#DoneDeal FinTech | 2022 #34
Weekly Funding news up to Friday, August 26th, 2022
👀 NEWS HIGHLIGHT
Citi Ventures has invested in Belvo, the leading Open Finance API platform in Latin America.
This investment will facilitate Belvo’s growth in Mexico while getting closer to Citibanamex.
👉 Read the full article here.
📰 ARTICLE
Almost half (40 percent) of early-stage start-ups are founded or co-founded by women.
But when it comes to securing capital, these hopeful candidates face a barrage of additional obstacles, that male-founded companies simply don’t have to contend with.
👉 Read the full Altfi article here.
💬 INTERVIEW
"Venture capitalists will see one of their stronger years"
Greg Becker, Silicon Valley Bank CEO, joins CNBC ‘TechCheck’ to discuss venture capital.
👉 Check out the full source article here.
💡INSIGHTS
Top 12 Global Fintech Investors in Q2 2022.
👉 Read the full Fintechnews Switzerland article here.
FinTech Global just released a list of Top Investors in European FinTech Companies, 2022.
👉Download the full list here.
💰 VC FUNDS
Touchstone invests $2m total in 2 startups. Link here.
🤝 M&As
valU acquires Fintech company Paynas. Link here.
The Access Group acquires Australian fintech Fathom. Link here.
NOW, ON TO THE SUMMARY OF LAST WEEK'S NEWS
🎉 NOTABLE FUNDING ROUNDS
⭐️ Tamara raised $100 million in the second round of fundraising from investors including Sanabil Investments. Link here.
⭐️ SubsBase raises $2.4M for its subscription and recurring revenue management platform. Link here.
⭐️ VC investors dislike women more than they like profit. Link here.
⭐️Zywa raises $3 million Seed round. Link here.
UK 🇬🇧
Seedrs launches private investing community. Link here.
Muse raises $20m in debt facility. Link here.
Wombat raises £4 million to fuel international expansion. Link here.
Dragon’s Den star Steven Bartlett’s Web3 startup bags $24m. Link here.
JP Morgan and Triple Point have granted business credit card provider Capital on Tap a £200m funding facility. Link here.
EUROPE 🇪🇺
Okredo secured €650K in a follow-up investment round. Link here.
SageWealth raises €500k in pre-seed. Link here.
BLIK signed a purchase agreement for 100 percent of shares of VIAMO. Link here.
USA 🇺🇸
Highline Technologies raises $13m. Link here.
BlueTape raises $55M for construction industry SMBs. Link here.
Hazeltree secured a $14 million strategic investment. Link here.
LATAM
Rebill raised US$3.6M to continue building automated payment collection. Link here.
Pomelo received a new $15M investment. Link here.
ASIA
FinAccel raises $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. Link here.
Funding Societies signed an agreement to secure US$50 million in credit facilities from HSBC Singapore. Link here.
AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
Hello Clever achieves over-subscribed A$4.5 million in seed funding. Link here.
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