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Fighting financial crime is big business (TWIF 7/1)

Fighting financial crime is big business (TWIF 7/1)
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Hello Fintech Friends,

☀️ We’ll be taking a break next weekend (July 7th, 8th, and 9th) but will be back with more great fintech in your inbox the week following!

💂 If you are based in London, join us and our friends at Alloy for the next London Fintech Happy Hour on Thursday 13th July. Register here.

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. Cart.com, a provider of commerce, logistics, and payments solutions for B2B e-comm, raised a $60 million Series C at a $1.2 billion valuation.
  2. Unit21, a fraud detection platform for financial services, raised a $45 million Series C.
  3. One Trading, a cryptocurrency exchange spin-out from BitPanda Pro, raised €30 million.
  4. Utu, the provider of a tax-free shopping card for international travelers, raised a $33 million Series B.
  5. Picket, a provider of residential real estate investing technology, raised a $20 million Series B.
  6. Resistant AI, a Czech platform to fight financial crime with AI, raised an $11 million Series A extension.
  7. Alternativ, a digitally-native RIA provider, raised $10 million.
  8. Neutron, a cross-chain smart contract platform for DeFi, raised $10 million from Binance.
  9. Maza, a banking and financial services provider to immigrants in the US, raised an $8 million seed round. 
  10. Embat, a Spanish financial planning and treasury management provider, raised €5 million.
  11. JustPaid, a developer of AI-based financial tools for startups and small- and medium-sized businesses, raised a $3.5 million seed round.
  12. Bankingly, a provider of digital channels for financial institutions in emerging markets, raised a $2.5 million Series A1.
  13. Fennech, a UK fintech that automates businesses’ finance processes, raised a £2m seed round from Lloyds Bank.
  14. Gr4vy, a cloud-native payments infrastructure company, secured a multi-million dollar investment from W23, Woolworths Group’s venture capital arm.
  15. Innoviti, an Indian suite of integrated payments APIs, is looking to raise $25 million at a $350 million valuation.
💵 Debt Financing
  • Gulp Data, which helps European startups leverage their data to access credit, secured a $25 million lending facility.

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