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The Main Edition - Fundraises

The pre-seed and seed valuations are coming down too (TWIF 1/28)

The pre-seed and seed valuations are coming down too (TWIF 1/28)

Hello Fintech Friends, Do you believe in angels? We hope so, because our editors Julie VerHage-Greenberg and Helen Femi Williams got to sit down with Monica Murthy, FinTech Sales & Partnerships Lead at Alloy, and Jenny Johnston, Investor at Better Tomorrow Ventures, to talk about all things angel investing. Give it

PhonePe scoops up a whopping $350 million (TWIF 1/21)

PhonePe scoops up a whopping $350 million (TWIF 1/21)

Hello Fintech Friends, Ahhh - 31 new fintech rounds this week; either nature is healing or founders are doing their pre-fundraise process press. I had to edit the title of this one due to a late monster round from India's PhonePe, which is preparing to spin out from parent Flipkart.

Fintech companies still raised *checks notes* $40 billion last year (TWIF 1/14)

Fintech companies still raised checks notes $40 billion last year (TWIF 1/14)

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🌶️It's looking to be spicy year for fintech fundraises (TWIF 1/7)

🌶️It's looking to be spicy year for fintech fundraises (TWIF 1/7)

Hello Fintech Friends, I hope you all enjoyed the one week with no fintech fundraises, because it is 2023 and fintech venture rounds are back, with 4 rounds of over $100 million in this week's newsletter. Many of these announcements are probably from months-old rounds, teeing up investor interest for

50,000 reasons to say thank you 🙏(TWIF 12/17)

50,000 reasons to say thank you 🙏(TWIF 12/17)

Hello Fintech Friends, We were pleasantly surprised to see we crossed 50,000 readers this week. I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for being here. As rewarding as it is to compile this newsletter every week, it would be nothing without the great readership and community