Always busy but want to stay on top of the FinTech news? Every week, MD Finance publishes a handpicked list of key deals, funding rounds, companies' financial milestones, and market shifts to back you up.
Check the list of insights for the 19th week of 2024.
NORTH AMERICA FINTECH DEALS
MoneyLion, a fintech platform, reports a record-breaking quarter of $121 million. Congrats!
Volta, a start-up that aims to reconnect people to the energy market, has secured $4.1 million in seed funding from Fika Ventures and Haven Ventures.
SOUTH AMERICA FINTECH DEALS
QI Tech announced a $50 million Series B round extension led by General Atlantic, catapulting the firm past the $1 billion valuation mark. Congrats on the unicorn status!
Nubank reaches 100 million customers across Latin America.
EUROPE FINTECH DEALS
Fintech Farm, which sells tech to medium-sized banks in emerging markets to build digital tools, has raised $32 million in funding from Nordstar and Bank of Georgia.
Pleo, an expense management platform, raised €40 million in debt funding from HSBC Innovation Banking.
Abound, a fintech loan provider, raised £800 million in equity (provided by GSR Ventures) and debt (provided by Citi) funding.
Ageras, the SME accounting software provider, raised £82 million in funding from investors, including Investcorp, Lazard Asset Management, Formueforvalterne Investering & Tryghed, and Folketrygdfondet.
Urban Jungle, a home insurance provider, raised £11.2 million from investors, including the Sony Innovation Fund.
Eleos, a life insurance and income protection provider, raised $4 million in seed funding led by Fuel Ventures and Indico Capital.
iwoca, software for SMEs to access loans quickly, raised £270 million in debt funding from Citibank, Insight Investment, and Barclays.
SoftBank is in talks to buy UK chip startup Graphcore, according to Bloomberg.
Artion, software that automates and tracks legally required company inspections, raised €1.4 million in a funding round from investors, including Dovesco, Tilleghem, and Belfius.
Affirm reported a robust 36% year-over-year growth in GMV, totaling $6.3 billion.
Iyzico is set to acquire Paynet, a B2B and B2B2C payment services firm, in an $87 million deal.
British Business Investments has announced a £50 million commitment with DunPort Capital Management to create a co-investment vehicle, Alder Corporate Credit DAC.
Fundcraft, a supplier of digital infrastructure for asset management firms, has closed a £5 million Series A funding round led by Swiss VC Aperture Capital.
SAVR, a modern and honest savings platform, has secured an undisclosed investment firm, Incore Invest.
AFRICA FINTECH DEALS
Swypex has secured $4 million in a seed round led by US venture capital firm Accel.
ASIA FINTECH DEALS
Linnovate Partners, specializing in asset servicing and fintech for the alternative investment industry, received $40 million from Seatown.
Lendingkart has raised $10 million through external commercial borrowing from BlueOrchard.
GXBank, a Malaysia-based digital bank backed by Grab and Singtel, has entered into a 10-year partnership with Zurich General Insurance Malaysia and Zurich Life Insurance Malaysia.
Stay tuned!
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