Top 5 VC Deals | Fintech

Burning a hole (in VC pockets)... As we approach the end of one of the most challenging years for funding, what remains...

With Easter week and more spring vacations behind us, last week brought a bit of a slowdown in...

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

We saw three deals close this past week in excess of $100M - two in the US and one in a new market for us - South Africa.

The past week was herky jerky (I always have to look up the spelling of that) in...

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.

Big money flowing into fintech this week, but the top deals are smaller. And by "smaller" we...

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.

Friends, we have a fresh new format for you this week, as we continue to see more stratospheric investment in fintech. That said, in our past two weeks, every Top 5 VC deal has been over $200M, and this week, we saw those numbers drop somewhat. Time will tell if this foretells a future trend of lowering investment numbers in the sector.

Hello VC Friends! WELL......this was an interesting week. So much going on politically and within...