It’s a good day for European and Israeli startups seeking funding, as Accel Partners announced a new $475 million fund today for early-stage tech companies.

The new fund, Accel London IV, was raised in just eight weeks and makes Accel London one of the largest venture capital firms in the region, with $2 billion raised to date across its previous funds. The new fund’s total is more than what was initially rumored back in February, as VentureBeat previously reported.

“Europe has a strong talent base, including a growing community of repeat entrepreneurs, whose success, experience, and ambition continue to fuel our ecosystem,” said Accel London partner Harry Nelis in a statement. “Innovation and entrepreneurship are thriving in Europe, and with technology hubs developing across the region, the next billion-dollar company could emerge from anywhere.”

Accel, which has offices all around the world, said the newly announced fund will focus on investing mostly in companies in Europe and Israel that deal with consumer Internet, big data, cloud, SaaS, and mobile.

Accel is well known for its long list of early investments in wildly popular companies, most notably Facebook. It has also previously invested in Spotify, Rovio, Dropbox, Cloudera, Etsy, Trulia, and Groupon. More specifically, Accel’s London team has invested in QlikTech, Playfish, and Kayak, which sold to Priceline for $1.8 billion after going public last year.

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Ribbit Capital has closed a new $100 million investment fund, the venture firm announced today.

Ribbit will focus its investments on startups that are building financial services related to lending, payments, insurance, accounting, tax preparation, personal financial management, and more.

The fund will invest about $2 million to $15 million into early-stage, disruptive financial services. Ribbit plans to invest in 15 services over the lifetime of the new fund, according to the firm.

“Banks have proven to be difficult environments for innovation to flourish, resulting in an antiquated financial services industry that remains relatively untouched by the technology-driven evolution transforming other markets ranging from social media sharing to professional enterprise services,” said Ribbit Capital founder Meyer “Micky” Malka in a statement. “The technology to unlock this innovation is in place, and there are entrepreneurs around the world with groundbreaking ideas that have the potential to turn this industry on its head. What’s lacking is the investment, will and expertise to develop and make them reality.”

The firm has already invested in four financial startups, including personal assets lender Borro, U.S.-based payments company Fuze Networks, Brazil-based SaaS accounting and invoicing service ContaAzul, and U.S.-based non-bank lender service Capital Access Networks (CAN).

Founded in 2012, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture capital firm’s founder is the sole general partner of the new fund. Ribbit Capital’s investors include multinational Spanish banking group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Silicon Valley Bank, and others.

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