FinTech
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2026
January
- Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion for new funds (Axios)
- A16z’s $15 Billion Fund Vacuumed Up A Fifth Of Venture Dollars Raised Last Year (Forbes)
2025
September
March
- Klarna, nearing IPO, plucks lucrative Walmart fintech partnership from rival Affirm (CNBC)
- Banks and fintechs join ‘stablecoin gold rush’ (FT)
- Peter Thiel-backed fintech Ramp nearly doubles valuation to $13bn (FT)
2024
November
July
2023
June
2022
June
May
- SoftBank-Backed Fintech Giant Klarna Looks for New Funds at Lower Valuation (WSJ)
- Stripe flexes its fintech muscle with Financial Connections to pull banking data automatically (TechCrunch)
April
- Fast, the Troubled Fintech Startup, Is Shutting Down (The Information)
March
2021
July
January
- Fintech startup Oxygen raises $17M in Series A round (SiliconAngle)
- Walmart to create fintech start-up with investment firm behind Robinhood (CNBC)
2020
February
- Fintech startups raised $34B in 2019 (TechCrunch)
January
- Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company (Angela Strange)
- Islamic fintechs are on the rise — but how viable is this tailored offering? (Sifted)
- Visa to acquire Plaid, the fintech powering Venmo and other banking apps, in $5.3 billion deal (CNBC)
2019
September
2018
December
- Fintech start-up Plaid raises $250 million at $2.7 billion valuation, adds Mary Meeker to board (CNBC)