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Finnfund pumps $10 million into Uhuru Growth Fund I to foster growth of West African fintech

Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and impact investor, announce today a USD 10 million commitment to Uhuru Growth Fund I (UGF).

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Neofin Ventures secures £300,000 funding and selects Mastercard to rebuild fintech Unizest

Newly formed Neofin Ventures - founded by fintech experts Matt Oldham, Tony Shawcross and Chris Donnachie - has secured a total of £300,000 in funding via Worth Capital’s The Start-Up Series and angel investors, allowing Neofin Ventures to relaunch Unizest, a provider of e-accounts for new residents to the UK.

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B-North adds to ‘Bridge Round’ with overfunded raise

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK, has so far raised more than £560,000, exceeding the £500,000 target set in an extension of its latest funding round.

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Leeds Equity Partners invests in OptionMetrics

Leeds Equity Partners (“Leeds Equity”), the New York-based private equity firm, and OptionMetrics, the options and futures database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, announced today that Leeds Equity is investing in OptionMetrics.

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Prytek invests in TipRanks

Technology group Prytek today announces it has made a significant investment in TipRanks as part of its wider investment strategy.

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Launchpad Capital to invest in Lithuanian fintechs

Launchpad Capital, a new early-stage venture capital firm led by long-time San Francisco-based fintech investor and entrepreneur Ryan Gilbert, is to use part of a $35 million to support early stage Lithuanian startups targeting North America.

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Business spend management company Expensya raises $20 million

Expensya, an automated spend management solution for businesses, concludes its $20 million fundraising campaign in the midst of a health crisis.

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Fortú launches Latino digital bank; raises $5 million

Fortú announced the launch of its digital bank account focused on Latino and Hispanic U.S. residents who remain underserved by the "one size fits all" approach of traditional financial institutions.

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Paxos receives $2.4 billion valuation on $300 million Series D

Blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos has closed a $300 million Series D round of funding, giving the firm behind the crypto offerings of PayPal a $2.4 billion valuation.

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Digital asset custodian Finoa raises €22 million

Digital asset custodian Finoa has secured $22 million in a Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital.

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Viva Wallet secures $80 million financing

Viva Wallet, a pan-European neobank providing localised payment and credit services to businesses across 23 European countries, has secured additional financing of $80 million from several technology and financial services investors, including Tencent, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Breyer Capital.

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Checkout.com leads $110 million debt and equity round in Saudi BNPL startup Tamara

Checkout.com has led a $110 million investment round in Saudi Arabian buy now, pay later startup Tamara.

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CoinSwitch Kuber raises $25 million from Tiger Global at a valuation of over half a billion

CoinSwitch Kuber, India’s largest cryptocurrency investment platform announced it has raised USD 25 million (Rs 181 Cr.) in Series B round of funding from Tiger Global Management, at a valuation that is well over the $500 million mark.

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Dutch neo-broker BUX raises $80 million

European neo-broker BUX has raised $80 million in a funding round led led by Prosus Ventures and Tencent, with participation from additional new investors ABN Amro Ventures, Citius, Optiver, and Endeit Capital.

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Digital payroll vendor Deel reaches Unicorn status on $156 million funding round

Deel, the international payroll company shattering hiring barriers worldwide, announced today that it has raised $156 million in Series C funding led by the YC Continuity Fund and has welcomed Ali Rowghani to its board.

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Accenture invests in Nigerian fintech startup Okra

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made an investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Nigeria-based fintech company Okra, an open finance data infrastructure startup serving the rapidly expanding African financial services market.

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Zip invests in South African BNPL startup Payflex

With international investment in South Africa having drastically reduced, homegrown fintech startup Payflex has scored a significant vote of confidence from an Australian-listed multinational.

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Fintor raises $2.5 million to build fractional real estate investment platform

Fintor today announced the completion of its $2.5 million Seed round which will be used to build an innovative fractional real estate investing platform.

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JP Morgan, Morningstar and Broadridge invest in Tifin

The Tifin Group, an umbrella group operating a host of fintech companies in the asset and wealth management industry, has raised $22.3 million in a Series B funding round joined by JP Morgan Asset Management, Morningstar and Broadridge.

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Nymbus snags $15 million in new funding

Banking technology vendor Nymbus has snagged $15 million in funding from Financial Services Capital.