Bloomchain.ru portal collected seven most significant deals in the sector of financial technologies past summer. The list isn’t limited to geography, since the major (no less than USD100m) and most interesting investments in startups around the world have been included.

Nubank

Nubank, Brazilian fintech startup in the sector of mobile banking, raised USD 400m in a new investment round. Banks.am has already written about the deal, and the details are available here.

Robinhood

Robinhood, American app for sale of securities, raised USD323m with the company’s value of USD7.6bn. The leading investor of the round, which was held in July, is Yuri Milner’s DST Global.

Nubank and Robinhood attracted the attention of the same investors. Just as in case of the Brazilian startup, Milner’s fund has invested in Robinhood for the third time.

Creditas

One more startup from Brazil has appeared among the companies with the most noticeable fintech deals. It is Creditas digital platform, which offers consumer loans with collateral.

The company raised USD 231m from SoftBank Vision Fund and SoftBank Group in June. The company’s value isn’t disclosed.

Monzo

The British Monzo mobile bank, which is the direct competitor of Russian Revolut, received USD 144m investment in June. The value of the “unicorn” is USD 2.5bn.

Tala

The Californian startup Tala, which provides consumers with instant loans from USD10 to USD 500, raised USD 110m in August.

The project value exceeded USD 750m. Tala has raised more than USD215m since its foundation. According to their own data, the company has provided loans of total USD1bn to 4m clients.  

Brex

The American Brex raised USD 100m in June with its value now estimated at USD 2.6bn. The company issues corporate credit cards for startups that receive rejections from the traditional banks. From the moment of its foundation the company has raised USD315m. The founders of the company are only 22 and 23 years old.

Adyen

The final fintech event of this summer is not a deal, but a well-considered and interesting step of one of the major companies in the sector.  Dutch Adyen deals with payment processing for online retailers. The creators of the platform, the general director and the technical director, decided to sell 15% of their shares. The total cost of the shares is EUR 320m. 

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