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UK fintechs get all the funding (TWIF 9/30)

UK fintechs get all the funding (TWIF 9/30)
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Hello Fintech Friends,

I'm surprised I'm just seeing this:

The Fintech Map

Congrats to the team at Fintech Fund portfolio company Rainforest*, who won Early Stage company of the year at Venture Atlanta. 

I also loved these charts from QED Investors’ 15th Annual CEO Summit:

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
💸 Venture Financing
  1. AlphaSense, a market intelligence and AI-enabled search platform, raised a $150 million Series E at a $2.5 billion valuation.
  2. Perenna, a UK mortgage lender, raised $52 million after securing a banking license.
  3. Albo, a Mexican neobank, raised a $40 million Series C.
  4. Farther, a wealth management tech provider, raised $31 million at a $131 million valuation.
  5. Slope, a business-to-business payments platform for enterprise companies, raised $30 million in new funding.
  6. Series, a platform which looks to centralize businesses’ finance and operations stacks and replace ERPs, announced $25 million in funding across two rounds.
  7. Traydstream, an automated trade document checking platform, raised a $21 million Series B.
  8. Pexapark, a PPA advisory specialist, raised €20 million.
  9. Arc, a digital bank for high growth SaaS startups, raised a $20 million Series A.
  10. PortX, an integration and open banking platform for community financial institutions and fintechs, raised a $16.5 million Series B.
  11. Mundi, a Mexican trade financing platform for importers and exporters, raised $15 million.
  12. Apron, a UK provider of invoice processing for small businesses, raised a $15 million Series A.
  13. Collective Liquidity, a provider of financial tools to tech company shareholders, raised a $12 million Series A.
  14. Timeline, a UK end-to-end financial planning platform, raised a £10 million Series B.
  15. Grow Credit, an app and card for helping military members build credit, raised a $10 million Series A.
  16. Vega, a UK-based wealth management platform, raised $8 million.
  17. Revio, a South African payment orchestration provider, raised a $5.2 million seed round.
  18. Mintago, a UK financial wellbeing startup, raised $4.75 million in new funding.
  19. Pontoro, a platform intended to unlock greater access to institutional-grade private market real assets, raised a $4.6 million Seed II.
  20. Avantis Labs, a decentralized finance derivatives ecosystem, raised a $4 million seed round.
  21. Ondorse, a French ID verification startup, raised a $4 million seed round.
  22. Crediverso, a financial and educational resources provider to underserved communities, raised a $3.5 million pre-Series A.
  23. Cygnetise, a UK-based blockchain signatory management solution, raised £2.5 million.
  24. FlexPoint, a payment automation platform, raised $2.4 million.
  25. Clip Money, a multi-bank cash deposit network in North America, raised strategic funding from NCR.
💰 Venture Funds
  • Canadian fintech-focused VC fund Luge Capital raised an initial $71 million for its second fund to invest in US and Canadian fintech. Fund I was $85 million, featuring startups like Flinks.

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