VC & Funding

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, Acorns' acquisition of social finance app Frich Money, ID Finance arranging €545m in debt and equity for credit platform Plazo, and blockchain start-up Navra securing $19m ahead of a full-service launch. Connecting the Dots in FinTech also covered the ID Finance story, noting the €545M raise was intended to take Plazo beyond lending.

Sifted Fintech Newsletter focused on early-stage financing and investor activity, reporting that AI personal finance platform Matters raised $5m in a pre-seed round. The newsletter also covered a list of 14 Portuguese fintech startups to watch, according to VCs, and a piece on where Europe's most active pre-seed investors are looking next.

Banking Dive Newsletter reported that a co-founder of SoFi and Figure raised $19M for a newest venture, without elaborating further on the details. Bankless covered a report that OpenAI was interested in acquiring Trail of Bits.

Fintech Radar's issue #179 covered multiple topics, noting that Ramp hit $60B, that OPay was heading for the NYSE, and that Meta was drafting rules for personal agents.