Hello Fintech Friends,

Please find another week of fintech financing events below.

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📊 Stat of the Week

“Mobile-wallet data shows a clear digital money priority ladder: people save first, then spend and send, and only later earn. Stablecoins will follow the same path.”

- Nathan Lenga

💸 Venture Financing

• Blue J, a Canadian AI tax-research platform, announced a $122 million Series D funding to accelerate its legal-tech expansion.
• Rillet, a U.S. AI-native ERP software company built by accountants, raised $70 million to replace legacy accounting systems.
• Uzum, Uzbekistan’s first unicorn in e-commerce and fintech, jumped to a $1.5 billion valuation on a $65.5 million fundraise.
• Capitolis, a capital-optimization fintech for financial institutions, secured strategic investments from Barclays, BNP Paribas, and J.P. Morgan – bringing its round total to $56 million.
• Stavtar, a spend-management SaaS for complex enterprises, secured $55 million in growth funding.
• Alaan, an AI-powered corporate card and expense-management platform in MENA, raised $48 million in one of the region’s largest Series A rounds.
• GeoWealth, a wealth-management technology platform, raised $38 million in Series C funding led by Apollo.
• Grasshopper, a digital bank for small businesses, raised $46.6 million to fuel its next phase of growth.
• NG.Cash, a Brazilian teen-focused digital bank, secured $26.5 million in Series B funding led by NEA.
• Casap, an AI startup tackling payment disputes and fraud, raised $25 million in Series A funding.
• Saphyre, a fintech building AI-driven trading workflow software, received $70 million in backing from FTV Capital.
• Daloopa, an AI-powered financial data platform, raised $13 million to expand its data-automation capabilities.
• Docyt, an AI bookkeeping platform, debuted precision-trained AI agents to accelerate accounting automation and raised a $12 million pre-Series B.
• Olarry, a U.S. AI tax-filing platform, raised $10 million in seed funding.
• DPDzero, a debt-collection fintech, raised $7 million to scale its collections technology.
• Monavate, a payments-network startup founded by a Revolut alumnus, extended its seed round to $6.3 million to expand globally.
• Lava, a billing platform for the “agent-native” economy, raised $5.8 million to build digital wallets.
• Handwave, a palm-payment authentication startup, raised $4.2 million to roll out in Europe and the U.S.
• Tracelight, an AI financial-modelling tool developer, raised $3.6 million in seed funding and launched its product.

💵 Debt Financing

• Sunbit, a fintech that provides point-of-sale “buy-now, pay-over-time” solutions for sectors like auto repair, dental, healthcare, and veterinary services, completed an inaugural asset-backed securitization of $200 million, achieving a AA rating on its senior tranche and pricing at a 5.713% fixed yield.