Lending
News
Qupital raises $300M Series C led by M Capital with MUFG ABS financing
Qupital raises $300M in Series C and ABS financing led by M Capital to expand e-commerce trade finance.
Tarabut secures $50M strategic financing from Saudi banks and family groups
Tarabut secures $50M in strategic financing from Saudi banks and family groups to deepen embedded finance in the Kingdom.
Synapse Analytics raises $13M Series A led by Partech
Synapse Analytics raises $13M Series A led by Partech to put AI credit decisioning inside banks' own infrastructure.
Pagaleve receives Central Bank of Brazil authorisation as a payment institution
Pagaleve receives Central Bank of Brazil authorisation to operate as a payment institution, bringing Pix instalments into the regulated perimeter.
Split Pay raises $125M across Series A and B led by Khosla Ventures
Celligence secures up to $100M from Mortgage Treasury to scale AngelAi
Celligence secures up to $100M from Mortgage Treasury to scale its AngelAi mortgage platform.
Newsletters
Weekly update #151
airtel Money confirmed a London IPO at an $8–9B valuation, Priority Commerce Technology is going private in a $1.6B founderled buyout, and Bessemer Venture Partners raised $5.75B in a single close. Below: an interview with Ingo Ernst, CEO of Kybix, on why business identity lags consumer KYC and w…
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…
Weekly update #149
The weekly update on the fintech and VC ecosystems
Weekly update #148
The latest news from the fintech and VC ecosystems
Weekly update #147
The latest news from the fintech and VC ecosystems
Weekly update #146
The latest news from the fintech and VC ecosystem
Weekly update #145
The latest news from the fintech and VC ecosystems
Weekly update #143
The latest news from the fintech and VC ecosystems
Weekly update #140
The latest news from the fintech and VC ecosystems
Weekly update #138
The latest news from the fintech and VC ecosystems
Podcasts
Building trust in fintech with Nicolas Kipp (Episode 52)
In this episode, I sit down with Nicolas Kipp, CEO and founder of Credibur.
Rethinking credit score with Kristy Kim (Episode 50)
In this episode, I sit down with Kristy Kim, CEO and founder of Tomo Credit.
Launching and selling Kriya with Anil Stocker (Episode 37)
In this episode, I sit down with Anil Stocker, CEO and founder of Kriya.
Episode 31 - Tomas Campos
In this episode, I sit down with Tomas Campos, founder of Spinwheel.
Episode 27 - Mark Beeston and Alexander Ross
In this episode, I sit down with Mark Beeston and Alexander Ross, founder and general partner at Illuminate financial.
Episode 16 - Anne-Sybill Pradelles from Formance
In this episode, I sit down with Anne-Sybill Predelles, co-founder of Formance.
Episode 5 - Patrick Stäuble from Teylor
Patrick founded Teylor in 2018 in Zurich as an SME lending platform, providing a web-based loan application process.
Companies
Funding rounds
50,000,000 USD
GIB Saudi Arabia, Kanoo Ventures, Riyad Bank, SAB Invest, Zamil Group
21,000,000 EUR
3,000,000 USD
Tether.ioLead
550,000,000 USD
155,000,000 USD
FTV CapitalLead
1,250,000 EUR
HFO InvestmentsLead
87,000,000 USD
Andreessen HorowitzLead, Castle Island Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, QED Investors, Switch Ventures
8,000,000 USD
Gumi Cryptos CapitalLead, Joint Effects, Maven 11, Metalayer, Tribe Capital
100,000,000 USD
6,000,000 USD
Lux CapitalLead, Amino Capital, General Advance, GoAhead Ventures, Rebel Fund, Unpopular Ventures, Y Combinator