Skyfire raises funds to build a world where agents manage all digital transactions for you (TWIF 8/24)

Hello Fintech Friends,

😮 Buried in all the stories about new fundraises this week was the secondary offering that global neobank Revolut did, which valued the company at $45 billion. Revolut is a giant, with over 45 million customers worldwide.

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And speaking of Mexico City, our favorite LatAm VC, Gilgamesh Ventures, put together a great overview of the fintech companies with the biggest 'dynasties' of successful alums going on to found companies:

Please find another week of fintech financing events below. (PS: Have feedback for us? 👍👎 Let us know!)

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📊 Stat of the Week

Dutch payment service provider Adyen is making inroads into the American market, reporting over $250 million in North American revenues in the first half of the year.

💸 Venture Financing

Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network, a stablecoin provider founded by Visa and Paxos alums, raised a $30 million seed round.
Siepe, a software and services provider to the private credit industry, raised a $30 million Series B.
Finture, a European aggregator platform connecting customers to paylater services provided by banks, raised a nearly $30 million Series B.
Lettuce Financial, an automated tax accounting optimization provider, raised a $15 million Series A.
Efficient Capital Labs, a provider of revenue-based financing to SaaS companies in emerging markets, raised an $11 million Series A.
Resal, a Saudi e-gifting and payments platform, raised a $9 million Series A.
Skyfire AI, a payment network specifically for AI agents to make autonomous transactions, raised $8.5 million in seed funding.
Waza, a payment and liquidity platform for African businesses and traders to manage and pay their suppliers globally, raised an $8 million seed round.
PostEx, a Pakistani provider of financial and logistics services to online merchants, raised $7.3 million.
Swiipr, a payment platform for air travel distruptions, raised a £6 million Series A.
Holonym Foundation, an organization building digital identity security for the decentralized web, raised a $5.5 million seed round.
Workpay, a Kenyan provider of payroll and HR products, raised a $5 million Series A that included strategic backer Visa.
Your Money Line, an employee financial wellness provider, raised a $4.5 million Series A.
Thera, a payroll and payments startup that helps businesses pay international employees, raised a $4 million seed round.
TransBnk, an Indian transaction banking platform, raised a $4 million Series A.
Optiml, a platform for ESG-compliant assets, raised a $4 million pre-seed.
Thalex, a crypto derivatives exchange that partners with other exchanges, raised a €3 million Series A extension.
Kem, a Kuwaiti peer-to-peer payment app, raised $3 million from strategic investor Tether, who will partner with the platform to drive adoption of its stablecoin.
DMI Finance, an Indian shadow bank, plans to raise about $330 million from Japanese bank conglomerate MUFG at a $3 billion valuation.