Top 5 VC Deals | Fintech

Last week we proclaimed we saw a pullback in funding, but we should know better. We do...

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. However, last week was a rare one indeed in geopolitics.

This week we have some interesting new trends in digital wealth venture capital, and really every week is...

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, and it's been some time since we've seen that. Not to fear. Apparently last week was a temporary "seasonally adjusted" blip, and here we are back in $200M+ territory again.

Friends, this week the VC numbers ratcheted down QUITE a bit in the fintech sector. What gives with that? It's probably coincidental that it has coincided in some part with the dramatic stock market declines in the US this week, because these deals take some time to close, but still, the coincidental timing is quite curious.

With the holidays and then COVID hitting our household, we've taken a brief respite from publishing our weekly...

With the holidays, we took a week off from this column, but we're back at the end of the year and HOLY CANNOLI - have we got some big deals to include - including a $1B Equity transaction. Just goes to show that you can't be asleep at the wheel if you're covering the fintech sector - it doesn't sleep - and the money keeps flowing in ever larger transactional amounts.

Clearly, from looking at the number of huge deals that have gone down the past week, VCs are looking to deploy capital before end of year. This week, we had to leave several deals off our Top 5 list that exceeded $200M.

Clearly, from looking at the number of huge deals that have gone down the past week, VCs are looking to deploy capital before end of year. This week, we had to leave several deals off our Top 5 list that exceeded $200M.

We're back with a fresh round of new Top 5 VC deals, and our top deal came in at $55M this week, with every deal coming in at $200M+.