It's summer. And to that end, this past week saw a freefall of mega-funding rounds. Now, again - it's summer. However, we have that little "R" word (whatever it IS or…
And the money is flowing again. Just like that, the VC spigot in digital wealth is tuned back on and all but one deal come in north of the $100M+range. A quick loo…
I hate to use an old cliche' but WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES! Last week - through last Monday - we had relatively ho hum fundings to report. Then last minute, Klarn…
Getting an early jump this week on the Top 5 VC deals of the week and at a cursory glance, we're seeing fewer deals and lower funding levels. Now that could change as m…
Happy 4th of July Week to our US friends. Deals were somewhat curtailed the past week with the long holiday weekend here in the US, but even so, we still had four of o…
Hello VC Friends! WELL......this was an interesting week. So much going on politically and within the markets, and yet....the VC sector for digital wealth seemed to pu…
Hello VC Friends! Another wild, volatile week in the markets but we keep finding MAJOR deals in fintech venture capital to report. And again this week, our deals come t…
Friends, we'd be remiss not to acknowledge that as we write this, oil has hit a new high, markets are falling and there is generally a somber tone all around. AND YET..…
Friends, we're back this week with a highly unusual top 5 list for the column. We came in with a WHOPPER of an investment in an insurtech I'm embarassed to say I've not…
Hoping everyone enjoyed the long Memorial Day weekend and we're back at it this week with a fresh round of funding winners, and all five are back over the $100M marker a…
For the past several weeks, we've been seeing a reduced highwater level for VC investments in fintech - topping out at $250M. We realize this is no small change, but la…
Similar to last week, we're seeing our top deals come in at $200M-$250M again this week. Last week we wrote "the trend for the week appears to be MORE deals - less MEGA…
Big money flowing into fintech this week, but the top deals are smaller. And by "smaller" we mean the top deal is in the $200M+ range. This - to me - signals a lower i…
New trends are beginning to emerge in the fintech VC realm, foremost, the investment in NFT platforms and offerings. Web 3.0 keeps on rolling on. Football (a/k/a socce…
Fintech VC keeps truckin' and we have more MAJOR deals to review this week, every one, once again, over $100M. This week, our top deal came in at $505 M for a Denver-…
With Easter week and more spring vacations behind us, last week brought a bit of a slowdown in completed deals, but there were definitely still some big ones that got co…
This week, our top deal came in at $775M for an Israeli-based B2B credit platform. B2B credit seems to be a growing category for fintech venture investment.
Some new names in our column this week (hooray) with a blend of fintech genres. Remember, we publish only the top 5 weekly deals in the sector internationally, with the…
The longer we write this column, the more we do a double-take. Seems that we see familiar names getting funding over and over again, and we have to double check that we…
More money flowed into the fintech sector this week, in an interesting mix of categories and locations. This week, our top deal came in at $750M (a combo of debt &a…
Last week we proclaimed we saw a pullback in funding, but we should know better. We do believe that blips do periodically happen week over week, and we can't help but t…
Seeing a bit of a pullback this week in the megadeals of fintech. In prior editions, we've seen EVERY deal at $200M+. This week, only our largest deal hit that number.…
This week we have some interesting new trends in digital wealth venture capital, and really every week is different. Some points to ponder for the beginning of March:…
After last week's report, we had some concern that the fintech VC sector was starting to lose it's luster. For the first time, we saw a Top 5 deal come in under $100M,…