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SixThirty portfolio company BondIT attracts $14 million investment

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The Chinese investor Fosun Group announced the investment in the financial tech company BondIT on Friday.

BondIT, based in Israel, has created a digital product to help investors in the bond market. The company took part in the St. Louis-based seed investor and accelerator SixThirty last year.

SixThirty Managing Partner Atul Kamra said it’s the latest company to attract follow-on funding.

“Our specialty is in helping late seed stage fin tech startups go-to-market and accelerate their commercialization and this just validates our go-to-market strategy working with the best fin techs from all over the world,” Kamra said.

Last week PayKey, another SixThirty portfolio company announced it had raised $10 million from an international investor group that included SixThirty. PayKey created a  mobile banking application that allows users to transfer money to others over social media.

SixThirty provides financial tech, known as FinTech, startups with up to $100,000 in funding, mentors and connections to some of the top financial services companies in the country.

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Maria Altman
Maria is a reporter at St. Louis Public Radio, specializing in business and economic issues. Previously, she was a newscaster during All Things Considered and has been with the station since 2004. Maria's stories have been featured nationally on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition, as well as on Marketplace.