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

Hello Fintech Friends,

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Please find another week of fintech financing events below.

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💸 Venture Financing

1. GSS, a sanctions screening firm for financial institutions, raised $45 million.
2. Inscribe, a fraud detection platform for KYC screening, raised a $25 million Series B.
3. PayEm, a reimbursement and spend management platform, raised a $20 million Series A and took out a $200 million credit line.
4. Hawk, an anti-money laundering platform for banks, raised a $17 million Series B.
5. Method, a provider of embedded fintech to power loan repayment, raised a $16 million Series A.
6. Zenfi, a Mexican financial health app, raised $8.5 million.
7. Mad Mobile, a mobile payments provider for retail and restaurants, raised $20 million.
8. Vartana, a B2B sales financing platform, raised a $12 million Series A.
9. iSeller, an Indonesian omnichannel point-of-sale platform, raised a $12 million Series B.
10. Foro, a commercial lending platform for small and medium-sized businesses, launched its product from stealth and raised an $8 million Series A.
11. Senken, a South African climate finance trading platform, raised $7.5 million.
12. Zurp, a fintech platform for creators and their fans, raised a $5 million pre-seed.
13. Architect, a crypto trading infrastructure startup founded by the ex-FTX president, raised $5 million.
14. Tranch, a buy-now-pay-later platform for businesses, raised $5 million in equity and $95 million in lending debt.
15. Asset Reality, a crypto recovery specialist, raised a $4.91 million seed round.
16. Sandbar, an anti-money laundering and transaction monitoring software, raised a $4.8 million seed round.
17. Grazzy, a digital tipping platform, raised $4.25 million in seed funding.
18. Caura, a driving payments app, raised £4 million from Lloyds Bank.
19. Ethos Wallet, a crypto wallet, raised a $4.2 million seed round.
20. Salv, an EU financial crime-fighting platform, raised a €4 million seed round.
21. Keyzy, a UK rent-to-own home property financing startup, raised £3 million.
22. Suppli, a credit management provider for the construction industry, raised $3.1 million in seed funding.
23. Wafeq, a Dubai accounting and financial compliance startup for the MENA, raised a $3 million seed round.
24. Hatchfi, a crypto integration platform, raised a $1.2 million pre-seed.
25. Twinco Capital, a fashion supply chain finance provider, raised $12 million in combined equity and debt.
26. Pilon, a Singaporean supply chain finance provider, raised $5.2 million in debt and equity.
27. Diligend, a due diligence platform for investors, raised an undisclosed amount for its Series A and rebranded to Dasseti.
28. Ascendant, a cross-border payments provider, raised an undisclosed amount.
29. OpenAsset, a UK  digital asset management provider to the architecture, engineering and construction industries, raised an undisclosed amount of growth equity.
30. Mobility Market Intelligence, a data and insights provider to the mortgage industry, raised an undisclosed amount in its growth round.

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