PropTech

Canadian mortgage comparison platform nesto has raised $76m from a Series B funding round.

While Nubank’s massive Series G round and Klarna's $40bn valuation may have secured the most headlines last week, CyberTech and cryptocurrency ventures bagged the most capital injections.

While Covid-19 continues to haunt us, the FinTech industry continues to rake in millions of dollars. Neobanks and cybersecurity companies were the top-scoring sectors to raise investment among the 42 rounds that FinTech Global reported on last week.

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.

Fresh out of Y Combinator’s W21 cohort, PropTech firm Houm secured an $8m seed round.

From crypto startups raising millions despite Elon Musk pulling out of the bitcoin frenzy to subscription-based firms capitalising on the Covid-19 crisis, this is what you can learn from the 40 FinTech funding rounds of last week.

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.

Real estate data management platform Cherre has scored a $50m growth investment round led by Trustbridge Partners.

Loft, which claims to be the largest and fastest-growing real estate platform outside the US and China, has reached a $2.9bn valuation after close of its Series D-2 round.

Digital mortgage lender Better.com raised a massive $500m round from Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank that values the New York-based company at $6bn up from $4bn in November.