Where the heck are the fintech deals ….
Friends, as we peruse the closed VC deals each week, we definitely begin to see some trends that are quite interesting. There are certainly MANY more funding rounds OVERALL that incorporate AI in some way, regardless of sector. We’re also seeing a very large number of deals around healthcare – that looks to be the hot sector right now. At least this week. In the meantime, we managed to find a handful of deals in finance for you, but honestly, there weren’t all that many – under 10 that we could see. So the top 5 below represent @50% of all the deals we saw worldwide in digital weatlh. Think about that. Again, in years past, virtually ALL the deals were fintech fintech fintech. Not so much anymore. Meanwhile…
Key Takeaways from This Week’s Top Fintech Fundings:
- Banking Infrastructure at Scale – Mercury’s $300M Series C signals investor confidence in scalable fintech platforms serving business financial workflows.
- AI Adoption in Financial Services Ramps Up – Multiple early-stage rounds, including Sympera AI ($10M) and Arlo ($4M), show growing interest in AI-native underwriting, banking, and insurance applications.
- B2B Financial Workflow Tools Continue to Attract Capital – Mendel ($35M) and CMG ($30M) highlight demand for tools optimizing enterprise spend and equity capital market infrastructure.
Up next are this week’s top 5 VC deals…
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Top 5 Funded Deals:
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Mercury
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Location: San Francisco, CA
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Description: Mercury provides modern banking products, corporate cards, and software to streamline financial workflows for growing businesses.
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Funding Amount: $300M
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Funding Round: Series C
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Mendel
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Location: Mexico City, Mexico
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Description: Mendel offers an enterprise spend management platform designed to help Latin American businesses control and optimize financial operations.
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Funding Amount: $35M
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Funding Round: Series B
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Capital Markets Gateway (CMG)
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Location: New York City, NY
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Description: CMG is a fintech platform modernizing equity capital markets by improving transparency, collaboration, and workflow for institutional investors and banks.
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Funding Amount: $30M
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Funding Round: Series C
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Rain
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Location: New York City, NY
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Description: Rain delivers a card issuing platform that allows fintechs and brands to create customized payment experiences.
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Funding Amount: $24.5M
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Funding Round: Funding round not specified
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Sympera AI
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Location: New York City, NY
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Description: Sympera AI builds agentic AI solutions specifically for the banking sector, enabling financial institutions to automate and scale key operational workflows.
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Funding Amount: $10M
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Funding Round: Seed
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This week’s top deals highlight a maturing fintech landscape where infrastructure-scale platforms, regional enterprise solutions, and AI-first startups are all attracting investor interest. As fintech companies continue to blur the lines between traditional finance and intelligent automation, the sector remains one of the most dynamic and well-funded spaces in global tech.
This post was written by DWN staff with the assistance of ChatGPT, utilizing data from FinSMEs
