Warming up
After a three-year lull, 2025 shows signs of gaining momentum for deal activity. There’s a stockpile of cash (from VCs and Private Investors holding out) that startups are positioned to go after…the game continues despite the cold funding from last year.
Notable trends this week…
- Fintech and blockchain funding continues its momentum
- The holiday season brought startups gifts from VCs
- A solid start to 2025 for deals
Up next are this week’s top 5 VC deals…
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1Parafin
$100M, Series C, Capital | Equity | SF | Fintech | Notable Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Thrive Capital, GIC | https://www.parafin.com/
LinkedIn Overview:
“Parafin’s infrastructure powers financial services for marketplaces, vertical SaaS, payment platforms, and more...”
2BVNK
$50M, Series B, Capital| Equity | UK | Payments | Haun Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures, DRW VC, Avenir, Tiger Global | https://www.bvnk.com/
LinkedIn Overview:
“BVNK accelerates global money movement using stablecoins. We unify banks and blockchains in a single platform… “
3Basis
$34M, Series A, Capital | Equity| NYC | Fintech | Khosla Ventures, NFDG, Daniel Gross, Better Tomorrow Ventures, BoxGroup, Avid Ventures, Aaron Levie, Adam D’Angelo, Amjad Masad, Azeem Azhar, Hughes Johnson, Clem Delangue, Douwe Kiela, Jack Altman, Jeff Dean, Jeff Wilke, Kyle Vogt, Larry Summers, Lenny Rachitsky, Michele Catasta, Noam Brown | https://www.getbasis.ai/
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LinkedIn Description:
“AI Platform for Accounting firms giving accountants a team of AI assistants.“
4Lens
$31M, Capital| Equity | Blockchain L2 network | Blockchain | Lightspeed Faction, Avail, Circle, Consensys, Foresight Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, Rune Christensen, Anurag Arjun, Anton Bukov, Spencer Noon, Illia Polosukhin| https://www.lens.xyz/
Website Description:
“Lens is the fastest, lowest-cost Ethereum network powering social and finance.”
5Justt
$30M, Series C | Equity | Israel | Fintech | Zeev Ventures, Oak HC/FT, F2 Venture Capital | https://justt.ai/
LinkedIn Description:
“Justt is revolutionizing chargeback management with a cutting-edge AI-powered platform that uses machine learning to tailor and optimize the results…”
