Cannabis payment platform Leaf Trade scores $5.5m in a Series A round
Chicago-based cannabis wholesale marketplace and payments platform, Leaf Trade closed a $5.5m Series A funding to ease payments in the sector.
What Dataminr’s $475m round among the 33 investments in the FinTech sector last week...
Out of the 33 FinTech funding rounds we reported on last week, cybersecurity companies and cryptocurrency-based enterprises were the clear winners.
Osu collects ?2.25m in its seed round
Osu, a payment app for self-employed, has reportedly collected ?2.25m in its seed funding round.
Real estate finance firm Lev bags $10m in a seed round
NYC-based online commercial real estate financing transaction platform, Lev raised $10m in seed funding.
US Justice Department investigates Visa over debit card practices
Visa is in legal hot water as it faces a regulatory investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over concerns of whether it is using anticompetitive practices in the debit card market.
Payment firm Airwallex closes a $100m Series D round at $2.6bn valuation
Melbourne-based cross-border FinTech Airwallex raised another $100m in an extension to its Series D round.
Zaver banks $5m to facilitate cardless and BNPL payments in the durables sector
Zaver, a Swedish FinTech enabling merchants to accept cardless payments and offer buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, raised $5m in new funding.
Why SumUp and Stripe took centrestage among the 41 FinTech investment rounds last week
Of the 41 FinTech investment deals last week, companies in three sectors, in particular, proved to be exceptionally successful as the list of FinTech unicorns continues to grow.
Real estate PayTech firm DepositLink draws in $3.5m seed funding
Boston-based electronic payments provider for residential real estate transactions DepositLink closed a $3.5m seed financing round by angel investors.
FinTech firm Pollinate raises $50m in Series C round
London-based FinTech Pollinate has closed a $50m Series C round led by Insight Partners.