AI in fintech
News
Baselayer raises $35M Series A led by M13 to extend identity checks to AI agents
CellPoint secures $34M from Toscafund, names a new CEO and launches AI payments platform Zenith
Sela raises $21M across seed and Series A led by Costanoa for AI mortgage sales agents
Mirai RiskTech raises €5M from Inveready to take its AI balance sheet platform global
FintechOS raises $28M in equity and debt after reaching profitability
FintechOS raises $28M in equity and debt from existing investors and Santander to expand in the US.
Footprint raises $25M Series B led by QED Investors for agentic AI compliance
Footprint raises a $25M Series B led by QED Investors to scale Percy, its AI operating system for financial crime compliance.
Abwab.ai raises $4M seed led by Speedinvest, the VC's first investment in Saudi Arabia
Abwab.ai raises a $4M seed led by Speedinvest, the firm's first investment in Saudi Arabia, to scale AI lending infrastructure for SMEs.
BlackLine acquires NetNow to add AI credit risk and customer onboarding to Invoice-to-Cash
BlackLine acquires NetNow, an AI-enabled B2B customer onboarding and credit risk platform, to push its Invoice-to-Cash suite upstream of the invoice.
Angle Health raises $200M Series C at $2.7B valuation led by Vitruvian Partners
Angle Health raises a $200M Series C at a $2.7B valuation led by Vitruvian Partners, alongside a $400M tender offer.
Mastercard and Alchemy bring Mastercard credentials to AgentCard for AI agent payments
Mastercard and Alchemy bring Mastercard credentials to AgentCard, so AI agents can pay wherever Mastercard is accepted online.
Newsletters
Weekly update #150
Tabby | تابي raises $233M at a $6.5B valuation as it expands beyond BNPL. barq closes a $329.5M Series A at $1.85B, two years after launch. S&P Global agrees to acquire OpenZeppelin , the security standard behind $37T in onchain value. Circle launches the Arc mainnet with BlackRock, DTCC, Masterc…
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Podcasts
Fintech compliance in MENA with AI (Episode 45)
In this episode, I sit down with Bhavin Shah, founder and CEO of Sherlocq.
Episode 31 - Tomas Campos
In this episode, I sit down with Tomas Campos, founder of Spinwheel.
Episode 29 - Victor Orlovski
In this episode, I sit down with Victor Orlovski, Managing Partner at R136 Ventures.
Companies
Funding rounds
4,000,000 USD
28,000,000 USD
Bek Ventures, Cipio Partners, IFC, Molten Ventures, Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
24,000,000 USD
Insight PartnersLead, Commerce Ventures, Fifth Wall, Y Combinator
250,000,000 USD
1,100,000 EUR
10,000,000 USD
Behind Genius Ventures, Character Capital, CloudPay, Crosslink Capital, UKG Ventures
21,000,000 EUR
3,000,000 USD
Tether.ioLead
550,000,000 USD
155,000,000 USD
FTV CapitalLead