Corporate spend management firms and celebrity-backed companies among the 42 FinTech rounds raised last...
A Jared Leto-backed startup, family-focused FinTech firms and corporate spend management companies were among the big winners of the 42 funding rounds reported on last week.
CloudWalk rakes in $190m Series B to bolster domestic presence
Brazilian payment technology firm CloudWalk has raised $190m from a Series B funding round.
BankSathi reels in $200,000 in seed round to help financial advisors in India
Delhi-based FinTech BankSathi Technologies raised $200,000 in a seed funding round from a group of angel investors.
Italy-based headless commerce platform Commerce Layer lands $16m
Commerce Layer closed a $16m Series B funding round led by Coatue Management, with participation from existing investors Benchmark and Mango Capital.
Wise, Teleport co-founders back new European investing app in $1.5m pre-seed
UK commission-free stock trading app Lightyear has raised $1.5m from a pre-seed funding round.
nesto eyes staff, tech expansion following $76m Series B raise
Canadian mortgage comparison platform nesto has raised $76m from a Series B funding round.
Stripe rival Mollie bags $800m mega Series C round at $6.5bn valuation
Amsterdam-based online payments processor Mollie becomes the third-largest FinTech unicorn in Europe after rival Checkout.com as it sealed a massive $800m financing round valuing the company at $6.5bn.
SoftBank invests $200m in Brazil’s largest crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin
Mercado Bitcoin, the largest bitcoin exchange in Brazil, raised $200m in a Series B round from the SoftBank Latin America Fund.
Ex-US Treasury official’s VC backs cybersecurity firm Cybereason in $275m round
Cybereason, a US-Israeli late-stage cybersecurity startup that provides extended detection and response (XDR) services, has secured $275m in Series F funding.
Bolttech bolsters market reach with I-surance acquisition
Singaporean InsurTech Bolttech has purchased European business-to-business-to-consumer fellow InsurTech I-surance for an undisclosed fee.