MD FinTech deals weekly: April 28-May 4

At MD Finance, we’re here to keep you informed and inspired by the latest trends shaping the global fintech landscape. Each week, we bring you key insights on major deals and funding rounds, making it easier for you to stay up to date with the industry’s most important developments.

Here are the major updates for the last week:

NORTH AMERICA

• Corporate Payroll Services, a payroll service provider for businesses, raised $300M in a Post IPO round led by Mastercard.

• Persona, a provider of cloud-based identity verification solutions, raised $200M in a Series D round led by Founders Fund, with participation of Ribbit Capital, Bond Capital, Coatue, First Round Capital, and Index Ventures.

• CAST AI, an AI-powered cloud spend management platform, raised $108M in a Series C round led by G2VP, with participation of SoftBank Vision Fund, Aglaé Ventures, Creandum, Vintage Investment Partners, Cota Capital, Hedosophia, and Uncorrelated Ventures.

• Rogo, an AI platform for investment banks and private equity investors, raised $50M in a Series B round led by Thrive Capital, with participation of J.P. Morgan, Tiger Global Management, Positive Sum, Khosla Ventures, BoxGroup, and AlleyCorp.

• dub, an online platform for portfolio management, raised $30M in a Series A round led by Notable Capital, with participation of Neo, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, PEAK6, and Correlation Ventures.

• Dinari, a decentralized stock trading platform, raised $12.7M in a Series A round led by Hack VC, with participation of Blockchange, VanEck, Avalanche, and F-Prime Capital

• Pathward, a provider of online lending solutions for businesses, raised $500k in an Unattributed round.

• Maridea Wealth Management, a financial services firm, raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round led by 119th Street Capital, with participation of Pelican Capital.

• Stride Labs, an online multichain liquid staking platform, raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round led by Interchain.

  
  

EUROPE

• Tide, a provider of an internet-first bank offering digital banking services for businesses, raised $133.6M in a Conventional Debt round led by Fasanara.

• TradeBridge, a provider of financing solutions to e-commerce businesses, raised $93.9M in a Conventional Debt round led by Castlelake.

• Navro, a cross-border invoice payment solution for businesses, raised $41M in a Series B round led by Jump Capital, with participation of Bain Capital Ventures, Motive Partners, and Unusual

• Ventures.pliant, a provider of NFC-enabled credit cards for corporates, raised $40M in a Series B round led by Illuminate Financial, with participation of Speedinvest, PayPal Ventures, and Motive Partners.

• My Pension Expert, a provider of solutions for pensions and retirement planning, raised $33.4M in a Conventional Debt round led by OakNorth Bank.

• Sprive, a provider of an app-based debt repayment solution, raised $7.35M in a Series B round led by Ascension, with participation of Channel 4 Ventures, Velocity Capital, and Two Magnolias.

• Particula, a data and rating platform for tokenized assets empowering innovative companies in the digital asset ecosystem, raised $5.5M in a Series A round led by SixThirty, with participation of Vanagon Ventures, Futury Capital, TX Ventures, BlackWood, Tenity, Blue Bay Ventures, and Plug and Play Tech Center.

• Zazume, a SaaS-driven end-to-end rental management software platform, raised $2.6M in a Seed round led by Sabadell Venture Capital, with participation of Nordstar.

• Zazume, a SaaS-driven end-to-end rental management software platform, raised an undisclosed amount in a Conventional Debt round led by Sabadell Venture Capital, with participation of Nordstar.

APAC

• Thunes, a provider of cross-border remittance solutions for money transfer operators (MTOs), raised $150M in a Series D round led by Apis Partners, with participation of Vitruvian Partners.

• M&A Cloud, an online platform for M&A deals management, raised $3.55M in a Series D round led by JP LIFE NEXT FUND, with participation of SHOEI and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.

• CareFi, a provider of invoice financing for the medical industry, raised $70k in a Conventional Debt round led by Revx.

MENA

• Erad, an online fund management platform for startups and businesses, raised $16M in a Seed round led by Y Combinator, with participation of Nuwa Capital, Khwarizmi Ventures, AlJazira Capital, VentureSouq, Oraseya Capital, and Joa Capital.

• Fuze, a blockchain infrastructure platform enabling businesses to create crypto solutions, raised $12.2M in a Series A round led by e&, with participation of Galaxy.

• Zest Equity, an online platform that helps investors find startups raising money, raised $4.3M in a Seed round led by Prosus, with participation of Morgan Stanley.

LATAM

• Clara, an end-to-end corporate payment solution for companies, raised $40M in a Series B round led by Citi Ventures, with participation of Kaszek.

• Vexi, an app-based credit card provider, raised $15.3M in a Conventional Debt round led by Covalto.

• Supra, a cross-border payments and collections platform for importers and exporters of goods and services, raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round led by Citi Ventures.

Each deal in this roundup reflects more than market movement. It shows how capital is strategically aligning with emerging technologies, scalable models, and untapped geographies. At MD Finance, we continue to monitor these signals each week to identify where value is being created and where the next opportunity lies.