Weekly briefings
Every weekly briefing on VC & Funding, drawn from what the newsletters in this curated directory actually published.
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Last week's fintech newsletters covered a range of funding rounds and acquisitions across the sector. Fintech Futures reported on several deals, including Wiremind raising €35m in its first funding round to expand sales and AI development, …
Fintech Futures covered several funding and acquisition stories last week. It reported that Mynt locked in a $7bn valuation as its IPO opened to the public, and that Personio acquired spend management platform Circula. The newsletter also c…
The largest cluster of coverage centered on Stripe's acquisition of Parafin. Payments Wrap Up reported that Stripe is buying Parafin to scale embedded finance across 18,000 platforms, while Fintech Futures framed the deal as Stripe enhancin…
Last week's fintech newsletters covered a range of funding rounds, acquisitions, and potential deals across the sector. Sifted Fintech Newsletter reported that Monzo is in talks about a sale to Nubank, and separately covered an exclusive on…
Several newsletters covered the announcement that S&P Global agreed to acquire blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin, with Fintech Futures, Payments Wrap Up, and Bankless all reporting on the deal.…
Last week's fintech newsletters devoted significant attention to mergers and acquisitions in banking and payments. The Chime-Stride Bank transaction drew coverage from multiple outlets: Fintech Futures reported that Chime struck a $590m all…
Fintech Futures was the most active newsletter this week, covering several acquisitions and funding rounds. It reported on Nasdaq's acquisition of due diligence platform Dasseti to build out its eVestment suite, Stripe's acquisition of Cler…
Fintech Futures published the largest volume of funding and M&A coverage for the week, spanning multiple deal types. It reported that Bain Capital led a $74m strategic investment for RQD* Clearing, that Socure reached a $5.2bn valuation…