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This Week in Fintech (1/23)

This Week in Fintech (1/23)

Hello Fintech Friends,

To quote personal finance guru Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (better known as Cardi B), “Invest your money.”

Venture capitalists and SPACs look to be taking a page out of her book, judging by this week’s financings and transactions below.

Open Role Spotlight

Baselane, a next-generation banking platform and financial hub for the real estate industry, starting with independent landlords, is hiring a Head of Growth.

Financings

  • PPRO, a UK platform for enabling merchants to accept localized payments, raised $180 million at a $1 billion valuation (More details on the round here.)
  • Tripactions, a travel site that generates virtual cards and physical cards for light procurement and travel booking raised a $155 million Series E.
  • Georges, a French accounting automation startup, raised €35 million and rebranded as Indy.
  • Numbrs, the Swiss open banking startup, raised €25 million to expand into Europe.
  • Brigit, a financial health startup that has saved users over $250 million in fees, announced its $25 million Series A.
  • German wealth management platform Elinvar raised €25 million.
  • Trovata raised a $20 million Series A from Wells Fargo to build its multi-bank enterprise APIs globally.
  • Point of sale provider Revel Systems raised a $15.2 million round.
  • MotoRefi raised $10 million in a new venture round.
  • Wealthpilot, a German financial data aggregation startup, raised €8 million.
  • UK mortgage lending startup Perenna raised £7.3 million in new funding.
  • Qohash, a Canadian financial security company, raised an C$8 million round.
  • Tamara, a Saudi buy-now-pay-later startup, raised a $6 million seed.
  • Singaporean startup Volopay raised a $2.1 million seed to build a financial control center for businesses.
  • Egyptian startup Cassbana raised $1 million to build financial identities for unbanked consumers.
  • OZÉ, a Ganaian small business capital platform, raised a $700,000 seed.
  • Quirk raised £300,000 in pre-seed funding for its personality-based money management app.
  • Ziina, building an app to simplify peer-to-peer payments across the Middle East, raised a seed round and joined Y Combinator.
  • Clarity AI, a Spanish social impact investing analytics firm, raised a minority stake from BlackRock.
  • Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Zip invested in its Czech counterpart Twisto.
  • Morgan Stanley bought a minority stake in crypto startup MicroStrategy.
  • Plaid shareholders are fielding secondary inquiries at a $15 billion valuation.

Exits and M&A

Fintech
  • Trustly, the Swedish payments provider, is planning an IPO at an $11 billion valuation.
  • Allfunds, a Spanish financial services firm, will list its shares on Euronext Amsterdam at a valuation of $7.3 to $8.5 billion.
  • Payments software provider ACI Worldwide is evaluating a sale that could value the company at up to $6.26 billion.
  • Grab, the southeast Asian superapp that provides financial services across Indonesia and Singapore, is considering a US IPO this year that could raise up to $2 billion.
  • UK retail investing platform IG will buy US trading platform tastytrade for $1 billion.
  • Signify Health, which provides patient payment services for medical care, filed for a $100 million IPO.
  • Transferwise enlisted Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs for its UK IPO.
  • Brokerage-as-a-service platform Drivewealth bought institutional broker dealer Cuttone & Company in order to bring Drivewealth’s tech to the floor of the NYSE.
  • Open banking software provider Konsentus acquired PSD2 directory Open Banking Europe.
Bank
  • Goldman Sachs is considering more acquisitions to build out its Marcus banking unit.
Investment Management
  • Brazilian asset manager Vinci Partners set terms for a $236 million US IPO.
  • Investment advisor Mercer Global Advisors continued its acquisition tear, acquiring wealth management firms Pinnacle Wealth Solutions and Hart Capital Management.
SPACs
  • United Wholesale Mortgage went public through the Gores Holdings IV SPAC at a $16 billion valuation.
  • Payments startup Payoneer is in talks to go public through a merger with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp at an enterprise value of up to $2.5 billion.
  • Expense management software Expensify is in talks with a range of fintech SPACs about a potential merger.
  • JOFF Fintech Acquisition, a SPAC targeting a fintech acquisition, filed for a $300 million IPO.
  • Fusion Acquisition II filed for a $300 million financial services SPAC IPO.
  • VPC Impact Acquisition II, Victory Park’s third fintech SPAC, filed for a $225 million IPO.
  • Athena Acquisition, the seventh SPAC created by management of The Bancorp, filed for a $220 million IPO.
  • Quantum FinTech Acquisition, a financial services-focused SPAC, filed for a $150 million IPO.
  • Evo Acquisition filed for a $100 million financial sector-focused SPAC.

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