Funding Rounds

Slice, a credit card for first-time users, has reportedly netted $23m in debt funding from 18 lenders.

Payments as a service platform mx51 has collected $25m in a funding round supported by Mastercard.

Indian neobank startup Zeta has received unicorn status after a $250m Series C funding round took it to a $1.45bn valuation.

With Trade Republic netting $900m and four startups earning the horn among 46 rounds, last week proved to be a great week in terms of FinTech investment, particularly for stock trading apps enterprises.

Algbra raised £3.75m in fundraising backed by SFC Capital, British Business Investments and New World Group in a bid to close the racialised wealth and social gap.

SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund led a $10m Series A round of funding into Zoe Financial, a digital marketplace for people to find and hire vetted independent financial advisers.

Pre-wealth management platform Secfi secured a second investment facility from Serengeti Asset Management for $150m.

Life insurance sales automation platform iLife has reportedly collected $4m in its seed round.

Digital banking platform SaveIN has reportedly closed its pre-seed funding round to support its market reach.

Immuta, which enables teams to control access to cloud data, has closed its Series D round on $90m to further its position in the market and capitalising on the rising demand for its services.