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Fintech funding, Week 19, 2026 (4 May – 10 May)

Funding Index: Count Index 73.2 · median USD round size index 44.4 · Index for this week

13 equity rounds · equity disclosed: €54.4M, $1.1B

Largest equity rounds

EUR

  1. Smartness · Series B · €47M
  2. A-Cube · €4M
  3. Elastics · Pre-seed · €1.7M
  4. Ekiden · Seed · €1.7M

USD

  1. Kalshi · $1B
  2. Fazeshift · Series A · $17M
  3. OpenTrade · $17M
  4. CredibleX · Series A · $15M
  5. Five · $6M

All rounds this week

CompanyRoundAmountCountryAnnounced
Kalshi$1B2026-05-07
SmartnessSeries B€47M2026-05-04
FazeshiftSeries A$17M2026-05-07
OpenTrade$17M2026-05-06
CredibleXSeries A$15MUnited Arab Emirates2026-05-06
Five$6M2026-05-07
Spring Labs$5M2026-05-05
InstaSwitchSeed$4.7M2026-05-05
A-Cube€4M2026-05-04
AstradaSeed$3.8M2026-05-05
EkidenSeed€1.7M2026-05-04
ElasticsPre-seed€1.7M2026-05-05
KlevaSeed$1.6M2026-05-04

By country

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