Top 5 VC Deals | Fintech

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

How far will it go? The state of VC is shifting; borders are open for new investors in tech. But how long...

An eye on AI (or sleeping with one eye open?) Last week, the Biden Administration released an executive order laying out a...

This week we saw YET ANOTHER British challenger bank receive funding this past week (gosh, there's a LOT of challenger banks out there now), plus an interesting new teen-based (you guessed it!) challenger bank out of SF. Also in this week's batch were an ATL-based payments app for e-commerce companies, an API platform for retail banking out of Chicago, and a credit card bill payment app out of India.

Politics and regulation- The VC world is waiting to see how the SEC intends to regulate the industry, thanks to more...

As I reviewed our columns going back to the first of the year, it was abundantly evident that the deal sizes have ratcheted up as the year has progressed. I'll also admit, it felt weird to leave out deals in the $500M - $600M range. But those did not make the list, incredibly.

Actors on stage... Long before 'lights, camera, action' are the auditions. In the startup world, those auditioning are likely the startup's founders....

AI: Hype or just getting going? AI rapidly emerged this year, quickly becoming a favorite among startups and funders. Existing technologies are...

This past week, deal flow slowed down a bit - presumably due to US elections - but there were some WHOPPER deals, and frankly, some mysteries.

This week - all but one deal exceeded $100M USD in funding - again. The THREE deals topping $200M+ USD were in retail fraud protection, insurtech and neo-banking (back end platforms).