VC & Funding

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 GFC and Firstminute backing Palantir and Goldman alums to take on the Big Four. Payments Wrap Up covered GCash owner Mynt lining up more than 20 cornerstone investors for a potential $1.3B IPO. The Fintech Blueprint reported on Circle's $400MM raise for distribution and Chime's $590MM raise for a bank charter.

Fintech Futures published several items: Dtcpay completing a $25m Series A with backing from SBI Group, BlackLine building out its invoice-to-cash pipeline through the acquisition of NetNow, and FintechOS securing $28m in combined debt and equity investment. Banking Dive Newsletter covered Adyen hiring away Klarna's CFO. The Signal covered a piece titled "The Expensive Way to Buy Growth," without elaborating further on its content.

Overall, the newsletters' funding-related coverage spanned early-stage rounds, such as Dtcpay's $25m Series A and FintechOS's $28m raise, alongside larger capital events including Circle's $400MM and Chime's $590MM raises reported by The Fintech Blueprint, and Mynt's prospective $1.3B IPO as reported by Payments Wrap Up. Acquisition and personnel activity also featured prominently, including BlackLine's NetNow acquisition covered by Fintech Futures, Adyen's hire of Klarna's CFO reported by Banking Dive Newsletter, and the discussed Monzo-Nubank sale talks and Palantir/Goldman-linked venture noted by Sifted Fintech Newsletter.