The Fintech Watchlist

Companies making waves in our industry with unique and disruptive solutions.

Aspiration

Conscious consumerism and investing. Users can “shop for impact” with a tree planted per card swipe, carbon offsets on fuel purchases, and much more. The recent $135 Million Series C raise allows for further expansion of its banking services - which has already seen about $4 billion in transactions. — aspiration.com

FeatureSpace

The machine learning platform analyses complex behavioural data in real-time for anomaly detection. Adaptive behavioural analytics software designed to prevent financial crime and fraud. FeatureSpace raised €25 Million in venture funding in May 2020. — featurespace.com

Primer

Consolidate your payments stack with a unified API. After recently exiting stealth mode, and sporting an initial raise €3.2 million in May, Primer has tasked itself with solving long-standing merchant woes. — primer.io

Alpian

The Switzerland based fintech, founded recently in 2019, has its sights set on the under catered mass-affluent Swiss market, with the intention to expand across Europe. Services likened to that of private banking; the fintech will offer tailored products and suggestions per user through the application of artificial intelligence. — alpian.com

Wave Money

To further financial inclusion in Myanmar, Wave Money was recently injected with $73.5 million by Ant financial for a minority stake. With over 21 million users since launch in 2018, WavePay’s monthly active users have been steadily increasing by 14% per month. — wavemoney.com.mm

Clim8

A green investment platform aimed at tackling climate change with a targeted portfolio of publicly listed companies which are already making an impact. The platform is currently in early access and recently raised a €2 million for the build and launch.

— clim8invest.com

Aqua security

Cloud-native security solutions provider. In May Aqua raised $30 Million series D, bringing the total funding to more than $130 million. The cloud-native platform promotes agility and thereby accelerates digital transformation. — aquasec.com

86 400

An Australian neobank with zero fees and the ambition to “strip the waste” out of banking - providing precise tracking and view of spending, saving, and bills for their users throughout the 86 400 seconds they have in a day. With recent partnerships covering mortgages with FMS, and payment solution providers like ZipPay, and with a first-round raise of around €30 million, 86 400 is one to watch. — 86400.com.au

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