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Female Founded Fintech Company Disrupts Payments and Equity Crowdfunding
SANTA MONICA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 13, 2016 / Digitzs, a niche payment processing startup, reached the coveted number one spot on the
CNBC Crowdfinance 50 Index, powered by Crowdnetic, with over $7 Million in commitments. Digitzs is the first female founded company to reach the number one position since the index launched on CNBC in early 2015 and holds the number one position for the largest capital raise by a female founded company since Title II of the JOBS Act came into effect in the fall of 2013, according to Luan Cox, CEO of
Crowdnetic.
The CNBC Index tracks real time capital commitments received by the top 50 private U.S. companies via securities-based crowdfunding sites. Digitzs is currently fundraising on leading equity crowdfunding site Crowdfunder, and has raised more money than any female founder in Crowdfunder's history.
According to Bloomberg, women-led technology companies are more capital-efficient, achieving 35 percent higher return on investment. "Digitzs CEO and Founder, Laura Wagner, is an innovative leader with grit, hustle and intellect," noted Crowdfunder President, Steven McClurg. "She is driven to deliver near-term value for her investors, customers and co-founders."
Wagner, a successful entrepreneur with 20-years in the payments space, has compiled a founding team of leaders in the space, including PayPal's first CFO, David Jaques; former Head of Worldwide Payments for Apple, Edward Katzin and Visa's Linda Perry (named Most Influential Women in Payments three years in a row); Ben Way, a world-renowned startup technologist, and Stacey Moore, an award winning technologist, strategist and entrepreneur.
"As the former head of Acquiring at Visa for 17 years, I am familiar with virtually every payment processor in the U.S., from small to large and everything in between. Digitzs has the most disruptive platform and business model I've seen to date," notes Co-Founder Linda Perry.
"Virtually 100% of Digitzs' startup funding thus far has come from team members, family, friends and the crowd," noted Digitzs CEO & Founder, Laura Wagner. "As we bring this round to a successful close, we look forward to delivering unprecedented value back to our customers, investors and team."
About Digitzs
Digitzs makes payments painless for white label platforms that process ticket payments for events, donation payments for nonprofits and rent payments for property managers. Though viewed as the "Invisible Internet" by most consumers and end users, Accenture says niche cloud-based business management software platforms are a top-five 2016 trend. Digitzs' team comes from PayPal, Visa and Apple and the company has amassed $1 billion in potential processing interest from potential platform customers. To learn more about Digitzs visit digitzs.com.
About Crowdfunder
Crowdfunder is the leading equity crowdfunding platform for sourcing and funding early stage ventures with a network of over 130,000 entrepreneurs and investors. Crowdfunder provides the opportunity for direct online investment into single ventures. Companies listing on Crowdfunder are typically early-stage startups, many of which are backed by leading Venture Capital firms and private investors. Get free access to private early-stage VC-backed startups on Crowdfunder.
SOURCE: Digitzs
