Hello Fintech Friends,

We’re excited to share that Griffin, one of our Fintech Fund portfolio companies, just raised their Series A. Griffin provides banking-as-a-service for UK fintech companies and also has an FCA banking license, meaning it can provide fully-verticalized bank support to fintechs.

Our fearless podcasters Julie and Helen also hosted a great episode of Beyond Two Percent this week, featuring Saira Rahman, VP, New Investor Initiatives at Fundrise, and Jayne Sibley, Co-Founder at Sibstar, to discuss mental health.

"89% of people said that managing everyday money was a major cause of stress and worry for them. So being able to alleviate that in one way or present people with a solution that helps them and takes that away is why we're here" - Jayne Sibley

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

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. Thunes, a global B2B payment infrastructure platform, raised a $60 million Series C round.
2. Mosaic, an insights platform for company financial planning, raised a $26 million Series C.
3. MoCaFi, a Harlem-based startup that looks to strengthen access to banking for people without bank accounts, raised a $23.5 million Series B this week.
4. Meanwhile, a bitcoin-backed life insurance platform powered by AI, raised $19 million at a $100 million valuation.
5. Keeta, a cross-border payments provider, raised $17 million at a $75 million valuation.
6. Onfly, a Brazilian corporate travel and expense management software provider, raised a $16 million Series A.
7. Payrails, a German startup that operates a framework to build more stable enterprise payment services, raised $14.4 million.
8. Griffin*, a UK banking-as-a-service platform, raised a $13.5 million Series A.
9. Mitigram, a digital exchange for global trade finance, raised $11 million in funding.
10. Red Flag Alert, the credit risk data and risk intelligence platform, raised £4.5 million.
11. Bonside, a revenue-based financing platform for brick-and-mortar businesses, raised $4.35 million.
12. Finch, a unified API for employment systems, raised $3.5 million in new funding.
13. LoopingOne, a Dutch marketplace KYC and payments provider, raised €2 million.
14. Wellthi, an embedded social finance software, raised an undisclosed amount of funding.

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