-Series A equity and debt funding. The round saw the participation of new and existing investors including Resolute Ventures, Social Capital, HOF Capital, Founders Factory Africa, End Poverty Make Trillions, Decentralized VC and a number of angel investors. Asaak offers motorbike financing to operators,...
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In its annual Autumn Statement, the UK Treasury reported investment of 2.4 billion British pounds for research and development in financial innovation; 2 billion British pounds will be allocated to an innovation fund and 400 million British pounds will go to a venture capital investment fund managed by British Business Bank; in comments regarding the Autumn Statement, Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond said the investment was to help the UK continue "leading the world in disruptive technology." Source