Venture funding

More than 97% of venture backing goes go white-owned startups. Firms like Mendoza Ventures, Chingona Ventures and MaC Venture Capital are stepping in to support underserved entrepreneurs.

There’s a new unicorn in Latin America: Clip, a payments fintech in Mexico targeting small and midsize companies.

Klarna Bank AB is raising fresh funds led by SoftBank Group that value the Swedish fintech startup at $45.6 billion, just months after two separate investment rounds sent the company’s valuation soaring.

Blockdaemon has seen rapid growth in the past year, and has won customers including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup.

Unchained Capital, a Bitcoin-based custody-service provider and lender, has raised $25 million in funding, valuing the company at $125 million.

The Curql Fund, an investor in upstart technology companies, is trying to help credit unions build relationships with cutting-edge firms.

A group of fintech venture capital firms have made a fresh investment in Resolve, a firm that offers alternative supply chain finance.

The banking technology provider Zeta raised $250 million from SoftBank Vision Fund II at a valuation of $1.45 billion, winning its first venture backing to help fuel its expansion.

Figure Technologies, the blockchain-based startup co-founded by Mike Cagney, is closing its latest funding round that values the company at $3.2 billion.

DailyPay has raised $500 million and is adding Carrick Capital Partners to its board of directors as it seeks to expand beyond earned wage access.

Pine Labs has raised $285 million in its latest funding round, including participation from Singapore’s sovereign fund Temasek, to continue its geographic and product expansion.

The San Francisco-based technology provider raised $70 million in a Series C round this week, bringing its total funding to $114 million.

The Mexican unit of the fintech Nubank, the world’s biggest standalone digital bank, is getting a $135 million injection to propel its nascent operations in Latin America’s second-largest economy.

The data aggregator, whose planned merger with Visa was called off in January, intends to use the funds to accelerate its global expansion.

The fintech is one of several that have drawn capital to eliminate the challenges of international commerce.

The financial-technology firm Plaid is close to a new round of funding at a valuation of about $13 billion, almost three months after scrapping its sale to Visa, according to people familiar with the matter.

Fresh off the heels of a $180 million fundraiser in January, Citi Ventures-backed PPRO raised an additional $90 million in new investments in its latest equity round.

Truist Financial's venture capital division led the Series A funding round for Greenwood, a platform aimed at Black and Latino customers. Other investors include Bank of America, Citigroup, Mastercard and Visa.

In a continuation of its Series D round to fuel its global expansion for cross-border payment solutions, Airwallex has raised $100 million in capital, valuing the fintech at $2.6 billion.

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