MD FinTech deals weekly: September 8-14

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

• Aequum Capital, online platform for business loans, raised $250M in a Conventional Debt round led by Wells Fargo.

• Kin, online platform for homeowner insurances for individuals, raised $200M in a Conventional Debt round led by Wellington.

• Earnin, real-time payroll disbursement solution, raised $150M in a Conventional Debt round led by Cross River.

• Aven, credit cards backed by home equity for consumers, raised $110M in a Series E round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation of General Catalyst, Caffeinated Capital, GIC, Electric Capital, and Founders Fund.

• Kin, online platform for homeowner insurances for individuals, raised $50M in a Series E round led by QED Investors, with participation of Activate Capital.

• Rainforest, payment processing solution for businesses, raised $29M in a Series B round led by Matrix, with participation of Infinity Ventures, Accel, and Tech Square Ventures.

• Tetra, financial custodian solutions for digital assets, raised $7.23M in a Series A round led by Wealthsimple, with participation of Purpose Unlimited, Shakepay, ATB Financial, National Bank of Canada, Shopify, and Urbana Corporation.

• Parento, provider of employer insurance for maternity and paternity leave programs, raised $5.90M in a Seed round led by Resilience, with participation of Kapor Capital, Bread and Butter Ventures, Operator Stack, Coyote Ventures, ff Venture Capital, Human Ventures, Springbank Distillers, Precursor Ventures, Evidenced, Cross Impact, K Street Capital, and Avesta Fund.

• Metal, AI platform built for private equity and venture capital, raised $5M in a Seed round led by Base10 Partners.

• Vesta, provider of mortgage solutions for construction management, raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A round led by Pennymac.

• Coterie, online insurance platform for small businesses, raised an undisclosed amount in a Series B round led by Allianz X.

  
  

EUROPE

• Factris, online lending platform for invoice financing, raised $117.35M in a Conventional Debt round led by brandnewday.

• BORN, pre-order crowdfunding platform for designers, raised $15M in a Series A round led by Accel, with participation of Tencent and Laton.

• Tot, digital bank for businesses, raised $8.19M in a Seed round led by CDP Venture Capital, with participation of Azimut, The Techshop, CLUBDEAL, Chapeaumedia.it, and Banca Sella.

• Naq Cyber, solutions for detecting and preventing web vulnerabilities, raised $7.03M in a Series A round led by Automate Health.

• Remuner, cloud-based ERP software and management solutions for businesses, raised $6.5M in a Seed round led by Pear VC, with participation of Seaya.

• MELP, web-based employee benefits administration platform provider, raised $1.46M in a Seed round led by CoInvest Capital.

LATAM

• Ume, online platform for point-of-sale financing, raised $21.8M in a Series B round led by Valor Capital Group, with participation of Bewater, PayPal Ventures, NFX, Globo Ventures, Canary Ventures, and big_bets

• Kamino, providing startups toolkit for early stage companies, raised $10M in a Series A round led by Flourish, with participation of Quona and Endeavor.

• Sempli, online lending platform for SMEs, raised $10M in a Conventional Debt round led by Banco de Occidente, with participation of Bancolombia, Banco AV Villas, Bancoldex, Presente, and Comfama.

• ASAAS, financial management solution for micro-businesses, raised $6.46M in a Series C round led by Vivo Ventures.

APAC

• Unico Housing Finance, online lending platform offering mortgage loans, raised $13.59M in a Series B round led by Anicut Capital, with participation of UC Impower.

• OneAssist, provider of protection and assistance platform for gadgets and appliances, raised $907K in a Series E round led by Stride Ventures.

• Metric, app-based financial management platform for startups, raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round led by A-typical Ventures, with participation of 500 Global, Hub71, i2i Ventures, Plus VC, Epic Angels, Oqal, and Accelerate Prosperity.

MENA

• CredibleX, provider of embedded financing solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, raised $100M in a Conventional Debt round led by Pollen Street.

• Orbii, AI-powered platform offering solutions to lenders, raised $3.6M in a Seed round led by Prosus, with participation of VentureSouq, DASH Ventures, 500 Global, and Taz Investment.

• Float, provider of point-of-sale financing solutions, raised $2.6M in a Seed round led by Invenfin, with participation of SAAD Investment Holdings, Lighthouse Venture Partners, and Platform Investment Partners.

• PRYPCO, provider of an online lending platform offering mortgage loans, raised an undisclosed amount in a Seed round led by General Catalyst.

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.