Hello Fintech Friends,

We're coming to Seattle! We'd love to have you join us for our Seattle Happy Hour hosted by Seattle Bank happening on March 30th from 5-730pm PST. Get your ticket here.

Want to join our next one? Drop a line to organizers Cristina and Tori on our team :)

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If you’re an early-stage startup founder raising equity or debt, we may be able to help - come check out our fund, The Fintech Fund (including a link to pitch us). Are you a fintech angel investor? Come join our syndicate.

💸 Venture Financing

1. Equisoft, an investment software developer, raised $125 million in new equity.
2. StudentFinance, a Spanish income share agreement provider for student financing, raised a €39 million Series A.
3. Sesamm, a French natural language processing app that helps financial firms adhere to ESG standards, raised €35 million.
4. Pagos, a payment intelligence connector to processors like Stripe, Adyen, and Braintree, raised a $34 million Series A.
5. Quantifind, an ML financial crime risk management tech provider, raised a $23 million round from backers including Citi.
6. Archway, a banking platform for regional and community banks, raised a $15 million Series A.
7. Marco, a trade finance platform for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America, raised $8.3 million in equity funding and a $200 million credit facility.
8. Mangrove, an order book for digital asset traders, raised a $7.4 million Series A.
9. Vouched, an identity verification startup for financial institutions, raised $6.3 million.
10. Spade, a credit card transaction enrichment and categorization platform, raised a $5 million seed round.
11. Sora, a credit management and liability optimization as a service startup for financial advisors, raised $3.9 million.
12. Zipzero, an app that rewards consumers for sharing receipt data, raised £1 million.
13. Pelt8, a Swiss sustainability reporting startup, raised a ₣0.5 million pre-seed.
14. SoLo Funds, a community lender to the Black community in the US, added Serena Williams as an investor and passed 1 million users.
15. Varo Bank is reportedly raising $50 million at a $1.8 billion valuation, a 28% drop from its last valuation.
16. Pennylane, a French accounting software builder, is reportedly raising around $50 million as well.

💵 Debt Financing

• Goldman Sachs’ One Million Black Women initiative partnered with Now to launch a $225 million credit facility for small and historically underserved businesses.

💰 Venture Funds

• Atlanta venture capital firm TTV Capital closed its largest ever fintech fund, at $250 million.
• Republic canceled its $75 million metaverse fund following the current crypto collapse and revised SEC guidance.

Pssst - if you like early-stage fintech investing, come join our angel syndicate.