Jan. 21, 2019
Zwipe, a provider of biometric payment card technology, has raised $14 million in an offering of new shares ahead of its planned debut on the Merkur Market Oslo Bors.
The offering was substantially oversubscribed due to strong interest from institutional and professional investors, as well as the general public in Norway and Sweden.
"Our plans following this fundraising are to pursue commercial deployment of our technology in Europe to begin with," Ado Fazlic, vice president, marketing, said in an email.
He said deployment is expected to begin in the second half of 2019. Asked about plans for the U.S. market, Fazlic said the company is "closely following the evolution of contactless payments" in the U.S. and has longstanding partnerships with card manufacturers and payment networks to leverage such an opportunity, but for now it's focused in the Nordic region.
The company had previously announced plans to offer 6 million shares priced at NOK 20 per share, noting that the pre-money valuation of the firm was $22 million.
The company's board of directors, major shareholders including chairman Jorgen Lantto and principal owner Lars Windfeldt, and new institutional investors have subscribed for a about 4.5 million shares, for a total of $10.5 million (NOK 90 million).
The retail tranche of 1.5 million shares representing $3.5 million (NOK 30 million) was oversubscribed by multiple times, according to the company.
Zwipe expects approval for trading on the Mercur Market by Jan. 25, with trading to begin on Jan. 28.
Topics: Financial News, Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments, Region: EMEA, Security
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