‘D’-regulation?
As the world watched the U.S. election this past week, those in the fintech, blockchain, and VC space anxiously await deregulation. If soon-to-be two-time President-elect Trump delivers on his promise of deregulation, deal activity and tech development may surge.
More funding and less regulation could mean good news for startups but less for the Fed and other controlling organizations.
Notable trends this week…
- Payments and Fintech were the category winners
- Familiar VCs
- More deals but for less $; some in the thousands
Up next are this week’s top 5 VC deals…
1Melio
$150M, Series E, Capital | Equity | NYC | Payments | Fiserv, Shopify Ventures, Capital One Ventures, Accel, Bessemer, Coatue, Frontline Ventures, General Catalyst, Latitude, Thrive Capital | https://meliopayments.com/
LinkedIn Overview:
“Our mission is to keep small business in business. When we started Melio, we wanted to build more than an efficient Accounts Payable tool...“
2Kaizen
£42M, Capital| Equity | UK | Fintech | Guidepost Growth Equity | https://www.kaizenreporting.com/
LinkedIn Overview:
“Kaizen are regulatory and data specialists on a mission to revolutionise compliance and make it easier for financial firms to work with regulation…”
3Marosa
$12.9M, Capital | Equity| Spain | Fintech | Aquiline Capital Partners | https://marosavat.com/
LinkedIn Description:
“We offer tech-enabled services, SaaS solutions, and VAT consulting. Our in-house software VATify enables us to centralize and automate …“
4Sapien
$8.7M, Seed, Capital| Equity | CA | Fintech | General Catalyst, Neo | https://www.getsapien.com/
Website Description:
“The first autonomous financial analyst that understands your company. Deep, accurate, & actionable insights—in minutes, not weeks...“
5Gig Wage
$8.3M, Series A, Capital | Equity | Dallas | Payments | Discover, Motley Fool, Chartline Capital Partners | https://www.gigwage.com/
LinkedIn Description:
“Businesses use Gig Wage’s lightning-fast, premium payments network to attract, retain, and delight more independent (1099) contractors. We call it GigForce Management…”
