Australian fintech Zeller lands $50M AUD led by Spark Capital at a $400M AUD valuation
Zeller, a Melbourne-based fintech founded by former Square executives to serve small- to mid-sized businesses, has raised $50 million AUD (about $37.5 million USD) led by Spark Capital, the investment…
Read More »Equity Monday: China hates crypto, and the Vision Fund’s vision lives on
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Read More »Buy now, pay later startup Kredivo doubles its debt facility from Victory Park Capital to $200M
Kredivo announced today it has secured another $100 million debt facility from Victory Park Capital (VPC). This doubles the Indonesian digital lending and credit platform’s total warehouse financing facility from…
Read More »Revolut revenue grew by 57% in 2020
Fintech startup Revolut has filed some financial results and is sharing details with the press. In 2020, the company reported $361 million in revenue (£261 million) — that’s a 57%…
Read More »Vietnamese financial services app MFast gets $1.5M pre-Series A led by Do Ventures
MFast founders Phan Thanh Long and Phan Thanh Vinh. Image Credits: MFast MFast, a mobile app that lets Vietnamese users in remote areas access financial services, announced today it has…
Read More »Owning the paycheck is the key to fintech success
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Read More »Wise announces plans to go public via direct listing
Wise, the fintech company formerly known as TransferWise, has announced that it wants to become a public company on the London Stock Exchange. Instead of following the traditional IPO route,…
Read More »Unit raises $51M in Accel-led Series B to grow its banking-as-a-service platform
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Every company is a fintech.” But these days, that’s becoming more and more true as an increasing number of companies that are not even in…
Read More »10x, a UK fintech, raises $187M to build new services for old banks
As so-called neobanks continue to gain more traction in the market with their more modern takes on banking and other financial services, a startup that’s building technology to help incumbent…
Read More »Extra Crunch roundup: TC Mobility recaps, Nubank EC-1, farewell to browser cookies
What, exactly, are investors looking for? Early-stage founders, usually first-timers, often tie themselves in knots as they try to project the qualities they hope investors are seeking. In reality, few…
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